The invention of social media has changed the lifestyle and habits of human beings. Today even the face-to-face communication is being substituted by such social networking sites as Twitter, Facebook and others. Despite the extreme popularity among the mankind, in my opinion, the disadvantages of using social media are considerably superior to the advantages that it has.
On the one hand, social networking sites allow people to communicate all over the world. In other words, they are able to keep in touch with their family, relatives and friends from a distance, even if they are on the other side of the world. Moreover, social media can unite individuals with the similar interests and problems, disturbing them. For example, the social sites, as Facebook and Instagram have an online community of people, suffering from the diabetes, where they discuss the common disease and help each other by giving appropriate advice, share their experience and recommendations. Additionally, social networking sites help individuals to be aware of the current events and trend happening in the world. It means, people are informed by daily news, recent innovations in different spheres of life, climate change and forthcoming natural disasters.
On the other hand, what a serious harm social media can do is to destroy social skills. Those people who spent most of their time on using social sites, neglect to truly express their feelings orally, keep eye-contact and hear others' voice and speech. Also, social media cannot fully strengthen the interpersonal relationships of humans. That is to say, the access to Internet and mobile phones caused people to forget about a real life communication, as they prefer chatting with their friends and relatives relatives online rather that organising meetings or joint pastimes. As a result, they gradually drift apart, thereby endangering their relationships, which, in fact, should have a special position in their lives. But, a much more threat, resulting from social networking sites, is, probably, being exposed to cyber bullying. In the this case, bullies try to ashame or frighten their victims by posting embarrassing photos, spreading different disgraceful rumors, sending insulting messages and threats. Consequently, those, who suffered from these kind of abuse, tend to have a lower self-esteem and serious psychological shock, but in a severe cases they are expected to commit a suicide.
In conclusion, although social media have benefited people to some extent, its drawbacks and threats extremely outweigh the positive sides.
The invention of
social
media
has
changed
the lifestyle and habits of human beings.
Today
even the face-to-face communication is
being substituted
by such
social
networking
sites
as Twitter, Facebook
and others
. Despite the extreme popularity among the mankind, in my opinion, the disadvantages of using
social
media
are
considerably
superior to the advantages that it has.
On the one hand,
social
networking
sites
allow
people
to communicate all over the world. In
other
words, they are able to
keep
in touch with their family, relatives and friends from a distance, even if they are on the
other
side of the world.
Moreover
,
social
media
can unite individuals with the similar interests and problems, disturbing them.
For example
, the
social
sites
, as Facebook and Instagram have an online community of
people
, suffering from the diabetes, where they discuss the common disease and
help
each
other
by giving appropriate advice, share their experience and recommendations.
Additionally
,
social
networking
sites
help
individuals to be aware of the
current
events
and trend happening in the world. It means,
people
are informed
by daily news, recent innovations in
different
spheres of life, climate
change
and forthcoming natural disasters.
On the
other
hand, what a serious harm
social
media
can do is to
destroy
social
skills
. Those
people
who spent most of their time on using
social
sites
, neglect to
truly
express their feelings
orally
,
keep
eye-contact and hear others' voice and speech.
Also
,
social
media
cannot
fully
strengthen the interpersonal relationships of humans.
That is
to say, the access to Internet and mobile phones caused
people
to forget about a real life communication, as they prefer chatting with their friends and
relatives relatives
online
rather
that
organising
meetings or joint pastimes.
As a result
, they
gradually
drift apart, thereby endangering their relationships, which, in fact, should have a special position in their
lives
.
But
, a much more threat, resulting from
social
networking
sites
, is,
probably
,
being exposed
to
cyber bullying
. In
the this
case, bullies try to
ashame
or frighten their victims by posting embarrassing photos, spreading
different
disgraceful rumors, sending insulting messages and threats.
Consequently
, those, who suffered from
these kind
of abuse, tend to have a lower self-esteem and serious psychological shock,
but
in a severe
cases
they are
expected
to commit a suicide.
In conclusion
, although
social
media
have benefited
people
to
some
extent, its drawbacks and threats
extremely
outweigh the
positive
sides.