Social Media GOOD AND/OR BAD

8:06:00 AM Suraj 0 Comments

Is Social Media a gift or a curse to our society... 

What is social media?

Social media is social interaction between people around the world by creating, sharing and exchanging information and ideas through the use of latest trends and technologies of communication. It is the future of communication, a countless array of internet based tools and platforms that increase and enhance the sharing of information. This new form of media makes the transfer of text, photos, audio, video, and information in general increasingly fluid among internet users. Social Media has relevance not only for regular internet users, but business, social and all kind of organizations as well.

Social media has become…

… Latest trend in communication.

… Part of a life, cheapest and easiest way of communication globally.

… Addiction of the generation.

… Effective tool to communicate with the mass.

… Medium for making people aware.

… Preferred tool for communication, marketing and socializing.

Today Social media cover almost every aspect of our social and professional life. 

Like: Events, News, Music, Wikis & Information, Live casting, Streaming, Pictures and videos sharing, Bookmarking, Questions and Answers, Collaboration, Social Commerce, Blogs, Social networking, Business networking and many more ...

Social Media has become a part of everyday life because they have brought revolutionary changes in communication between people. It made availability of different resources in one place, which makes the communication easy and faster. Is an effective tool to reach or communicate with large number of audience within a short span of time.

Very addictive and is the hottest online trend of the last few years.

Not only do social media sites provide a way to keep in contact with friends, but they can also offer opportunities for professional online networking. Social networking could be advantageous for your career, study, education but there are also disadvantages to consider.

SO …. Could the time you spend interacting online be put to better use? Let’s take a look at some of the the advantages and disadvantages of social networking to work out whether you should be devoting more of your attention to this online activity.

Advantages:

…Expands market research, implements marketing campaigns, delivers communications and directs interested people to specific web sites.

…Effective for social campaigns

…memorialize and honor dead persons to keep memories and history that would otherwise fade alive.

…helps to make people and community aware of any issue.

…helps to bring social change in society

…help in terms of educations awareness and motivations though many educational groups and communities.

can be many more other benefits of using these sites.

Disadvantages

…addictive, takes time away from other activities and can take over from real time interaction.

…addictions of these sites can even affect our mental conditions, sometime is became a big reason of depression and tension. It also affects our health directly

…can become a venue for bullying, which can lead to unpleasant situations or accidents.

…can be used to promote organized crime.

…increment in criminal activities, as there is no hard restrictions on creating account on these sites.

…Increases the risk of people falling prey to online scams that seem genuine, resulting in data or identity theft.

…issue is security of our personal data and information, as its free to everyone.

…encourages adult activities, and attacks many children and youths.

…It affects children and youngster's studies. As they spend their valuable time on these sites and loss their studies and concentration.

Conclusion

Use of a tool depends on user’s intention.

For example: "A doctor can operate with a knife and a murderer can kill a person with the same knife."

If used wisely social media are definitely advantageous to us and our society.