The Impact of Social Media
Do
you feel like facebook and twitter are invading your life or adding to
it? Is their presence forcing changes in how you go about your everyday
activities or is it making or opening up new opportunities? Another
simple question: Is it making you happier?
Social media has an impact on one's personal and family life. It can also affect one's behavior. The extent of the impact depends on each individual, but it goes without saying that its worldwide reach has a significant local and worldwide impacts. Communication between isolated groups has been made much easier and even the overthrow of abusive governments in the Middle East have been aided by social media applications.
Social interaction via texting has also become more than a local phenomenon since the advent of such services such as cross-platform applications like Skype and WhatsApp. Wherever there is a 3g signal in the world, cell phone users can receive and send messages quickly.
Social media has an impact on one's personal and family life. It can also affect one's behavior. The extent of the impact depends on each individual, but it goes without saying that its worldwide reach has a significant local and worldwide impacts. Communication between isolated groups has been made much easier and even the overthrow of abusive governments in the Middle East have been aided by social media applications.
Social interaction via texting has also become more than a local phenomenon since the advent of such services such as cross-platform applications like Skype and WhatsApp. Wherever there is a 3g signal in the world, cell phone users can receive and send messages quickly.
Cell phones in schools are a distraction for teenagers.
The Negative Impact of Social Networking
Many engage in social networking on the job, which has led to its recent name "Social Not-working" in an article published by Tim Jarvis.
This article points out that an addiction to social media may be
indicated if we are over-reliant on connecting with people with who we
have weak bonds, as opposed to those with whom we interact in our
everyday lives. And, if we are taking attention away from our jobs at
work, we aren't doing ourselves or our companies any favor.
Constant streams of information like Twitter and Facebook also pose another problem to one's emotional development and maturation, according to one study from the University of Southern California. This study monitored the development and expression of admiration and compassion in response to persuasive, actual-life stories in volunteers. Brain imaging was used to verify the responses. The authors of this study argue that a constant barrage of information trains us to ordinary information processing skills, but it takes away from the time required to experience and process more mature emotions.
The impact of social media on teens is an area of concern for parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics has advised that parents should observe whether their children are spending too much time on the Internet and know what sites they are visiting. "At risk" teens include those with depression or anxiety, those who are socially isolated or have poor social interaction skills. The following YouTube video report addresses this concern:
Constant streams of information like Twitter and Facebook also pose another problem to one's emotional development and maturation, according to one study from the University of Southern California. This study monitored the development and expression of admiration and compassion in response to persuasive, actual-life stories in volunteers. Brain imaging was used to verify the responses. The authors of this study argue that a constant barrage of information trains us to ordinary information processing skills, but it takes away from the time required to experience and process more mature emotions.
The impact of social media on teens is an area of concern for parents. The American Academy of Pediatrics has advised that parents should observe whether their children are spending too much time on the Internet and know what sites they are visiting. "At risk" teens include those with depression or anxiety, those who are socially isolated or have poor social interaction skills. The following YouTube video report addresses this concern:
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