SOCIAL MEDIA- ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
Submitted by Debalina Ghosh Hazra
(Department of BCA , Batch : 2017-2020)
This is the age of smart phones and micro blogging where everything that we need to know is just a click away. We are swayed by information all around us. We, the millennial want to know, understand and then speak our mind about it and that is where social media comes into play. It is not only a limitation of blogging and sharing information but also a lot of strong tools that social media provides. Many feel it is a boon but there is majority who feel that it is a curse. Mostly people are started to feel that social media destroys human interaction in real life relationship, while other who think it is a bless to humanity that makes human interaction much more convenient and much faster than ancient life style.
In last few years social media has grown the tremendously at an unexpectedly fast rate and has captured millions of users around the world.
Why social media is necessary?
We have witnessed a blast of information and content in last few years and cannot deny the power of social media in our daily life. Many communities are built through social media platforms which are essential for our society’s growth. Let’s have a look at a few of them-
- Communication- social media gives a brilliant platform to express thoughts, intellectual ideas, creativity that has been a blessing for the word of communication. With the help of this we can communicate with our old buddies, new friends and anyone and anyone we like to connect with anytime.
- Live Lectures & Teaching Aids- Many professors these days are conducting live video chats on Skype, twitter and other places for their lectures. This makes it easy for students as well as teachers to learn and share while just sitting in their homes. It can help students to nourish their knowledge with a lot of teaching aids available online. Students can watch videos, see images, check out reviews and instantly clear their doubts. Teachers also can make their blogs, articles notes more interesting by using these contents that can rich wide audience.
- Business & Promotions- Due to social media, our immediate needs or even regular requirements are met with just some click away. If we are hungry or craving for something to eat, we get food delivered to us easily and quickly without any effort. Need urgent cloths and electronics, online shopping apps, e-marketing sites are available for us in a heartbeat. We can promote our own business by using social websites to the largest audience.
- Helps Government & Agencies Fight Crime- It helps government and security agencies to spy and catch criminals to fight crime.
Why social media is a topic of controversy?
Social media is considered as one of the most harmful element that we have in our life these days. Wrong use can lead to bad conclusion. There are many disadvantages of social media like-
- Cyber bullying- Many children have become the victims of cyber bullying that has increased the number of cyber crimes performed too. Too much trust on social media has made people share their personal details, resulting in cyber criminals violating their privacy on social media platforms.
- Hacking- There are the hackers contribute to cyber crimes. The loss of personal information, data can lead security issues. The crime like identity theft, bank details theft that can harm any individual that is one way in which social media kills privacy very easily. This is one of the dangerous disadvantages and every user is advised to keep their personal data and accounts safe to avoid such accidents.
- Addiction- Prolonged use of social media can lead to addiction in youth. The addictive part of the social media is very bad and can disturb personal lives as well. The teenagers are the most affected by addiction; they get involved very extensively and are eventually cut off from the society.
- Fraud & Scams- Many predators are looking for vulnerable users that can scam and make profit off. Honey traps and MMS are the most caused fraud online. Individuals have committed into relationships and love schemes then they are cheated on.
- Health Issues- If people cannot imagine them without their smart phone that is a specific symptoms that they have fallen a victim to the evil power of social media spending too long time on social networking sites could be adversely affecting the mood more likely to before poor mental health including symptoms of anxiety and depression. FOMO- Fear of missing out is a phenomenon that was born at the same time as facebook. It is basically a form of anxiety that people get when they are scared of missing out on a positive experience or emotion that someone else is getting the stunning lifestyle on the internet supports drug abuse by using terms such as-
“Social media causes death”.
Hence it can be said that the social media is a benediction to humanity if it used opportunity and also a weapon of mass destruction if misrepresented.
Less scrolling more living- so it is better to be realistic and come out from virtual world social media pushups. The moment of doing this, it will come to acknowledge the worthy connection of life.