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According to the article entitled “ The Good and Bad of Social Media” by Jason Howie, “ They have looked particularly at its effects on human emotion and relationship. Some studies show that using social media can cause depression.” The usage of the media doesn't just slow you down but can slowly shut your real life down. Therefore social media ends up hitting you from left to right or any possible way it has. The mindset of always wanting to be on it can destroy your life routines, makes you put up with things you shouldn’t put up with. Sometimes, people end up getting bullying and killed for some unnecessary things they do on the media. Furthermore, Howie writes “ We expect more from technology and less from one another. More and more, we desire technologies that provide a false idea of a relationship.” We depend on the media to give us the answers instead of asking our surroundings and communicating with them. We always believe what media tells us and whether it's false or not, we use it believing it's better than our own knowledge. Our privacy isn’t privacy because media after media we end up in a random page which can get our information in just one

Being on social media often, can result in lack of communication and isolation. For instance, Facebook is a social media app that is frequently used, and it causes "increased feelings of isolation" when passively used (Greig 8). The feeling of isolation also results in someone to be less communicative. When using the internet for a long period of time "a decline in communications with friends and family" occurs (Greig 10). By not communicating with family and friends one's social skills become highly inadequate. If the time spent on social media lessens then being social in the real world would be much easier.

Society is constantly changing and will continue to change in the future. The change is predictable because people change their ideas, routines, and views frequently. One of the topics that is typically brought up when discussing the influences on how society is changing, is social networking. There are two sides to every story. One side of the effects of social networking is that it is beneficial to society by informing people on particular situations in the world and on current important events. The other side views social networking as dangerous and drama filled. While there are benefits and dangers to social networking's effects on society, I will argue that social networking has changed society more negatively than positively.

On average, one person will spend five years and four months in their lifetime on social media alone (Asano). Social media is defined as “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other such content” by the Merriam Webster Dictionary. There are lots of platforms out there such as Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Our society chooses not to see the side effects of the mass amounts of time spent on social media instead of socializing with the people face-to-face. Through the use of social media platforms, people isolate themselves from their peers and society causing as increase in bullying, anxiety, and depression.

Research has shown that we are lonelier and isolated than before, but is social media like Twitter or Facebook to blame for this? Or is this something that has been existed only to be expressed nowadays? According to Turkle Sherry, who is a professor and clinical psychologist social media does not only change what we do but also change who we are. This is just among the many research studies proposing the argument that Social media is the primary cause of isolation and loneliness so much witnessed. According to Forbes, researchers have taken almost the whole decade trying to ascertain whether social media is the leading cause of isolation and loneliness. To draw a valid argument, researchers have spent much of their time studying and relating how people relate to emotional robots and their preoccupation to practical things compared to physical interaction and face to face communication. Nowadays, we friend people through Facebook, communicate through Twitter, thereby keeping people at an emotional distance. We tweet in more than 100 characters or less instead of picking up the phone and emotionally engage the soul of the other person and after that interact. The connection forged through social media gives an illusion of companionship without the need of physically meeting, thus causing loneliness and isolated societies (Hadley, 2017).

Social media can both encourage and impede social interaction. Interactions are highly encouraged on social media platforms. When logging onto Facebook normally there is a prompt asking how you day is or what’s up. Social media wants you to share about yourself, that is basically the goal. Therefore, by posting about yourself you encourage others to respond increasing social interactions. Although, the interactions are technology based and not face to face. Most interactions tend to be short and artificial. Due to the fact that all social media interactions happen through a computer or cell phone, social interactions can decrease. You can get on any platform, but not post anything yet you can still see what others are posting. In most cases, you can find out everything you want to know through social media without ever talking to someone. If I wanted to know when my mother’s friend graduated from high school, all I would have to do is look at his/her facebook account. No social interaction is needed, all that is needed is my phone. Also, it is easy to go to social media to ignore social interaction, which is something I find myself doing all too often. Why talk to anyone when I can find out

A result of social media networks is that is causes a loss of face-to-face interaction, which is the loss of ability to handle stressful social situations successfully (Tao). Online, it is easy to say what you are thinking without worrying much about the consequences. People need to learn how to interact with others socially, and this is only done through practice. If this skill is unlearned, it will affect school and job performance later in life. And now employers have also had to take measures

    Social networking has become a major part of the everyday lifestyle but, people tend to overlook the negativity and consequences that come along with it. The Internet, somewhere people visit everyday, is a place for online predators to lurk. As time goes by the human race depends more and more on social networking for communication, but in reality social networking is making the world less social and an unhealthier place. Things people see on social networking sites are beginning to shape their ways of life, but not in a positive way. Dangers online, negative mental effects, and harmful physical effects can be results of social networking.

With kids interacting freely they can come across predation. Furthermore, “some predators have an objective of enticing young people into sending inappropriate webcam photos of themselves or to engage in sexually explicit conversations” (Sexton and English 2). Kids are the easiest to manipulate and to take control of. Also, “critics of social networking sites claim that it contributes to predatory or stalking behavior and can used to invade privacy” (Belanger and Finley 1). Parents should be going through their children’s profile to make sure who they are talking to. Clearly, with kids sending private information about themselves they can be blackmailed by the receiver into mental and physical abuse.

First and foremost, social media is causing an anti-social and lack of interaction among people who use it. It is not a secret that we are living in a technology era. Technology is heightening with social media. People are becoming so addicted to their cell phones which is causing anti-social among people. Nobody can deny that social media has altered the landscape of social interaction. They do not interact with others anymore; they are just anti-social because they no longer know how to communicate without social media. It is obvious how people go around or hang out with their friends and they cannot talk to them because they are always facing their digital device. Before social media was created, people used to sit down, have a drink and a real conversation; sadly how people think that talking without using social media is no longer important. Social media is causing people to spend less time interacting with others face to face. People use social media during meals or dates instead of talking with their friends and family. People, especially teenagers, are turning themselves into a mini social control room. Social media is hurting people’s capability to have a face-to-face conversation by making it unusual and uncomfortable to hear something and reply with a contemplative message through the spoken words because of their dependence on a keyboard to convey a message. Since the beginning of the social media, the quality and quantity of real conversations have diminished. People are spending so much time online that they do not

Social networking is an online community of people with a common interest who use a website or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information and resources, according to Webster. There are countless social networking sites that make it possible to establish connections between people. Some of the most popular sites are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. These social sites make it easier for people to find and communicate with others that share the same network. Although social media leads people to have more interaction and promotes long-distance relationships, it has a lot of negative qualities that tends to drive people to do thing they wouldn’t normally do. When people put an excessive amount of personal information on a profile, it gives predators and bully’s the opportunity to attack them. Many of the users are addicted to social media and they become isolated by using these sites. Social networking must be used in moderation, especially since it leads to several significant negative effects on society.

First, Social media such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram have made people less interested in face-to-face interaction. People can stay for prolonged periods of hours just looking or checking what is happening in the media, seeing their friend’s pictures or tweeting about any topic on their phones. In fact, according to a study by Chicago University, it is much harder to resist the use of social media than the desire of smoking or having sexual intercourses (Meikle, 2012). It is true that improving relationships and making new friends are good advantages of social networks (Solis, 2011). However,

Technology is a powerful tool but needs to be used wisely and in moderation or it can cause problems and even addictions. Technology can easily become an addiction by being a constant flow of media into people's lives. As humans allow technology to come into our lives more and more people start relying on it. Humans also now ignore many relationships around us to build up their fake relationships over social media and other online sources of communication this is pointed out in this quote; “We are now more addicted to communication and ignore our relationships as a result then we did 100 years ago” (Rosen 4). This is because 100 years ago humans did not have the technology they have today. Some say that social media is helping grow our relationships but this is a very seldom seen characteristic of social media, In most cases it draws people away from close friends and gives hundreds of what are known as fake friends. These fake friends would say that their are a person's friend but would never have a deep conversation with them or be there when they really

Social Networks have become a very popular platform for people to communicate and stay in touch with their family, friends and connect with long lost loved ones from around the world. Not just for informal communication, social networks is also used as professional networking tool for job hunting, increasing sales revenue, marketing campaigns, keeping public informed of safety, health, political campaigns and other social issues. It has become another medium for news and entertainment and definitely helping bring people closer together socially, personally, and professionally.

Social networking is a way for people to connect and share information with each other online.