Role of social media in the Modern Era

 

Social media, a term now, is used and known as the new wave of the internet. You see in our day-to-day life it is everywhere we go, on our phones, in shops, and other places of business. Many things are done with social media platforms, from sharing memes to shopping for food through Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Google. Social media plays an important role in every major aspect of our daily lives. It has been around for decades, it was first developed in the early 1990s. Social networks are just platforms for people to share their thoughts and ideas online. People often use social media to post about different topics all over the world and also to share how they feel or what’s going on in their lives. This is because people all have different opinions and like to express themselves, also because it makes them stay updated with everything that happens in society. Since social media started there have been many discussions regarding its usage and importance. I believe that social media is one of those things that changes the way we view ourselves and our environment, but can also change us positively. Although everyone needs social media, not everybody needs it. If you think this article is valuable I would recommend you join my mailing list here.

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Social Media

The Advantages of Social Media in Our Everyday Life

Firstly let me say that social media is one of the biggest technology that improves a lot of our everyday life. Not only that, but it offers a huge number of benefits to us. To begin with, let me tell you that social media offers us more time and more freedom in our lives. There are millions of people who constantly be updating their status feed with pictures, videos, and even comments on social media. Let me tell you that socializing is so much easier when we always have something to talk about. When we have a friend, who knows what will happen next? As long as there are some good friends we don’t mind talking to each other.

Secondly, when we use social media to search for products we are really encouraged to purchase items from the best stores. Nowadays we never know when the best item is coming by, so we have to do everything we can to make sure that we get the right product, which in return makes us spend less money. Also, people also use social media more to buy items than ever before. They love posting things they bought and everything they’ve purchased online, which means that we are buying less online and more offline. For example, if you have a birthday party you will want to share pictures and videos of the event on your social media. The most popular thing you can do on social media is a post about your favorite celebrity. Whenever that particular celebrity posts a picture or video, your social platform goes crazy; you can start following that star, and other similar stars too. Just like this, we are constantly searching for new products, so we have to follow all kinds of famous ones and ask them questions, and if there is anything they are selling. With social media, we can find information at any time, no matter where that information is located!

Besides all these great things, social media allows users to communicate with their families easily. You cannot imagine the number of times we text our family members, post about the latest trip we are on, just post about the coolest movies, and also share pictures and GIFs online. Moreover, there are many options for communication with parents, classmates, and other types of people we care about. Do you like to write a letter to the loved one? How about writing a short note or posting what you found a great deal on eBay or Twitter. This kind of experience never existed until now, and you can feel something called happiness without having to be physically present.

Lastly, and probably the most important thing, social media helps us with keeping up with the news. We can learn about any subject from anywhere we go, including places that never used to attract attention or news stories that didn’t come out as soon as they happened. You can read all types of news from anywhere you want. Even though many famous personalities are busy tweeting about everything they are working on, sometimes they become an inspiration for millions of people. If you love this idea, give social media a try!

Disadvantages of Social Media in Our Everyday Life

As you can see, social media is a wonderful new invention. It provides us with endless possibilities and chances and can lead our entire lives, thanks to amazing opportunities and opportunities. Nevertheless, there are a lot of negative aspects of social media that cannot be ignored, I won’t forget the fact that you can’t use public Wi-Fi online, and there are restrictions, just like those of cellphones. Moreover, let's face it; we usually can’t stop being distracted by notifications, especially social media.

I don’t have the time to include everything in this article, but I will tell you a story that is extremely sad and important. A young girl died, when she posted a tribute for her beloved husband. She had been married for 10 years, which is a very normal marriage in today’s period, and yet she did not get married, which means that she was living alone on the streets. Her husband only came home once a month. He became depressed and decided that he could not live on his own with a woman who had never wanted to be married, someone who only thought about herself. His wife refused to accept this thinking he brought problems to her life. And then one day she went on Facebook and posted that terrible message. She ended up dying in front of her husband’s eyes. So, you can also lose someone that young and happy but still, if it had been just a few months ago, would’ve seen a beautiful and interesting relationship grow.

Let’s move on. I am going to tell you about an incident that was happening in South Africa and I am not telling you the tale exactly in order.

In October 2018, an 18-year-old boy was in high school, when he tried to take part in a game of football. Unfortunately, unfortunately it failed because of a broken toe. One week later, another kid with roughly the same nickname tries to play the sport as well. This is what we see happening across the globe, and it can affect children around the world. Sometimes when we hear “kidnap games”, we automatically ask ourselves, if kids should not play sports, or play the sport to avoid getting injured. Well, let me tell you that there are cases of athletes who become victims of rape. It usually happens either in rugby, soccer, water sports, etc.

I always hear that kids should never play sports if they have special muscles. Well, let me explain. Yes, that’s true. But there are exceptions to this rule, in both fields of sports. Some kids are born with a certain specific type of muscle. Some kids are naturally stronger than others. All kids should learn how to play sports correctly so that they are not vulnerable to situations like that. Regardless of whether I say this is the right decision, but it is definitely not wrong because we can only prevent injuries only by playing games. But it doesn’t mean that children shouldn’t play sports, because they won’t.

The second main problem and the last one I mentioned, is that there are regulations in place to limit the popularity of certain content. Like I mentioned above, there’s a lot of controversy revolving around racism in society. Now I am no expert in racism as I have never done any research about it, but there are many examples of racial discrimination and abuse of power. Such things have taken place, but there’s also a way we can limit this issue. What does it mean? You can limit harmful content by blocking access to certain sources, which makes it impossible to reach certain people. Another way you can limit bad content is by banning people online for not adhering to rules set by the government. That is why we tend to turn off our phones for hours from time to time to time. Or, we limit the exposure from 3-6 hours; after all, we have responsibilities. At the end of this article, I asked one question that seems complicated at least as I understand it: Why does it take so much effort to create rules and laws? Well, I am convinced that this is a big reason the existence of laws and regulations were there in the first place. Because once we know that we should not allow certain content on our phones, we do better jobs at controlling it. Besides, it helps us realize how damaging the impact of bad content might be.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I really hope that you use social media to stay updated with everything going on in the world, it will bring you something new in your everyday life, and it will remind you that you are more important than the physical things you have on your phone.

To be continued…Thank you so much for reading and sharing this article.