EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA Rabia Bashir. BIO I am 19 years old, I was born in Pakistan. I have 6 siblings. I am majoring in Dental Hygiene, and minoring.

EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Rabia Bashir

BIO

I am 19 years old, I was born in Pakistan.

I have 6 siblings.

I am majoring in Dental Hygiene, and minoring in

psychology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRl8EIhrQjQ

CLAIM

While social media has been beneficial in society, its negative

effects have had a large impact on the overall quality of life.

“In 1971, the first email was delivered. More than 40 years

on, social media has taken the world by storm. Social

networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, are now used

by 1 in 4 people worldwide.”

Has effects psychologically and socially, especially on youth.

YOUNGER GENERATION

Excessive internet use has decreased an active lifestyle

Children are at higher risk for adhd, agitation, and overstimulation.

“Recent research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project revealed that 93% of youth aged 12 to 17 are

on-line.”

This means that children and youth on a daily basis are very much exposed to an environment that is harmful ,

dangerous effects include aggressive behavior, risky sexual behavior, substance use, and disordered eating, due

to what they are exposed and desensitized to.

PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES

Depression

Anxiety

Lack of self Esteem

Distorted self image

“Recent statistics show that 63% of American

Facebook users log on to the site daily, while 40% of

users log on multiple times a day.”

This intensifies addictive and obsessive behaviors

SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

Social anxiety/Decrease of social interaction.

"On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable resource

for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection,"

says Kross, but rather than enhance well-being, we found that

Facebook use predicts the opposite result - it undermines it.”

People don’t feel the need to connect better with actual

people around them because they have a world of people on

social media.

Lack of privacy and Lack of internet literacy

Collected information is stored in databases and on

the internet.

“Various polls have reported the 80% of Americans

feel information collected about them is very

important, but have lost control over how their

personal info is collected and used by companies.”

Lack of Government Control on Privacy issues.

CONT.

Cyber bullying

According to Enough is Enough (EIE) an organization

that aims to make the internet use safer children and

famalies- 95% of teenagers who use social media have

witnessed forms of cyber bullying on social networking

sites and 33% have been victims of cyber bullying.

Sexual predators- dangerous dating apps

CONCLUSION

Society should limit their use of social media to decrease the

emphasis and obsessiveness with social media.

Awareness about the dangers of social media should be promoted

by increasing internet literacy. It is especially harmful to children

and adolescents because they are easily conformed by media. It

effects health, education, as well as social development.

Government and policy makers should enforce protective laws to

preserve individual rights and privacy, as well to curb the

potential dangers of crime.

WORKS CITED

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/125/4

/756.

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/275361.

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http://www.jstor.org/stable/27751182

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/

S0747563208001519