Social Media a “Boon or Bane”?
Nowadays social media is an intangible part of our life. Whether we celebrate any festival or
On any occasion we like to post our day-to-day life on social media. It is also a way
to make new friends and get to know new people with social media applications such as
Facebook,Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat etc. But as we say a coin has two sides, so as this
social media, as nowadays so many scams and fraud happen through social media
where people pretend to be someone else and try to get your personal information
for digital payment scam, cyber bullying and for extortion as well. In its early days it
used to be more of a way to get knowledge and information about various topics but
nowadays the rate of scams and threats via social media has increased.
Although through social media many influencers are also earning a handsome
amount of money and making their career in social media. So, in this way it is also
providing employment to many youngsters and helping them earn money as well by
paid collaboration and by advertising products on their social media accounts. It has
increased the reach of people to advertise their products to many folds.
➔ The Positive impacts of Social media.
❖ Connectivity: - One of the initial aspects of the usage of social media is to make
connections to gain a wide range of audience for business point of view.
❖ Management of Brand: - Management of brand is very essential to gain potential
audience and potential clients by making good relationships with them.
❖ Latest updates and information: - social media nowadays is one of the best and
fastest ways to get yourself updated about the latest happening around the world.
❖ Large number of active users: - According to the latest report of 2024, it is
estimated that the total number of active users worldwide is around 5.07 billion,
which is almost 70% of the world’s population.
❖ Source of entertainment: - social media can be a good source of entertainment as
it helps to relax our mind sometimes by watching funny videos and by sharing funny
memes to friends and family.
➔ The negative aspects of social media
❖ Distraction for students: - social media can be a great source of distraction for
students. As, it will hamper their quality time of studies and can persuade them to do
wrong deeds.
❖ Toll on mental health: - Spending ample amounts of time on the internet and social
media can produce negative impacts on the mental health of a person, as it can
hamper their quality of sleep and sleeping pattern which is definitely not good for
physical health as well.
❖ Cyber Bullying: - In recent times, the cases of cybercrime and cyber bullying has
increased many folds and social media and internet contributes to almost 80-90% of
these cases. As, people can misuse photographs and videos of any influencer or
famous celebrity to mentally harass them and to extort money from them.
❖ Misleading Information: - Nowadays because of social media, information can be
easily misled and spread like wildfire.
Conclusion: -
In the end it can be concluded that the negative side and negative impact of social media is
more than its positive side. The complaints of disturbed mental health, low self esteem,
scam, cyber bullying, hindrance in studies and many more are increasing day by day. But, it
still depends on person to person and how they are optimising their time and efforts on
social media for their greater good without creating any negative impact on society and
themselves as well.
References:-
●https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/envison/social-media-boon-or-bane-4
4639/
● https://mbagdtopics.com/is-social-media-a-boon-or-a-bane-for-society/
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