Every person has to determine the most favorable option of using social media. Social media is the way to virtual tour of the world or watch extraordinary places through its lens. Sensing desirable places physically brings unmatched vibes, it cannot be possible through social media. In current times, it has brought numerous platforms not only to engage its users but to provide them the opportunity to learn and earn easily. In a short period of time, social media has grown to an expansive audience just because of its rapid and authentic source of transmission. In the coming era of artificial intelligence, social media can update its long-lasting drawbacks which can benefit people globally. On the flip side, the increasing rate of cybercrime, social bullying in the name of online education, and mental health problems are the most grievous shortcomings of social media. Teenagers are mostly involved in such activities just because of ignorance of parental supervision. It is easy to comprehend that life can be charming both with social media and without it.
Social media has grown to immense users in an instant period of time. According to an estimate, 60 percent of the population worldwide operates social media. The reason for this is because they get their first account at the age of 10 to 18 years. Throughout 2022, on average there are 72.9 million people using social media in Pakistan which makes up 31 percent of its whole population. Children, from the age of 10 to 12 years, get their account on Facebook and Instagram, each is used by 77 percent of kids. Chilfren, who should have books in their hands, have smartphones. Though social media has brought plentiful advantages to mankind, it has pessimistic effects too.
Education and Cyberbullying:
Social media has differently contributed in terms of education. Applications like YouTube and Byjus are great source of quality and genuine education. Video lectures are attainable on social media platforms about every subject which can enable students to get education. It is effortless to select optimistic teachers for those applications. E-library is a wonderful way to get thousands of books on your hand with no money in the ape of PDF and getting access to valuable resources is a breeze. Apart from these advantages, it is constantly causing cyber bullying predominantly among teenagers. Due to a secure website, it became a piece of cake to convince them their personal information to get better results. Cyberbullying is an act in which people steal privacy from human users and get them everything they require. It is especially accomplished on the Internet or any other computer network. Research shows that 41 percent of children encounter social anxiety due to cyberbullying highest rate of cyberbullying in India and the States. Recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 9 percent of adolescents have been cyberbullied and 6 percent of adolescents have made a serious suicide attempt. The facilitations of social media are its opportunities for disadvantages are its weak points.
Entertainment and Mental health, during a long busy day, being entertained through social media is a relaxing movement. There are uncountable movies, drama serials, documentaries, and songs available on social media which are free of cost. Making videos personally is another way to share your enjoying activities with the public. There are hundreds of platforms that pay you to make helpful content for their audience. We can get thousands of games from the Google store and enjoy them anytime. Although it is a wonderful idea to make money on self-created content, it has also brought negative outcomes with it. Sitting next to a screen badly affects mental health issues. From headaches to serious mental disorders, social media is linked to these growing problems. Many people face eye problems because of the blue light of the screen which badly affects eyesight. Nowadays, most modern smartphones bring an option to block this blue light. Expert creators of social media platforms try to know the interests of their audience by providing a list of contents when users log into the application. Afterwards, users are always provided with related content from their searches or most played videos. Later on, social media brings forward content that is mostly liked by users. In this way, users become addicted to it and waste hours and hours in front of the screen. Hence, life is charming with the use of social media and without it.
Online Jobs and Privacy Stealing:
Social media provides opportunities for unemployed people to earn via their platforms. Creating helpful content for social media users on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and other applications is an enormous source of monetization. Jobless people get their desires accomplished through the money they earn from those platforms. In the same way, there are some online websites that take a few fees from unemployed people and provide them an opportunity to learn new skills and earn using them. People who use their precious time on to watchless movies are now earning and enjoying their time happily. Similarly, there are some spam websites that steal personal information from people and blackmail them. People, with the hope of getting the opportunity to earn, hopelessly commit suicide. More than 800,000 people fall victim to cyber cyber-attacks every year. Since the beginning of COVID-19, cybercrime rates have unlimitedly increased. People had no choice except to sit at home with no work. Hence, life can be charming with the use of social media and without it.
Online Shopping and its Long Term Effects:
In the modern era of technology, shopping through online platforms has become very simple. About 68 percent of men and 72 percent of women do shopping online. It has become too easy to get items that are not available in their city or county. In a limited period of time, online shopping has owned a large group of audience. You can order anything with a click with a flexible price. Moreover, ordered things get delivered to the given address without extra charges. Social media shopping platforms like Daraz and Amazon are used worldwide to shop for free. Such online applications have brought a very simple source of shopping online. However, these platforms have negative disadvantages as well. You can see the quality of things you buy physically but ordering things online can lead people to have low-quality things. Ordered things take a lot of time to reach their destiny which leaves customers insecure at their first order. Hence life can be charming with social media and without it.
In a keyhole, Social media is always controlled by its own users. It is up to us whether we make social media charming or not. We have both options, to control social media or to be controlled by it. We should know its advantages and disadvantages before using it. Last but not least, parents should know about the activities their children are involved in with the help of parental controls. Before getting access to any insecure website, make sure that it is safe and secure, or else try not to enter it. Personal protection from the long-term effects of social media can prevent users from being hacked and blackmailed.
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