THE SOCIAL LIVES OF NETWORKED TEENS
VIEW: ZAIMAH AHMED
Social Networks are a new way to communicate with each other. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram being the more popular ones than the rest. Everyone is sharing pictures, day to day activities, thoughts about issues and current scenarios, personal problems, etc. on social networking platforms in addition to communicating with each other via social media. It has become an easy way to communicate .Few people are even exploiting each other through social networking sites. So one should take care of what he/she is sharing on social media.
Humans are social animals by nature and social networks are just another outlet for humans to interact. We should not look at social networking sites as threats but rather as opportunities for us to interact with people globally. I myself am an active user of social network and have many friends and contacts online. It's easy to socialise with one another through social media. It makes it more comfortable. Nowadays through What's App and Facebook it has been easier to talk about work or any other work related to college or school. Social media has just made it easier for each and every existing human in the world. Everyone has the same level of opportunity.
For the past three-four years, social networking has been the buzzword that won’t go away.
Social networks like ‘facebook’ and ‘twitter’ have millions of users worldwide. In India, it all probably began with ‘hi5’, and then came ‘orkut’, and now we have well-known sites such as ‘facebook’, ‘MySpace’, ‘twitter’, ‘Linkdeln’.
No doubt that social networking is an important tool when it comes to having the right ‘connections’ in this web-driven world, and has helped scores of budding entrepreneurs to kick off with little capital and global exposure. But then, it is still something new, and one must not get over-enthusiastic over the business part. Henry David Thoreau once remarked, “Men have become tool of their tools”. From new teens to young adults to office-going-nearing-40, everyone who has access to the internet seems to be on one social networking site or the other.
COUNTER VIEW: DIPTI DH
Kid these days spend a lot of time on Social networking sites as it's an easier way to socialise behind a screen than socialise face to face.
Social media also reducing the self esteem of many youngsters since they get to stalk other people's social networks and complete themselves to others, and often feel inferior.
Social media is also an addiction to many youngsters as it is an easier way to socialise with other people through social networking websites.
How people make their lives look on social networking websites maybe very different from how their life really is so they are basically lying about how their lives are on social media. And if they seek attention and they like it, they can go to any extension to gain it. Teenagers especially can sometimes lose control and can be guided in wrong directions.
There is also a lot of exposure to the wrong things on social media which can effect teenagers in a very bad way. Teenagers can also get obsessed with getting attention on social media that they might forget about focusing on what is actually important for them like focusing on studies and spending time with their friends and family.
Social media can be addictive and can make them sit behind the screen for hours. Sitting behind the screen for hours is very harmful for the body too. This can lead to health issues.
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