NEGATIVE EFFECTS: SOCIAL MEDIA

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Most people nowadays use social media regularly. Some people use social media to make more friends, some to consume extra time, and others for business related issues. But whatever the purpose was, social media has many negative effects on its users. In this article, I will try to highlight the most important negative effects of social media on its users.

 One of the negative effects of social media on its users is that it may lead to anger and loneliness. As research have found that social media would take its users to the way of addiction. Most social media users log in to their accounts daily, or even multiple time a day. People, who are addicted to social media, will lose the ability to contact others in real life, and will have loneliness which, as a result, will increase the level of anger in their personalities.

Another negative of social media on its users is that it may cause personal security threats. People on social media share their photos, videos, and personal information without the sense that they are putting their security in danger. Even in high personal security setting on social, personal information are more likely to leak on social media. Imagine that anyone wants to know something about you, can go to social media and know everything about you, such as where do you live exactly.

Negative effects of social media on its users is countless, especially on children personalities. Many kids nowadays are allowed to use social media putting their life at risk. Social media is full of videos and games which is not appropriate for kids, such as porn or adult programs. These videos can be reached easily to children on social media websites, and as we all know, such videos has a lot of negative effects on children personalities and acts. Therefore, when we allow our kids to use social media, we are ending up seeing our kids involving in criminal or violent acts in some cases.

Finally, negative effects of social media is not limited to what is listed in this article, but we must make a deeper research to know how to limit these negative effects on our life. My advice is to control yourself and try to decrease the hours of social media usage. In addition, we all should monitor our kids’ usage of social media and try to take this issue seriously.

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