Social Media

Do you really know your social media as well as you think ?

Amaris

In this report I will be discussing all the influences of social media and how different people really use it. Snapchat and Instagram are huge social media apps and are extremely popular. They both allow you to contact your friends and post photos of what you want.

These apps are used by billions of different people every day, all around the world, and are used in very different ways. People will be influenced by things they see online and may copy or just see it and will take no notice of it.

I will be answering a mixture of questions you may be thinking while reading through my article. I hope all your questions will be answered.

Many people believe that social media is an amazing thing as people can use it to contact friends and post things to see what everyone is doing.

Positive story: People who have used social media, have gained a lot of knowledge about what natural disasters and tragedies are going on around the world. This allows people to come together and help people around the world. This is all thanks to social media as it is shared all around the world and millions of people use it so they are all made aware of it.

People act in different ways after they see certain things on social media and some may copy what they see and some will see it and do nothing. However some people may see this and get offended by it so be aware of what you put online.

Negative story: However, bad things can happen to people all around the world every day. Some people are bullied on these social media platforms and sometimes if it gets out of hand people are led to self-harming or at its worse suicide. These things need to be dealt with or this could happen. Sometimes, people find out who you are and meet you and they could a person who they say there not. Do not meet anyone you don’t know in person as you can be in danger. BE AWARE OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CONSEQUENCES !

The influences of social media can be very effective and cause a deep effect for many people as people may see what you have posted and they may find it offensive and bad.

On these social media platforms you can post things and see what people are doing in their day to day life and contact people. Beware of what you post of other people and always ask them if you can post it as they may not feel confident or like the picture. The influences of social media can be very bad and very good. Sometimes women and men will see images of the ‘perfect body’, this can have a negative effect on people as they will become self-conscious and they may feel pressured to have this body.

There are good influences as well like people find out about things and learn about life lessons and how to do certain things.

In this table I am going to show you the positive and negative things :

Positive : Negative:

Allows you to contact your mates Peer pressure (body image)

Share things Share things

Make plans Bullying

Stay in contact with people Sexting

Can educate people Cause mental health issues

Allows people to express their opinion Hacked accounts

Allows young people to become confident, independent and innovative Become close to people you don’t know

Fake news

People’s views on social media change every day about if they think it’s bad or good as something may have happened to them in the past or they may have not had to have had any of the bad things happen to them. This will all depend on your personal experience of it and how it has influenced them.

Always be careful on social media and don’t do anything you don’t want to do. At the most extreme, if you talk to someone you don’t know in person, you may end up meeting them and sometimes people have lied about their age and people have been kidnapped or murdered. This could happen to anyone so be careful and stay safe online.