GVC1706 - Impact on Us

SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived with both positive and negative effect. Although it expands our reach and connects us with other people have started procrastinating work because of sitting and chatting. People feel jealous when their friends receive more attention on their post than us. Most of the time the youngsters seem to be chatting, not sparing a single second with their family and siblings. This affects the relationship in one’s life. The effects produced by social media are very frequent. They make collecting information easier and faster than ever. But people spend a lot of time by chatting with their friends online instead of making friends in real life. Using social to study is a good way but using social media for bad purposes can be harmful. People are becoming more-and-more dependent on social media as they have stopped using their own imagination. If they are given any work they do not use their own imagination but copy the whole work from Google. Hence, now it all depends on you which direction you want to go.

.Jaskirat S-

Social Media's Impact on Politics!

Count down starts to vote,

But don't make it a way of earning note.

Along caste lines,the voters are polarized,

By choosing the wrong man, many times they get victimized.

Be it Whatsapp or be it Facebook,

Social Media is a new political hook.

Stop using social sites to channelise religious lines,

Indeed, they are the most venomous wines.

Though the journey of Politics and Social Sites doesn't stop here,

As some politicians really handle it with care.

When politicians politicize, it binds the awareness of voters,

So that if they commit any wrong, they get ousted by the aware nation builders.

- Sanchit S.

- Bhumi S.

Impact of Social Media on Politics

The use of social media in politics including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has dramatically changed the way campaigns are run.

The prevalence of social media in politics has made elected officials and candidates for public office more accountable and accessible to voters. The ability to publish content and broadcast it to millions of people instantaneously allows campaigns to carefully manage their candidates’ images based on rich sets of analytics in real time and at almost no cost.

Social media tools including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube allow politicians to speak directly to voters without spending a lot of time. Using social media allows politicians to circumvent the traditional method of reaching voters through paid advertising or earned media.

-Bhumi S.

Impact on Training and Development of Social Media

Job candidates who develop skills on the latest and most advanced social media techniques are far more employable.

A 2013 survey by Pearson Learning Solutions reported a significant increase in the use of social media in learning. Over half the educators who were interviewed agreed that social sharing encourages interaction, providing an environment that fosters learning.

Blogs, wikis, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and podcasts are now common tools for learning in many educational institutions. Social media has contributed to the increase in long-distance online learning.

.Rudransh A -

Training and Development Affected by Social Media

Social Media is used as an idea generator, trend mapper and strategic compass for all of our business ventures.For example, like television, mobile phones, newspaper, etc. are very useful for spreading as well as gaining knowledge. Many apps have made our lives very easy like YouTube, snapchat, twitter, etc. Through them, a message can be sent in a second even to a group of people. Whereas earlier the letters used to take days for reaching their destination. Because of this, a message can reach on time and without any further delay, the work can be completed in time. This is very much helpful in multinational companies. As new technologies are coming, more efficient training is being given to workers and India is becoming a more developed country. Earlier people could talk to their friends and colleagues only when they met. But now we can talk to our friends anywhere and at anytime. We can also use Skype for much better results. Many people can be trained online and more efficiently. It is also very reasonable and the work can be completed efficiently at low costs. People of India are developing and making our country ‘A Rich and Developed India’.

- Jaskirat S.

- Sanchit S.

Impact of Social Media on Commerce

Earlier, people used to convey their messages through letters. But now, in this completely different generation of technology, people express their feelings using hashtags. This is one impact of social media on us. Today, in this article, we will discuss about the impact of social media on commerce.

If information of a product is advertised / shared, it could be viewed / browsed by many people, leading to sharing of information.

OTX’s survey tells us that 70 percent of consumers visit social media websites such as message boards, social networking sites and blogs to get information of a company, brand or product. Nearly half (49 percent ) of these consumers make a purchase decision based on the information they gathered from social media sites.

Positive effects include faster and worldwide reach of information, better communication of employees to increase selling of products, consumers can give feedback or know more about product, online accounting and transactions can be done and multimedia can be used to present the information in a better way.

Negative effects include high wastage of time, the web gets filled with advertisements and links – you have to close them or they’ll cover content and it may stop the trade of electronic stores.

- Yash K.

- Jaskirat S.

Effects of Social Media on Education

As we know that trends of social media are rising and rising. Social media plays a very important role in the education of students. Now -a - days social media is becoming more and more prominent. As we buy our books there is a link given in most of the books on which we can go and download the app to study online. There are so many things in which social media matters. There are online lectures given by great lecturers that we can either view live streaming or download the videos. There are many schools which have their own apps to communicate with the students easily. Teachers can interact with the parents and tell about their child or children. Schools mostly use the app for giving instructions about the homework or for any incoming festivity or informing them about any holiday update. Parents can check their child's or children's attendance. There are photo galleries and many other interesting features. There are various international platforms in which the students can compete with another student even if we're sitting in any corner of the world. In 'Byju's-the learning app' we can we videos from a vast collection of videos as all subjects are covered in it.

Apps such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter,Instagram, Hike, Skype,etc.distract the minds of the students from studies . We don't sleep at night to see whether our friends have messaged us or not. The things that keep swarming in our minds is 'where he must've gone today', 'what had he replied to their post' , 'how many likes he will get,. This prevents us to keep our minds stable and don't let us study properly.Pros can't hide cons as the cons are not good for our future.

.Chaitanya A -

Impact of Social Media on Education

In today’s world of connected learning, the impact of social media on education is becoming a driving factor. Through the use of technology such as social media, the way we deliver instruction is changing. The technologies that allow these platforms to function are also one of the driving forces behind the impact of this technology on education. There are positive and adverse effects of social networking to students to students, and the jury is still out concerning the long-term effects social media exposure may have.

For example, video presentation platforms, such as Skype, Google Hangouts, or Web video conferencing have allowed instruction to be delivered across great distances. No longer is it necessary for a faculty member to be in the same room as the students. These technologies have given rise tot he flipped model classrooms and changed the way knowledge is conveyed to students. Faculty today must be more technologically savvy than any generation previously as the students not only prefer communication through these mediums they expect it. The adoption of social media in everyday life is one of the driving forces behind these changing expectations and how social media is changing education.

- Bhumi S.

-Ivy T.

Social Media in Education

Social media is becoming more and more popular in today's schools. Social media platforms like Twitter, Moodle, Blackboard, and Snapchat, have been used to enhance the education of students. Twitter is a forum for sharing information. It encourages debate and answer questions. Some even set up labels for individual classes to create online discussion communities for students. Learning management systems such as Moodle and Blackboard have become greatly popular in universities in recent years as a means to distribute lecture notes and other course information, as a portal for students to upload assignments, and as a chat forum where students can communicate with their teachers, and with each other. Snapchat is a photo sharing software application developed by Stanford University students. With this app, users can take pictures, record videos, write texts and drawings, and send to their friends in this application list. When a user sends a photo to a friend, he/she can set a time limit for the friend to access the photo. After that, these photos will be completely removed from the device and from the server on snapchat.

The Positive

1. Help students exchange opinions with their learning groups.

2. Promote student engagement and collaboration.

3. Provide shy students with a forum for increased participation.

4. School bag weight loss.

The Negative

1. Distraction in classroom.

2. The more time students spend on social media sites, the less time they spend socializing in person, and are therefore less able to effectively communicate face-to-face.

3. Cyberbullying.

4. Posting inappropriate content can also be a problem that teachers can not control.

- Elly W., Cherry W. and Peggy T.

How Social Media is Affecting Human Relationships ?

Do you all remember that in old days when people used to go out with their family, they used to spend time with each other and gossip a lot ?But now-a-days we see that whenever we go out with our family, we are busier with our phones. Sometimes we click pictures and do work on our phones but don't spend that quality time with our family. You may have heard your parents saying that they used to eat their food with their family. Now-a-days what do we do is - we sit alone in a separate room and listen to songs or surf on internet while eating food. These are only some examples that show how social media has affected human relationships adversely. It can also be used in a right way and its usage could be increased in a right way. It was meant to make people socially interactive and to help them do their work effectively. But it is not getting used in a right way, today people prefer talking via chats rather than talking face to face. This thing won't help them to enhance their ability to converse properly with other men. All this addiction to social media not only affects a person's mental health but also physical health. If a person will spend almost half of his day on social media for unnecessary reasons and not doing any physical activity, won't he get unfit? He will definitely get unfit.

At last I only want to say that REALISE THE CURRENT SITUATION AND WORK WISELY ON IT ,ELSE IN FUTURE WE'LL BE JUST CRYING OVER THE SPILT MILK.

- Disha D.

Impact on Personal Relationship

The Internet is a useful tool that is frequently used as part of daily personal and professional lives. As technology continues to advance, the number of people using the Internet is rapidly growing. Unfortunately, the number of people experiencing Internet and social media addiction is also growing. Like many other addictions, Internet addiction can have a direct impact on the addict's family. It is common for family to experience the secondhand effects of this unique addiction.

Family members of Internet addicts may experience feelings of isolation or abandonment. When an addict is obsessively using social media and other Internet outlets, they may become quickly disengaged with their surroundings. They may withdraw from family activities and conversations. This can be frustrating for family members, as they may not understand that their loved one's habit is actually an addiction. Strained social relationships with friends and partners are not uncommon, either.

.Rudransh A -

- Yunis, Peggy, Minnie and Sophia

- Ishita V.

- Yash K.

Social Media - A Boost to Personal Relationships

Social Media is affecting our personal relationships a lot. We have some relatives who live far away in some other country. We communicate with them using our Social Media apps such as Messenger,WeChat,Whats App,Viber,etc.

It's good that we can come in contact with our friends and relatives living in far away places with these social media apps,but the present generation is really misusing it by using them in excess. The youngsters are buying smartphones at a great rate. Due to this,they keep chitting-chatting with their friends on their blue-screens and spend less time with their family. Whenever they visit their grandma's or aunt's place,they are busy on their phones over there as well. In old days,people were extremely excited to meet their relatives who lived far away . But now, they are least bothered. This habit of just chatting with the relatives has also affected their academics. Moreover,they also avoid face-to-face meeting with relatives who live nearby. They do their work on the screens only.

If this habit of talking for too long is promoted,the upcoming generation will only be meant behind the screens.The need of the hour is that we should start devoting our time to our family as well and less on blue-screens so that we can manage our time-schedule.

.Tanush R -

Effects of Social Media on Personal Relationships

Social media has become the necessary and unavoidable part of our routine. We use internet, websites, social networks, television and other means of social media everyday very frequently.The affects produced by the social media are very frequent and important They are affecting our relationships and the importance of relationships in one’s life. It is badly affecting the relation of children with their parents and other family members. Most of the time, youngsters seem to be busy in using the social networks and they do not find time for their family and siblings. They spend a lot of time in enjoying, doing gossips with the online friends and uploading fun pictures but they do not pay any heed toward their family. They do not find any time to talk to their family. Family communication level reaches up to almost zero. Social media has trapped people so strongly that their all day routine is being set and scheduled according to the social networking programs. They had described and preset their activities and they do not find any space to communicate with their family members. The language or the symbolism being used in social media is exclusively understandable by its users only, so it has become very difficult to communicate your emotional attachment to your family.

The revolution in social media has brought drastic changes to family life and children tend to know more about their friends than their parents and siblings.

.Gurnoor K -

- Vishal N.

Social Media Affecting Relationships

Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking is called social media.But the participation in social networking is so much that we have forgotten to maintain our real life relationships.People mostly use social media sites like Facebook because they meet the basic need of connecting to others: Making friends, keeping tabs on their lives, and updating friends on the status of your life.While sites like Facebook were designed to connect people online who already knew each other offline, most people using them have formed connections with people whom they didn’t know outside of Facebook. Not only new relations are formed but on the other hand they even break relations.For example,a person feels jealous when their friend receives more attention on his or her post than him. Revealing confidences and posting other embarrassing pictures is also an issue as 58% acknowledge being upset or embarrassed because of a friend posting a photo that they did not want to be seen. Coming to the pros,more marriages than ever are now beginning as the result of people connecting online through social media or dating sites. These marriages are proving to be just as strong and viable as more traditional unions. It’s important to keep in mind that most millennials are able to use social media in healthy ways without suffering any negative consequences in their relationships. The key is to set healthy boundaries, to be as honest as possible, and to pursue online relationships with caution.

.Khushi M -

Impact on Personal Relationships

One of the effects of social media is encouraging people to form and cherish artificial bonds over actual friendships. The term ‘friend’ as used on social media lacks the intimacy identified with conventional friendships, where people actually know each other, want to talk to each other, have an intimate bond and frequently interact face to face.

Many of those we “friend” on Facebook are also real-life friends. Should we be concerned about a trend toward developing online network connections instead of nurturing face-to-face relationships? How influential are our online “friends” able to be if we do not maintain a real-life relationship with them? As with anything, balance seems to be the key

Online friendships, while certainly valuable in many ways, lack the ability to provide us with opportunities for deep and lasting

emotional closeness. So accept and seek out your online friends, rekindle lost connections and revisit childhood friendships, as long as it is not at the expense of nurturing and deepening your real-life relationships.

- Neha M.

Social Media Affecting Personal Relationships

I remember when we used to write letters and wait for others to call us at the landline phone ,or to send a message through letters.But now-a-days, the idea of having cell phone and technology has changed the lifestyle of people.The impact of Social Media is destroying family relationships the most. In today's world social media plays an important role in each life. Though, it helps us to keep people socially active but has made some negative impact in personal life and relationship in many ways. Surely, social media increases the communication but we neglect the fact that it has reduced the real world communication and this adversely affect the real life relationship. Social Media sites like Facebook, Snapchat,Twitter etc. allow people to meet new people .Many people make mistakes that they give more priority to virtual relationship than to real world relationship .It's main aim is to enhance people's social knowledge. Now-a- days people prefer chatting rather than talking face -to -face. Social Media affects mental and physical health of people. It causes depressive tendencies, mental illness etc. In today's society,we are addicted to our phones,computers and other technology devices. The constant using of technology or Social Media can actually drive us insane.

Beside, giving much attention to Facebook ,Twitter ,etc ;we should put our focus on things that actually matter in life like well-being with our friends or our family members. Don't let social media let you sink into the world of fakeness. Focus on where we are in the real world.

.Kavya B -

Impact of Social Media on Children and Adolescents

Using social media websites is the most common activity of today's children and adolescents. Such sites offer today's youth a portal for entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in recent years. It is important that parents become aware that not all social sites are healthy for children and adolescents. The number of adolescents using such sites has increased dramatically. Teenagers now have their own cell phones and a large part of this generation's social and emotional development is occurring while they are on internet and on cell phones. Children and adolescents are at main risk as they navigate and experiment with social media.

Social media becomes a risk to adolescents more often. Most risks fall into the following: lack of understanding of online privacy and outside influences of third party advertising groups. Cyber bullying is the most common online risk for all teens. The main risk to preadolescents and adolescents online today are: risks from each other, sharing too much information, or posting false information about themselves or others. Indiscrimination internet activity also can make children and teenagers eaiser for marketers and fraudsters to target. Many social media sites display multiple advertisement such as behavior ads and demographic based ads that influence not only the buying tendencies of adolescents but also their views. Parents may lack a basic understanding of these new forms of socialization, which are integral part of their children's lives. They frequently do not have technical abilities or time needed to keep pace with their children in the ever-changing world. The end result is often a knowledge and technical skill gap between parents and youth, which creates a disconnect in how parents and youth, participate in online world together. Some teens who have engaged in sexting have been threatened or charged with felony child with charges. Additional consequences include school suspension for perpetrators and emotional distress with accompanying mental health conditions for victim. Children who suffer from depression due to facebook are at risk for social isolation and sometimes turn to risky sites and blog for "help" that may promote unsafe practices or aggressive or self-destructive behaviors.

Pediatricians are in a unique position to educate families about both the complexities of the digital world and encourage families to face the core problems of bullying, depression and popularity and status. They help parents understand the core issues and have strategies for dealing with them. Social media allows teens to accomplish many tasks, connect them to their friends and families, exchange ideas and make new friends.

.Parth B -