Research shows that extensive use of social media (SM) is associated with anxiety and isolation. Our own research highlights the use of SM for negative behaviors:
Chapter Social media and alcohol use: Adverse impact of facebook and...
We also found that cyber bullying (associated with SM) is associated with student performance:
Article Cyberbullying and self-perceptions of students associated wi...
What is your opinion? Do social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, WhatApp, WeChat etc.) do more harm than good?
Social media contributes to cyber bullying and a whole host of other social issues.
The list of social media is expandin, currently at 60 plus in number. I think a fresh more in-depth study is needed.
It actually depends on how you use it.
Sharing my own personal experience.... I went to malaysia for a conference and there, people (researchers) were talking about how useful social media is. But here in India we are already talking about its addiction.
So i think it depends on how you use it.
@Usama Rehman thanks for sharing your experience. I will encourage you to check out our book chapter in which we discuss how youth in the United States uses social media to organize binge drinking etc.
Kristie Waterfield what is your take on this; social media a blessing or a curse?
I believe that social media is both a blessing and a curse. I think that the initial purpose of social media in terms of connecting people and keeping society up-to-date on various items of interest locally, nationally, and globally is a blessing. As our society becomes more global and "we" need to become globally conscience, social media is a channel and an outlet for that to happen.
However, the use of social media by some (e.g. number of hours used/day, outlet for cyber-bullying, etc.) is a curse. As mentioned above, it is how social media is used that denotes if it is a blessing or a curse. I do not believe that initially social media was expected to be used in the ways it is today. I do believe that there are people that are addicted to social media in various ways. Overall, I believe that social media is a blessing. We (society) need to learn how to better manage our usage and the messages that are being sent/received.
I think it depends on the intention of how social media is used, and who is actually using it. For example, many children and teens don't know a world without social media, so they can easily become addicted and may not know how to properly disconnect from it. A lot of them feel the pressure to always be "connected" to their peers through the internet. However, there are plenty of adults who are able to limit their time on social media and mainly use it for networking, as well as keeping in touch with loved ones. Without platforms like Facebook, Instagram, etc. it can be impossible for people to reconnect with old friends that they may have lost contact with over the years.
It will be meaningful to analyze the social media account of the top politicians in the country.
Social media contributes to cyber bullying and a whole host of other social issues.
I agree with this opinion. Despite the so many merits the social media has, it undergoes a lot of demerits if it is not used properly.
It is important but not to take the role of the teacher or a syllabus.
It depends Prof Shah ,
For teenagers it is really really bad !!!! It is a platform for bullying , knowing unwanted materials and saying unwanted stuff ! It is hard to make them immune to it ...
For people like us , it is doesn't matter , people who fake can use it or leave it ...
Social media depends on the culture of the user and the legal environment of the State and the level of maturity of society and awareness of the generation. If the above factors have been absent the social media will be a big problem to the society and generation as well.
Very impressive discussion the provoked valuable comments and views from our RG Colleagues. I think that social media has few positive thing if it used in a proper way and not become addict to it. As inappropriate usage would reflect a negative outcome
It is a blessing and a curse depending on how it is used. Just like guns!!
Avoid Extreme!
Social media via 'Information' reinforce 'Social Justice' & an efficient balance of 'Social Justice', 'Political Justice' & 'Economic Justice' invest 'Dignity' and responsible for 'Integrity' or 'Autonomy' of system
Everything outside boundary is absolutely unwanted for healthy democracy
Totally true! Social media creates both problems but has it merits too. By the way, wonderful article, Cyberbullying and self-perceptions of students associated with their academic performance. Really enjoyed reading it.
Segun Michael Abegunde , Hazim Al Dilaimy , Pankaj Tomar , Aparna Sathya Murthy , Salam Jassim Hmood , Lamia Al-Naama , @Sahar Qazi, Marwah Firas Abdullah Al-Rawe , Abdullah Noori , Amir W. Al-Khafaji , Liqaa Habib, Dennis Mazur -- thank you, colleagues for your participation in this research.
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