Social Media (Advantages and Disadvantages)

 Social media has become a buzz word nowadays. Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Viber are some popular social media that connect people all over the world. Because of their user-friendly features, they have become an integral part of our life. Even a decade ago, we could hardly imagine that socialization someday will be that easy. People all around the world is now only a click away. The young generation has always been the one who embraces new changes and technology very easily. So no need to say, social media are also dominated by youth. They post on different topics, chat with friends and family, uploads content, and often use social media as a platform for buy and sell. However, there is no good without bad. On one hand, social media has made our life easier but on the other hand excessive uses of social media creates problems. The addiction to social media is similar to drug addiction. It wastes a lot of time. Nowadays students waste most of their time on social media rather than studying. Identity theft is also easier on social media. SO most often the dishonest people and criminals use social media to commit crimes. Nowadays e-commerce has become very popular and Facebook has become a popular platform for e-commerce. But dishonest businessman deceives consumers easily on social media. Sometimes hatred and hate speeches and rumors are spread through social media. Many yellow journalists also publish fake news on social media to cheat or confuse others. As we can say if we use social media for good purposes they can benefit us. But monitoring in using is necessary. Parents should be careful that their children may not spend much time on social media.