Social media is a platform by the people, for the people. It allows users to connect with their distant friends and relatives, browse news, buy and sell used goods and even use it for business purpose. For example, “with more than 2.27 billion monthly users, small businesses can use Facebook in a number of ways to promote services, increase customer support and boost recognition” (Saige Driver, 2019). Features like creating Facebook ads, arranging giveaways or even showing products on live video serves as goodwill for these small businesses.
Apart from these numerous benefits for both individuals and business owners, social media has its downsides. An issue that bothers us the most is how social media is affecting the lives of children. Nowadays, most discussions and ‘hangouts’ happen over Facebook chat rather than face-to-face. The question that arises is: Do these modern children learn the value of trust, empathy, and friendship like we did in the old days? (Hilary Stout, 2010) While this remains unanswered, the problems of cyber-bullying and scamming is nothing new. NBC has investigated that a million-dollar scam has been on Facebook for quite a while now (Rachel Polansky, 2018). Scammers usually try to sell a vehicle well below it’s worth and asks for a speedy transaction via eBay. They do not let the buyer see the product face to face and once they get the money, no one can connect to them again.
Thus, social media has both its pros and cons. It is totally up to us on how we view it. In recent times, there has been a crisis of fake news. But with rapid technological changes (such as authentic news app like Smart News) helped people to overcome the crisis. Even though we initially view changes as something negative, in the long run, these changes (specifically, technological improvements) come to our benefit.
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