The document discusses social media, including its definition, history, popular platforms, and effects on youth. It provides statistics on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and WhatsApp. Both positive and negative effects are outlined. Positives include connecting with others and sharing information, while negatives include technology overuse, distraction from schoolwork, and risks like cyberbullying. The document concludes by emphasizing the need for internet safety education for youth.
3. You are going to know about
following contents
īWhat is social media ?
īTools of social media.
īHistory
īStatistics of popular social media platforms.
īNegative Effects
īPositive Effects
ī Some facts
ī Conclusion
4. What is social media ?
īĩ Social media refers to interaction among people in which they can create,
share or exchange information and ideas in virtual
communities and networks.[1]
īĩ âSocialâ â refers to instinctual needs humans have to connect with other
humans
īĩ âMediaâ â what we use to make connections with other humans
īĩ âSocial Mediaâ â Media used for social interaction. Social media is the use of
electronic and internet tools for the purpose of sharing and discussing
information and experiences with an online community.
5. Some of the popular social media
tools/websites
ī Whatsapp
ī Twitter
ī Face book
ī Google+
ī Snapchat
ī Blogging Platforms
[Tumblr,Blogger]
ī Instagram
6. History of Social Media
ī The first social media site that everyone can agree actually was a website called
Six Degrees. It was named after the âsix degrees of sepration theory and lasted
from 1997 to 2001. Six Degrees allowed users to create a profile and then make
friend with other users. Six Degrees even allowed those who didnât register as
users to confirm friendships and connected quite a few people this way.
ī From Six Degrees, the internet moved into the era of blogging and instant
messaging. Although blogging may not seem like social media precisely, the term
fits because people were suddenly able to communicate with a blog other
instantly as well as other readers. The term âblogâ is a form of the phrase
âWeblogâ which was coined by Jorn Barger, an early blogger that was the editor
of the site âRobot Wisdom.â
7. ī In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched what would soon become the social
media giant that would set the bar for all other social media services.
Facebook is the number one social media website today and it currently
boasts over a billion users.
ī However, back in 2004, Facebook (TheFacebook.com then) was launched
just for Harvard students. Zuckerberg saw the potential and released the
service to the world at the website facebook.com.
ī In 2006, the popularity of text messaging or SMS inspired Jack Dorsey, Biz
Stone, Noah Glass and Evan Williams to create Twitter, a service that had
the unique distinction of allowing users to send âtweetsâo 140 characters
or less. Today, Twitter has over 500 million users.
10. Positive Effects and Advantages of Social
Media
Helps in
conversation
around the
world.
Data,
information
can be
exchanged
easily.
Money over
SMS can be
saved by
using
whatsapp.
Information can
be directly sent
to large number
of people easily.
Helps in
avoiding
boredom.
A local
business
person may
expand his
business over
websites
Increace a
general
knowledge
Targets a wide
audience, making
it a useful and
effective
recruitment tool
11. Positive effects
ī The main advantage of social networking site is that it helps in establishing
connection with people,friends and relatives. It helps in sharing oneâs view, share
pictures and lots of other stuffs.
ī It helps students in interacting with one another and share ideas. This helps in
improving studentâs creativity.
ī The social networking websites can be accessed from any part of the globe
ī Through these sites the students can establish contact with entrepreneurs,
corporate people and can gain valuable information from them.
12. Positive effects
īThrough these sites the students can establish contact with entrepreneurs,
corporate people and can gain valuable information from them.
īFacilitates open communication, leading to enhanced information discovery and
delivery.
īTargets a wide audience, making it a useful and effective recruitment tool.
īIncrease General Knowledge and Awareness of Students.
īSaves Time and Cost by facilitating faster communication
16. Negative effects and Demerits of
social media
Making Violence
Normal
Can be
Distractive.
Score Low
In exams
Radiation
Face to Face
Connections
are
Endangered
Cyberbullying
and Crimes
Against
Children
Risks of
Fraud or
Identity Theft
Time Waster
17. Negative effects
ī Eye Problems: Prolonged use of display screens may weaken
eye sight.
īAddiction: Internet shopping, online chatting can be
addictive.
īEffect on health: Sitting all day in front of laptops/computers
may disturb body metabolism.
īReduction in physical activities
eaken eye sight.
18. Negative effects
ī Teens who use Facebook more may have psychological disorders, including
antisocial behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies
ī The Desire to Compare: We compare ourselves to others in terms of looks,
travelled destinations, shopping sprees, friends and so on.
ī Lack Of Interpersonal Skills: youth often ignore the importance and the
appropriate behaviour related to face-to-face contact.
ī Sharing too much
ī Social Distrust
19. Negative effects
ī Online grooming: One of the most distressing aspects
of the social media is the growing evidence that may use
fake accounts on the social media to make friendships
with young children and teenagers.
ī Violent Imagery: Spending a lot of time on the social
media sites like facebook can be dangerous, as often as a
result of political events around the world, explicit and
violent imagery get shown on the discussion threads.
ī Misinformation: Enables the spread of false rumors and
unreliable information: 49.1% of users have read false
news on social media.
20. Attention-deficit hyperactivity
Disorder
The practice of logging on daily to see
hundreds of new photos, comments, and
user statuses have begun to take away
our ability to keep our focus on
something for more than an hour or two,
making a very real and possible effect of
SNS.
21. How to Prevent Social Media Threats??
īInstall theft protection software on all of the computers you use to
access social media accounts.
īMake sure never to click the box to save your password when you
are on a public, work or laptop computer.
īUse your real name whenever you sign up for social media
accounts.
īAvoid giving out personal information on social media sites, such as
address, phone number or your birth date.
īChange your privacy settings on all your social media accounts, so
that you have control of all the information that is posted.
22. How I (as a new user) formed my networks
ī After setting up an account on a given platform â e.g. Facebook or Twitter, I then used the
search tools to find people with similar interests to me. For example:
- Career
- Sport
- Academic
- Campaigns
ī For each interest, I was able to build up a small âvirtualâ network that looks something like
the diagram below
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Everyone within this network of
interest is connected to each other
24. Some important facts
Todayâs children spend an avg. 7
hours a day on entertainment
media including television ,
computer and mobile.
īĩSocial media statistics as on 30
dec.2016 :-
īĩTeens average over 3000 texts
per month (100/day)
âĸ 1++
Billion
âĸ 950
Million
âĸ 325
Million
âĸ 1.609
Billion
FACEBOOK Twitter
You tubeWhatsapp
27. Conclusion and Implication
īParents need to work with their children on using safety precautions when on
social media sites. Thirty-one percent of youth surveyed by the National School
Board Association (2007) reported posting inappropriate pictures and sharing
personal information with strangers.
īYouth need to be taught of the dangers of putting their personal information
online.
īInformation that is posted online can never be permanently erased.
īParents and their children should establish privacy settings, and the children
should learn to check to be sure that their privacy settings have not changed.