In this debate on Social media being good for society or not i have heard many viewpoints.Kerry Coppinger the author of last week's AoW claim on the topic is that social media is ruining our lives and that we are at fault. Others might think that social media is helping society. I agree with those others social media is good for society. Although social media has cyberbullying, social media sites are good for reducing loneliness and improve wellbeing, teaching students online with websites such as edmodo, and also for expressing creativity. Social media sites are good for reducing loneliness and improve wellbeing. As Michael Marshal states “using the internet and social networking sites actually appears to reduce loneliness and improve
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Social networking helps kids who are very creative or talented and want to share their great experience with others. Christine greenhow states that “ students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and customizing content and thinking about online design and layout. They are also sharing creative original work like poetry and film and practicing safe and responsible use of technology.” This is basically saying that with social media student are learning to use social networking in a good way while also doing it safely.
Social networking also has a bad side which is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is when a person harshly bullies a person online where many people can see. Even though this is a major reason that social media is viewed as a bad thing for society it really isn’t. It's just how you deal with it. Himanshu tyagi states “It's a world where everything moves fast and changes all the time, where relationships are quickly disposed at the click of a mouse.” This is saying that if we dont like what is said we can just delete it. There is nothing that is holding you down from deleting or reporting something bothering you.
Therefore social media is good for society. It has some drawbacks like cyberbullying but the good things that come out of it are far greater than the consequences. Social networking sites helps socially awkward kids be more social.
Social networking helps kids who are very creative or talented and want to share their great experience with others. Christine greenhow states that “ students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and customizing content and thinking about online design and layout. They are also sharing creative original work like poetry and film and practicing safe and responsible use of technology.” This is basically saying that with social media student are learning to use social networking in a good way while also doing it safely.
Social networking also has a bad side which is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is when a person harshly bullies a person online where many people can see. Even though this is a major reason that social media is viewed as a bad thing for society it really isn’t. It's just how you deal with it. Himanshu tyagi states “It's a world where everything moves fast and changes all the time, where relationships are quickly disposed at the click of a mouse.” This is saying that if we dont like what is said we can just delete it. There is nothing that is holding you down from deleting or reporting something bothering you.
Therefore social media is good for society. It has some drawbacks like cyberbullying but the good things that come out of it are far greater than the consequences. Social networking sites helps socially awkward kids be more social.