Social Media and Society
Marcia Clemmitt in her article “Social Media Explosion” writes about if "social networking sites threatens privacy rights" (Clemmitt, 2013). Clemmitt also says whether it is worth to give away your personal information for the profits of social media. She touches all aspects of how social networks affect the personal lives of people. In today 's world modern society is a society of high technology. The Internet is gripping the world and all spheres of human activity. Online stores provide an opportunity to make purchases without leaving home; online translation allows you to view TV shows, news programs, and so on. The exchange of information, job search, communication between people, and leisure pass in a virtual …show more content…
Due to the diversity of the content of social networks, concept of time is leveled. You feel that you just went to your page; however, it 's already passed five hours. During this time, you could make a lot of useful things. Most social networks users are so accustomed to them that they cannot imagine life without social networks. Visiting an account becomes a kind of rite. For many people, the pursuit of "likes" and comments of new friends becomes a kind of game. People wrongly prioritize and forget that there are things in life more important than one thousandth friend or hundredth "Like" on Facebook. Another disadvantage of social networks is the lack of protection of personal information. You lay out your photos, documents and other personal data, but, in fact, in our world quite a lot of computer criminals who may use this information for their criminal …show more content…
Plunging into social networking sites, young people do not even think that there is a possibility of formation of “virtual depending”. Running away from the real problems into the virtual world, young people, without realizing it, begin to perceive this world as a part of the real. Marcia Clemmitt states, "Some are concerned that online social networking interferes with real-life relationships, causing people to become isolated from each other and rely too heavily on electronic communication" (Clemmitt, 2013). Virtual communication supplants the real, becomes predominant in human life. In particular, this issue affects children and teenagers. In the social network everything is simple and impersonal; just type a message, send it, and receive a response. There are no facial expression, movement, eye contact, language poses and gestures, no real emotions in the social network. Human, who spends a lot of time in the network and communicates virtually, forgets the simple human communication and becomes addicted to the computer and the network itself. Another negative effect of social networking sites is confidentiality. People provide an opportunity to see the information about themselves to the vast number of people by posting it on a page on the social network. Their private lives become public; this, in some
Marcia Clemmitt in her article “Social Media Explosion” writes about if "social networking sites threatens privacy rights" (Clemmitt, 2013). Clemmitt also says whether it is worth to give away your personal information for the profits of social media. She touches all aspects of how social networks affect the personal lives of people. In today 's world modern society is a society of high technology. The Internet is gripping the world and all spheres of human activity. Online stores provide an opportunity to make purchases without leaving home; online translation allows you to view TV shows, news programs, and so on. The exchange of information, job search, communication between people, and leisure pass in a virtual …show more content…
Due to the diversity of the content of social networks, concept of time is leveled. You feel that you just went to your page; however, it 's already passed five hours. During this time, you could make a lot of useful things. Most social networks users are so accustomed to them that they cannot imagine life without social networks. Visiting an account becomes a kind of rite. For many people, the pursuit of "likes" and comments of new friends becomes a kind of game. People wrongly prioritize and forget that there are things in life more important than one thousandth friend or hundredth "Like" on Facebook. Another disadvantage of social networks is the lack of protection of personal information. You lay out your photos, documents and other personal data, but, in fact, in our world quite a lot of computer criminals who may use this information for their criminal …show more content…
Plunging into social networking sites, young people do not even think that there is a possibility of formation of “virtual depending”. Running away from the real problems into the virtual world, young people, without realizing it, begin to perceive this world as a part of the real. Marcia Clemmitt states, "Some are concerned that online social networking interferes with real-life relationships, causing people to become isolated from each other and rely too heavily on electronic communication" (Clemmitt, 2013). Virtual communication supplants the real, becomes predominant in human life. In particular, this issue affects children and teenagers. In the social network everything is simple and impersonal; just type a message, send it, and receive a response. There are no facial expression, movement, eye contact, language poses and gestures, no real emotions in the social network. Human, who spends a lot of time in the network and communicates virtually, forgets the simple human communication and becomes addicted to the computer and the network itself. Another negative effect of social networking sites is confidentiality. People provide an opportunity to see the information about themselves to the vast number of people by posting it on a page on the social network. Their private lives become public; this, in some