How Does Social Media Affect Us Negatively

Social media is a platform that enables people from all around the world to be connected together and communicate with one another. It is done by sharing media content, ideas and information. Some examples of social media are Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. Social media can impact us both positively and negatively depending on the situation. It impacts us in terms of the way of expressing ourselves, our emotions, behaviours and relationships. It is important to learn about social media at school. It assists students to gain knowledge about social media and the ability to handle critical situations they never met before. It cannot be learnt from books and furthermore, it can be applied to their daily lives.
Social media has impacted people’s life positively. It provides convenience in how we communicate with one another. It allows us to communicate faster. With reference to TED TALK ( Txtng is killing language. JK), ‘laughing out loud’ is replaced by ‘LOL’. It is straightforward, which allows us to send the message to another person quickly. It is a form of abbreviation used across the entire internet and in people’s daily conversations with their friends and families. Same thing applies to the sharing of media content. In finance.yahoo.com, it stated that almost every site has a ‘like button for users to share media content’. …show more content…
It influences our feelings in a bad way. As studies in npr.org shown, people ‘set up comparison-you maybe feel your life is not as full as rich as those people you see on Facebook’. People feel unsatisfied and often envy those who has a wonderful life shared on social media. It can also make us sad through posts. As what time.com has stated, "content of people 's messages" can determine a 'rainy day ' for another person. People influence others to feel the emotions they feel through their posts online. Therefore, social media has control over people’s feelings by deciding what they see