Social Media is a web-based platform which helps us to share Ideas, thoughts, and information among the communities. It gives us quick electronic communication of contents like Article, News, Images, videos etc. A person can access social media through a Computer, Tablet or Smartphone.
Using Social Media is a very powerful way to communicate among the people as it has the ability to connect with anyone in the world and share information instantly.
According to the latest report, there are approximately two Billion Social Media users in the world. The report also said that more than 80% of people between the ages of 18 to 30 used at least one form of Social Media.
Generally, people use Social Media to keep in touch with their friends and family members. Some people use it to share their thoughts, emotions, feelings etc. when some use it finds to find a Job or to network career opportunities.
Advantages of Social Media
- People become more informed about current topics happening in their locality, in State or even in the entire world.
- Social Media platforms help students to carry out research work as it becomes easy to do group discussions among the students even when they are far from each other.
- · Social Media is helping people (Especially Youngsters) to access new Job opportunities as many local Business Organizations recruits their employees through Social Media Platforms like Facebook, Linkedin etc.
- · Social Media is helping people to stay up to date with current technology updates in this age of rapid technological advancements which is a very good sign for us.
There are some disadvantages of Social Media as follows
- The rise of this virtual social world could a person’s ability to have a face to face conversation.
- The excessive use of Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram distance us from our families more than we actually think.
- Various Social Media platforms are making our so convenient that it creates laziness
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