The positive impact of social media among the people

Introduction 

Social media has grown too much in the last decade.

It has become an essential part of our day to day activities. It has changed our way of communication.

The rise of social media has made us more connected with their friends than ever before.

Social media came into existence in 1975 with the invention of email. It becomes popular after the creation of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Snapchat, and WhatsApp.

It not only allowed to send text messages but also share photos, videos, and stories. This type of social media become popular after Facebook opened up for the general public in 2006. In 2019, social media had more than 3.484 billion users.

Every year, there is a rise of up to 9 per cent per year.

Social media is defined as “an online community that allows people to develop profiles of their backgrounds and interests, communicate with friends and strangers, and share thoughts, photos, Internet links, music, and more”.

Human as a social animal

The Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human”. Neurobiology also claimed human, inherently social. We share the same social behavior like aggression, affiliation, the establishment of territoriality, and hierarchy with different animals. Even species with a primitive brain shows this type of behavior. Though having genetic advancement, human behavior has more complexity than this but have a similar nature.

Why people share information?

Research of the New York Times consumer insight group divulges the people’s motivation for sharing information.  The reason behind the sharing information includes “to support a cause or issue”, “to pass valuable information”, “to build their image”, “to make sense of their relationships with others”, “to participate and involve in the growing world”.

The positive impact of social media

A preliminary study found that three aspects of human health positive mental health, self-rated health, and social well being depends on how routinely it is being used and how much is it emotionally connected to a person. The routine use of social media has a positive association with all three aspects of health outcomes. But emotional connected to social media is found to have a negative impact on all three parts of health outcomes. In other sense, mindful use of social media is not harmful rather beneficial to use.

Social media allows students and researchers to discuss educational ideas, technological skills advancements, improve communication skills, learning new cultures, and lifestyles from users. Younger students can also teach their older relatives about the effective use of technology in their daily lifestyles.

Effective use of social media is also found to improve their quality of life and also helps to reduce health risks. It is easier to make a large number of friends within a short time.

It allows people to express their creativity in the form of text, video, or blogging to generate new ideas and stories. They are allowed them to share their interest, music, videos, TV shows, events, and other hobbies as well.

Social media is also found beneficial for expanding the business of people through low-cost advertisements, speedy communication, target audience, potential employees, and better decision making.

Social media can provide a sense of community, spread social awareness, foster empathy, and kindness. Additionally, they can get feedback about their work, enhance their productivity and creativity. It is also helpful to build a common ground of interest on social media.

Social media can also help to shape politics, society, commerce, training, and development.

Conclusion

Though social media has many positive impacts among peoples also found many negatively associated with mental health such as the risk of depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, poor sleep, attention span, and memory. The electromagnetic radiation is another negative effect on human health. Some of the common adverse effects such as cyberbullying, lack of privacy, hacking, cybercrime, and sending viruses are more common on social media. The mindful of social media is an effective solution to restrict the adverse effect and enhance positivity in our life.

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