These modern
times, almost all people young and old alike are getting into social networking
sites and life had been so different compared to way back before. The impact of
social media is so tremendous that their lives almost revolve around
cyberspace- creating online friendships and relationships. The young generation
has been lured by social media’s multi-faceted world- where anyone can live the
life they have imagined far from what’s going on in reality. The impact of
joining social networking platforms paved the way for an increase in internet
addiction and sometimes people falling into preys of cybercrime circulating the
Net, as well.
With the
introduction of the Net, our lives had a complete turn around. Communication
had been better and faster- we can connect with other people from distant
places using messengers and other applications. Social media lets us interact
globally with just one click and businesses have acquired vast client base. The
different social media platforms let us gain the proper connections to reach
out to our target audience on a large scale- we can offer our products and
services to anyone in the world now. We also now have the convenience of
working from home with the different online jobs being offered by different
companies locally and internationally. We can also meet our clients or
customers through social media. Writers connect with their readers and
followers using the different social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter,
Google Plus, and Tumbler, to name a few. Making a name internationally is now
easy unlike before wherein we were just confined within our own country. You
Tube introduces new online sensations daily for in this digital age, we can
easily upload videos showcasing our talents and skills and quite a number of
people have become famous overnight.
Although progress
along with the continuous development of technology is beneficial to society,
we simply can’t ignore the other side of the coin. Social media’s great
influence on the way of thinking of the young becomes obvious with the
proliferation of juvenile delinquents who just prefer to sometimes go to
internet cafes and engage themselves in games involving money when they get to
compete with gamers from different parts of the world. Their studies are just
neglected and some of their parents know nothing of what’s going on for they
know their children are attending school. Some students cannot concentrate well
on their homework and school projects for they have become too engrossed with
their social networking and thus get failing grades much to their parents’
utter dismay. People need to be careful when dealing with their connections
online especially those whom they don’t know personally yet. Cybercrime is one
major problem encountered in the virtual world where evil also resides in the
dark. Cyber bullying and online trolls also proliferate on the Net with some
severe cases leading to suicide and with these netizens must be responsible
enough when posting, commenting on each others views. Just like also in the
real world, we should respect each other and be responsible when posting
something online for information can easily spread like wildfire.
Social media
without any doubt has made a major presence in our daily lives. Nowadays,
whether we like it or not, it has greatly influenced our perspective of life –
especially the young generation. While it doesn’t hurt to follow the trend and
be tech-savvy, we must all be responsible netizens when dealing with different
people and should also be careful of what we post online.
[ELIZABETH ESGUERRA CASTILLO]
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