Wednesday, December 26, 2012

These are the pros and cons of social media for youngsters

Sonali Chauhan — As social media has become an inseparable part of our life, it accompanies us from casual Microsoft Word - web 2.0 logos.doccommunication to fix serious business deals. Social media can prove beneficial to raise the market share of your company and can help youngsters to share knowledge. Youngsters can make their best out of it, but should be used with a pinch of salt. Here are some pros and cons of social media.

Mutual understanding

The friendly atmosphere is a  must at home. The bondage between parents and youngsters should be spacious enough to discuss the new happenings in their lives. Parents must have knowledge about their friendships at social sites like Facebook, Orkut, Skype etc; many cases of exploitation come into the limelight because of the hazardous friendships grow in the  social networking without any authentication and consent of their parents. Teens who are complete strangers to each other join parties, organize trips – which lead to some sort of coarse consequences as some people with evil intentions to harm humiliate others. Parents should step forward and make necessary rules for the protection of their kids.

Causing physical unfitness

Social media is becoming a powerful distraction which makes their involvement almost nil in the physical activities. Even at the  initial stage of their life, when they should be energetic all the time. They are transforming into lethargic, couch potatoes as they like to spend their spare time playing video games, listening music, and watching movies online instead of participating in any outdoor games. At a very young age, they have to wear spectacles because of continuing interaction with the computer screen. They are losing their stamina and becoming victims of uneven diseases. It's even affecting their intelligent quotient as they are not involved in the intellectual activities like quiz, brain maths to sharpen theirs skills.

Ocean of knowledge

Social media is an ocean of knowledge. It will be a great help to complete project work, make the assignments unique and interesting. Students can go to any limit for sharpening their skills. Nowadays, students are learning international curriculum. So they can make their doubts clear with the help of internet. Students can obtain particular assistance while joining online coaching sessions. They can start the preparedness of the entrance exams, which they have to clear just after their final examinations to proceed their career further and take admission in their favorite stream. Social media is more than enough to serve their curiosity. There are social sites where teens share their notes and help each other. Such activities also teach a student how to work with coordination at workplaces.

In a nutshell, social media sites are not teenage stuff, as they are very immature emotionally and can’t take mature decisions. They usually feel very humiliating and depressed when they find that the person on the other end was not sincere like him or her. Youngsters are becoming poor at moral values because of social media as they sometime get involved in bad company and take part in immoral behavior unwillingly under the influence of their friends.



About the Author

Sonali runs a website regarding the impact of technology on different aspects of life.