EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTH
ByVAIBHAV JAIN C11
WHAT IS SOCIAL NETWORKING & SOCIAL MEDIA
What is Social network?
Social Networks is defined as ‘social space’ for people who want to expose themselves among others and
staying connected with each other.What is Social Media?
The best way to define social media is to break it down. Media is an instrument on communication, like a
newspaper or a radio, so social media would be a social instrument of communication.
Social media is media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing
techniques. Social media uses web-based technologies to turn
communication into interactive dialogues.
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA Social Bookmarking. (Del.icio.us, Blinklist, Simpy) Interact
by tagging websites and searching through websites bookmarked by other people.
Social News. (Digg, Propeller, Reddit) Interact by voting for articles and commenting on them.
Social Networking. (Facebook, Hi5, Last.FM) Interact by adding friends, commenting on profiles, joining groups and having discussions.
Social Photo and Video Sharing. (YouTube, Flickr) Interact by sharing photos or videos and commenting on user submissions.
Wikis. (Wikipedia, Wikia) Interact by adding articles and editing existing articles.
And these websites are not the only social media websites. Any website that invites you to interact with the site and with other visitors falls into the definition of social media.
A very quickLook at some
Social Networking History….
Not as new as you might think,
but rapidly changing
YouTube – February 2005Facebook public in 2006
Twitter – March 2006Tumblr – February 2007
Instagram- October 2010SnapChat – July 2011
Vine – June 2012
SOCIAL MEDIA OPTIONS.• blogs• microblogs• personal sites• professional sites• media sharing• search engines• bookmark sites
REASONS FOR POPULARITY Social Interaction
Educational Applications
Business – Connecting with customers
Business – Networking
Marketing
Entertainment
Why shifting? "The key is that there are fewer adults, fewer parents and just simply less complexity,"
said Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Research Center,
one of the study's authors.
"They still have their Facebook profiles,
but they spend less time on them and move to places like Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr."
94 % of teens who are social media
users have a profile on Facebook
26 – 30% percent of teen
social media users were on Twitter.
That's more than double the figure in 2011 of 12 percent.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/poll-teens-migrating-twitter
POSITIVE EFFECTS Educates Hastens communication Builds bridges over barriers Boosts confidence Battles depression Helps them find their identity Unleashes potential
SOME OF THE UPSIDES OF SNSEnhances:
Social & identity developmentCommunication
CreativityCollaboration
Leadership AbilitiesTechnological proficiency
Teens claiming is strengthens friendships: 52% (only 4% says it hurts),
Strengthens Family relationships :37% (only 2% said hurts)
SOME WEIRD EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR BRAIN It might make you spend more
money:New research suggests that heavy social media use might be correlated to lowerself-control, which marketing experts believe could lead to higher spending.
NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON TEENAGERS Always connected More comfortable, less sensitive Constant comparison with others Identity Crisis A False Sense of Connection Cyber-bullying Decreased Productivity Privacy Increases distance between people Reduces family time
SAFETY“parents need to understand that social networking sites can be
a source of many threats from potentially harmful content to various shady characters who might show unhealthy interest in
their children.”
Nothing truly disappears completely from the internet, even SnapChats – and teens are learning this:
More than half of online teens (57%) say they have decided not to post something online because they were concerned it would reflect badly on them in the future.
If you are a parent:1. Do you know what your kids are posting? (Have ground rules?)2. Do you have a caring adult or two or twenty who let you know if
they see any inappropriate or risky posts?3. Do you check their friends/followers/circles?4. Do you talk regularly about how your son/daughter feels about
their social media? (Bullying? Sad? Affirmed? Popular? Left-out? Meh?)
5. Do not be afraid to look for support and assistance
Also, just be on the look out for: sexting, cyberbullying, and other forms of online harassment.
THANK YOU