Social Media Advantages And Disadvantages

What is Social Media?

Table of Content

1. What is Social Media?
2. Advantages of social media
   1. You reach large audiences
   2. You build your brand
   3. Educate yourself
   4. Information spreads fast
   5. Exchange ideas and Collaboration
3. Disadvantages of Social Media
   1. Cyberbullying
   2. Present Physically Not Mentally
   3. Health Issues
   4. Addiction
   5. Hacking
   6. My opinion 

Social media refers to a computer-based technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information through virtual networks and communities. Social media platforms have evolved and become so powerful that they are now capable of altering us politically and economically. They do not just affect our way of living, they also decide what we think, learn, and even vote on.

 

Advantages of social media

The most important part of social media advantages is connectivity. It can connect innumerable users from any place at any time. Through social media and its connectivity, the information could be shared across the world, and relationships built with each other also become easy.
Here are five benefits of using social media

• You Reach Large Audience
• You Build Your Brand
• Educate Yourself
• Information Spreads Fast
• Exchange Ideas And Collaboration

You reach large audiences

Many people use social media plate form. For this, it is very easy to convey our message to other people. The massage form in different ways like you share images, videos,s or text to convey. so in this era, social media is best for conveying our messages in any shape or any audience.

You build your brand

Everybody knows that social media reach large audiences, so this advantage of social media is healthy for our business. Because how many people will see(posts, video)  your brand if they like your product they share with your family and friends in this how our business grows.

Educate yourself

Social media is the big plate form. There are many contents in it .which is very useful full to educate yourself. we learn everything which I want to learn. We read books to learn and watch videos also.

Information spreads fast

All important things such as major news like events, missing persons, weather information, etc. can cover the world in a moment.

Exchange ideas and Collaboration

Social networking sites like Facebook and many more do have collaboration features like Group and Document sharing. One can create a group and start to share ideas and information for a specific purpose. Social networking sites are very useful to collect feedback and comments on various ideas.

Disadvantages of Social Media

With any marketing strategy, there are always disadvantages. so social media has also disadvantages. In this media, there are many data which is healthy or unhealthy. Healthy data motivate you and unhealthy data stop you and you don’t succeed in your life.

There are many disadvantages to the internet.

• Cyberbullying
• Present Physically Not Mentally
• Health Issues
• Addiction
• Hacking

Cyberbullying

Many people like children or teenagers have become victims of Cyberbullying nowadays to create fake accounts and fake profiles and threaten the other person. so many people have depreciation issues As well as they become suicide attempts.

Present Physically Not Mentally

People present physically not mentally because of social media. People who use social media hang out with their friends or family do not properly time to their loved ones .because in the specific time they used social plate forms they physically with their families but mentally they do not.

Health Issues

the excess of social media is the cause of health issues. most people use social media and become lazy. They do not exercise and exercise is the key to health.
In this case, people become healthy and they have a lot of diseases. 

Addiction

Social Media is an Addiction for some people. These people are addicted to social media. They skip every important work and always used media and nothing does anything. in this way, they have fallen behind in wealth and health.

Hacking

Personal data and privacy can easily be hacked and shared on the Internet. Which can make financial losses and loss of personal life. Hacking is a very popular threat on social media. Which can destroy a person's life.

My opinion 

The advantages and disadvantages of social media can’t be denied. It is fully up to the users. If users use the plate form smartly and actively they will benefit. And if users use these platforms and waste time they will destroy their life. it's up to the user what they use the social media.