The Negative Effects Of Social Networking

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Since the advent of social media platforms and the eventual adoption into peoples’ lives, people have been encouraged to be characteristically become more public about their personalities and lives. Even though most social sites provide for security measure in order for individuals to protect their personal information, the easiness that these sites provide has led to individuals bypassing such important measures. What’s more, such information once updated on the social sites remain within indefinitely. Therefore, such information is accessible and available for anyone with access to an individual’s social site profile. While such information may be rendered harmless at the time it’s uploaded, it may not go down well with future employers or …show more content…

More so, this report suggests that such a social site is thereby causing mental-health related problems to individuals. These issues include depression, anxiety, and sleep deprivation. Such social networking sites have led to individuals having unrealistic expectations in regard to body-image expectations and financial expectations. In fact, due to Instagram’s photo-sharing module, young girls are left feeling as though their own bodies are not good enough as compared to the pictures they are glued to on a daily basis. Additionally, the use of such social sites has renders most of its users less happy, in fact, Kross et al. (2013) argues that social sites can be directly linked to an individual’s ability to enjoy real-life moments due to the perceived lack of satisfaction in their individual …show more content…

More so, the availability of different platforms for this purpose is quite wide and as such, these platforms have become useful business tools. Narayanan et al. (2012) have outlined that social networking sites have been on the trend of developing business oriented products that can be harnessed by businesses to ensure that they remain competitive in the global markets. Following this, businesses have thus been positively impacted by the usage of social sites in marketing strategies, customer service, and brand recognition. More specifically, social media marketing by using channels such as Facebook, Google AdWords, and Instagram has provided for numerous channels through which businesses can further reach their customers across the globe. With this in mind, social sites have therefore provided large corporations, midsized companies, and small businesses unlimited opportunities through which they can grow and remain competitive (Gunelius,

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