Question

Does social media negatively impact our lives?

(Please write a 300 word response)

Answer 1

Social media has plays a very important role and has influence in virtually every aspect of life. It is considered the best source to know what is happening in the world. It greatly affects our lives because it has power to influence our thoughts. This influence is sometimes positive and somtimes negative.

Negative Influence :

Social media is the most influential one for people to resort violence. Studies have suggested that exposure to violence through any channel makes children aggressive, less trusting, fearful and more accepting of violence. This means that they will be less patient and more aggressive in dealing with people and handling tough situations and makes them takes decisions that they regret later.

Sex and crime in social media also lead towards increasing sex crimes in the society. It traumatizes youngsters which results in abuse at home, street, school or college etc.

Spending more time on social media also affects children's mental ability and degrades their creativity. Some even go into depression due to excessive time spending on social media.

Social media has become an easy way to make friends. It has also made easy for predators to catch victims. These online attacks often leave people with negative mental impacts and sometimes it leads to suicides.

And at last, it leads to unhealthy sleep patterns which affects our physical and mental health severely. Numerous studies have shown that excessive usage of social media has negative impact on sleep patterns.