ARTICLE:

NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

GROUP MEMBERS:
M.SAMEER ASHRAF, M.QASIM GHULAM RASOOL.
SUBMITTED TO:
SIR BURHAN UL HAQ.
DATE:
16-APRIL-2019
 Abstract
This article is the comparison of different social sites. It is highlighting the
negative impacts of WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We have
watched rapid developments for branding in social media in the last couple of
years and the use of these platforms is stronger then ever these days, reaching
audiences worldwide through multiplatform social media branding strategies.
Social media can be an opportunity for business to: raise brand awa-reness,
increase sales, generate brand loyalty and to overall better communica-te with
customers, helping build long lasting relationships. This creates a whole new
perspective in the way companies are used to conduct their businesses, and also
on the way we are used to communicate with others and with com-panies
themselves.

WhatsApp is a messenger app for smartphones. WhatsApp uses the internet to

send messages, images, audio or video. The service is very
similar to text messaging services, however, because
WhatsApp uses the internet to send messages. WhatsApp
can also be used on desktop. It is popular with teenagers
because of features like group chatting, voice messages and
location sharing etc. WhatsApp has over 1 billion users
worldwide. Founded in 2009 by ex-Yahoo employees it
started as a small startup and swelled to 250,000 users in just a few months.

Facebook is a social networking website where users can post comments, share
photographs and post links to news or other interesting
content on the web, chat live, and watch short-form video.
You can even order food on Facebook if that's what you
want to do. Shared content can be made publicly accessible,
or it can be shared only among a select group of friends or
family, or with a single person. It also allows it’s users to
play games with friends or with anyone across the globe.
Facebook began in February of 2004 as a school-based
social network at Harvard University. It was created by Mark Zuckerberg along
with Edward Saverin, both students at the college. It has over 2.32 biillion users in
the world.

Twitter is an online news and social networking site where people communicate
in short messages called tweets. Tweeting is posting short
messages for anyone who follows you on Twitter, with the
hope that your messages are useful and interesting to
someone in your audience. Another description of Twitter
and tweeting might be microblogging. It has about 321 million users in the world.

Similar to Facebook or Twitter, everyone who creates an Instagram account has a

profile and a news feed. When you post a photo or video on
Instagram, it will be displayed on your profile. Other users
who follow you will see your posts in their own feed.
Likewise, you'll see posts from other users whom you choose
to follow. Just like other social networks, you can interact
with other users on Instagram by following them, being
followed by them, commenting, liking, tagging and private
messaging. You can even save the photos or videos you see
on Instagram.

INTRODUCTION
The disadvantages of social networking and social media will continue to be
studied for decades to come. In the meantime, we already know it is a significant
source of concern among privacy advocates as well as parents who worry about
their children’s safety. But clearly, the disadvantages of social networking go
much deeper than privacy and safety.

One of the most disastrous disadvantage is cyber-bullying and crimes against

children. Use of social networks may expose individuals to other forms of
persecution or even inappropriate content. It is not just about distraction of youth
but many other crimes are also committed using social networking sites. The
information you post on the internet is available to almost everyone who is clever
enough to access it. Most thieves just need essential pieces of personal
information to make your life a nightmare. Besides its disadvantages, social media
has advantages too. It’s up to us whether we are using it for constructive or
destructive purpose.

In today’s society, we are faced with the problem of differences between

generations X and Y. Generation Y consists of the younger generation, or
students, who grew up in the world of technology.On the other hand, Generation
X, the older generation which includes several teachers, is forced to adapt to all of
these new technologies and often find themselves overwhelmed and struggling
with the changes. This creates a growing gap between teachers and students,
limiting the social media that can be incorporated into education. Many people
believes that technology in education should be focused on what students use
instead of what the school or teachers want.

As the Generation Y plays the role as the earlier adopters of technologies

including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Blogger, older generations have to
strive to become part of the social media user population. Teachers are being
required to put extra time into learning to manage new technologies, however
over 50% of them believe that it can be hard for them to manage. They are
recommended to train so that they can utilize these technologies in the
classroom, in hopes to create more positive views on these forms of social media.
A teachers experience with the technology is beneficial with allowing them to
shape their perception on it, as they becoming more confident when using
different Web applications. However, many teachers fear that they will adapt and
become reliant to these technologies for them not able to remain always
available to them.

The biggest downfall of social media being incorporated into education is the
security and privacy issues that come along with it. Confidentiality and privacy are
very big issues within social media because of issues such as posting personal
information online. Teachers should take responsibility to educate their students
about the security and privacy issues of posting person information online.
Identities need to be protected, and if this is not followed, social media has the
potential to be a huge liability in learning, and risk being taken away from school
systems.

Personally, we do not believe there are many losers when it comes to social
media in education. The only perceived losers we would consider would be the
individuals that have their rights violated through the advancements in
technology. However, we also believe that individuals should be precautious of
this because social media and Web allows anybody to access the information
since it includes a variety of different categories including content sharing.
Individuals should be aware of the accessibility that everybody has and their
privacy settings before engaging in the social media.