2. What are the greatest benefits of social media for individuals and society? Social media provides worldwide coverage, breaking news, to reach a larger and broader reader than standard media outlets by themselves. Easy access when trying to find something like directions, talk to someone over across the world for free.…
Some advantages in the use of social media would be that it's an excellent tool for gathering/obtaining information. A good example would be the medical field: If you're travelling out of town/out of the country and you're hurt, doctors are able to pull up your records to obtain vital information in your medical history. For example: it may list medications you're allergic to and/or it can assist in ways to treat you. Another advantage would be the ability to connect with family and friends everywhere. Most computers have web cams attached to them. With this capability, all parties are able to see and talk to one another. For example: my family sets dates and times in advance so that my brother at college, my father who travels extensively abroad and family members at home are able to get onto their computers and we're able to see and talk to each other. This method is called skyping. Another method now available is the ability to “tango” (doing the same thing but through your cell phones). People are now able to telecommute which allows people to work comfortably from home. Telecommuting also reduces traffic on the streets and well as the elimination of stress/tension due to traffic and/or time constraints (getting to work on time). Lastly, social media is an essential learning tool in that students can do all of their research for their classes online, take courses rather than attending classes on campus, communicate with your professors online and, thus, increasing the abilitly for all people (including stay-at-home moms) to progress educationally.…
Some of the advantages of social media for individuals include the ability to stay in contact with friends and family members who live great distances away. Instead of a weekly or monthly phone call or the occasional letter in the mail people can use social media to chat, send pictures, and update their status whenever they would like. This can help friends and family feel more connected. Some of the disadvantages of social media for individuals include it may cause some fights…
Social networking serves as a great way to communicate with people throughout the world. Social networking allows people to share their ideas and communicate with other regardless where they are living in the world. For example many families and friends are located throughout the world and rarely get to see one another, social networking allows them to feel as if they are with them all time by sharing pictures, video and even chatting with one another. Another example is social networking allows people to make new friends and socialize with one another without seeing them face to face. Another way social networking is good for communications is that families can great group pages to stay in touch as a family as a whole. Overall social networking servers as a great communicator for people throughout the worlds in numerous ways.…
One reason social networking plays a tremendous roll in society today is it’s ability to help people find jobs efficiently. Job-hunting is now faster and easier than ever. People benefit from more easily finding a wider range of job opportunities and quickly get back to work. While someone could be looking for a job or career, another person could be looking to invest in a business or in fact to start his or her own business. Social networking is a great source for those trying to expand their business while being able to get in touch with as many possible clients as they can. Another useful aspect of social networking is that business owners can operate their own business from across the world whether it is through video streaming or live chat. This is valuable because people do not have to spend time traveling or incur unnecessary travel expenses.…
Peoples generally use the social networks for the purpose of managing their social lives, also it includes to satisfy the need of socialization of each individual which is required to be satisfied and the social networks are the most commonly used medium now a days in order to satisfy such need. Comparing it to the other mediums such as emailing, messaging or calling the reason for the preference of the social networking sites is because that the audience in the social network is large enough also it gives the opportunity to socialize with other peoples around the globe and making new friends and connections and getting to know peoples, cultures and values around the globe…
Social networks have emerged as one of the most significant and innovative invention of the last decade that have erupted the whole world and led the new generation in a new direction. The online social networking has enhanced the communication system and made it more flexible, easier and comfortable to use. This new technology has been serving the world in multiple ways and has created new opportunities for young people to initiate small startups, provoked multinationals and local firms to utilize this medium as a source of promotion and multiple other benefits besides enhancing communication. The way online social networking sites are being utilized is quite clear, but the objectives of every person are different. However, this new technology has transformed many things but has some adverse effects as well.…
The advantage of social media is no News and Media the world will not work properly for so long. The news provides a real life image of the world around us. The media helps us to know and grow with our knowledge. We learn to think critically to search for information in Internet, newspapers, and all sources of media. If media would disappear no one will know what is happening in their country and the world. People will be surprise if a natural disaster would happen in their community or city. The disadvantage of social media is people lose interest in the real world because of social networking. Another disadvantage is that people’s attention span shortens due to the lack of thinking critically. People now a day does prefer to stay in doors to do social networking like Face book, Twitter, and YouTube. They lose interest in knowing about their daily activities.…
Social media can also help in organization in everyday life. You can easily make appointments and keep up with where your friends and coworkers are to arrange quick meetings and be able to be in touch anywhere anytime. Most social media sites are also free and easy to use.…
Another reason why social networking is an advantage is that it can give people the opportunity to create a positive self-image. It can give people the chance to create an image of themselves that they…
The second advantage social media has is it can significantly help us enlarge our social circles. The appearance of social media breaks friend-making barrier caused by geographic isolation. People now can freely talk to people from different countries and make friends with them. Thanks to facebook, now i have made friends with Americans, Japanese, Singaporeans and Canadians. Besides geographic isolation, social media also breaks the career barrier. Although i am a student, i can also make friends with doctors, singers, writers, etc. via amazing facebook as long as we have the same interests. Social media makes it possible for us to get contact with the whole world.…
It is undeniable that social networks have a lot of advantages; still they also have several disadvantages. It is common knowledge that many people, especially young people, have heard about or belong to at least one social networking site. Social networks’ users rely on these sites to maintain their social relations and entertain themselves. It seems that these networking sites offer many advantages for their users both at a social and at a personal level. So it is normal for these users to spend long hours using the wide variety of applications that the sites have. However, this does not mean that spending so much time logged in will not have adverse effects on the users’ social and personal well being. Many youngsters are not aware of the negative effects that the overexposure to these sites may cause. Despite all the benefits provided by social networking sites, their excessive use can affect young users’ social relationships and health in a negative way.…
Social media has many advantages and disadvantages on the American culture. The number one advantage is the convenience. People can find or buy anything they are looking for through the Internet. Second is communication. Social media has allowed people to communicate with their friends, family, and colleagues through different social sites such as Skype. An individual actually can talk and see who he or she is talking too online with a web cam without even meeting him or her in person. Other advantages have become very popular, such as dating sites. Individuals can find their true love, just by going to the Internet. There is also Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social sites that…
In modern era, a lot of people use social network because it has many functions and benefits. As we know, social network is one of a part from social media. However, social network sometimes has negative effect to teenagers. The writer will try explain advantages and disadvantages in social network. Social network is one of a part to social media, in this globalization era.…
*Social Networking enables you to reach out to OLD friends and classamtes, relatives who migarted to other countries, and even connect to people with the same profession as yours for collaboration and discussion of ideas.…