Social media is a boon. Or, is it a bane? Thought it has many benefits and uses, there are plenty of social media problems that trouble us. Thought there are many reason to use it but there can be some dangerous reason not to use them.
Three billion people, around 40% of the world population, uses social media and we're spending an average of two hours every day sharing, liking, commenting, and updating our daily activities. According to data--
Worldwide, there are over 2.70 billion monthly active users (MAUs) as of June 30, 2020. This is a 12 percent increase in Facebook MAUs year-over-year. This is compared to 2.38 billion MAUs for Q1 2019 and 2.38 billion MAUs for December 2019.
This data shows that daily, monthly or yearly active social media user are increasing. And the fact is some are using for fun and some don't know about it but they because of imitation use it. That said, this is a fast-growing area of research, and clues are beginning to emerge.
Social media are harming users in different ways without getting them known about their damage:
STRESS
In the survey of 1,800 people, women reported being more stressed than men. Let's talk about twitter:- it is also acted as a coping mechanism- and the more women used it, the less stressed they were. The same effect wasn’t found for men, whom the researchers said had a more distant relationship with social media. Overall, the researchers concluded that social media use was linked to “modestly lower levels” of stress.
FAKE HELP
Nowadays, people don't help by heart , they donate for views and likes on social media. We can see internet isn't in the hand of people, it seems people are in the hand of internet. And if social media addiction does exist, it would be a type of internet addiction – and that is a classified disorder. The more time people spent on the site, the worse they felt later on, and the more their life satisfaction declined over time.
RELATIONSHIPS
Researchers writing in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships tasked 34 pairs of strangers with having a 10-minute conversation about an interesting event that had happened to them recently. Each pair sat in private booths, and half had a mobile phone on the top of their table.
Those with a phone in eyeshot were less positive when recalling their interaction afterwards, had less meaningful conversations and reported feeling less close to their partner than the others, who had a notebook on top of the table instead. Women spent much more time on Facebook then men, and experienced significantly more jealousy when doing so. The researchers concluded they “felt the Facebook environment created these feelings and enhanced concerns about the quality of their relationship”.
Though there are some relations which had help social media for the enjoyment but once at a time they'd faced the problems due to these medias. Social media has made the feelings of insecurity among lovers.
SLEEP
Humans used to spend their evenings in darkness, but now we’re surrounded by artificial lighting all day and night. Research has found that this can inhibit the body’s production of the hormone melatonin, which facilitates sleep – and blue light, which is emitted by smartphone and laptop screens, is said to be the worst culprit. In other words, if you lie on the pillow at night checking Facebook and Twitter, you’re headed for restless slumber.
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WELL BEING
The more time people spent on the site, the worse they felt later on, and the more their life satisfaction declined over time. Not only it harms ,it's also responsible for well-being of a person. But other research has found, that for some people, social media can help boost their well-being.
People who are emotionally unstable are more likely to post about their emotions, which can help them receive support and bounce back after negative experiences.
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MY EXPERIENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA DETOX :-
Try disconnecting for 30 days without telling any of your friends and see what that feels like.
https://psyched07.blogspot.com/2020/06/happy-detox-try-disconnecting-for-30.html
CONCLUSION
Everybody knows the purpose of mobile phone is to get information at once instead of going to library, conduct business conveniently and reach someone. Unfortunately, we’re using it for entertainment and gossip excessively. It affects student’s grades, precious time for our loved ones, missed cooking and eating, exercise, household chores, and sleep. Very ironic!
OTHER BLOGS :-
1. Corona effects on humanity :- https://psyched07.blogspot.com/2020/07/psyched-Quarantine-days-and-lessons-for-humaity.html
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