EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTH

ByVAIBHAV JAIN C11

WHAT IS SOCIAL NETWORKING & SOCIAL MEDIA

What is Social network?

Social Networks is defined as ‘social space’ for people who want to expose themselves among others and

staying connected with each other.What is Social Media?

The best way to define social media is to break it down. Media is an instrument on communication, like a

newspaper or a radio, so social media would be a social instrument of communication.

Social media is media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing

techniques. Social media uses web-based technologies to turn

communication into interactive dialogues.

TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA Social Bookmarking. (Del.icio.us, Blinklist, Simpy) Interact

by tagging websites and searching through websites bookmarked by other people.

Social News. (Digg, Propeller, Reddit) Interact by voting for articles and commenting on them.

Social Networking. (Facebook, Hi5, Last.FM) Interact by adding friends, commenting on profiles, joining groups and having discussions.

Social Photo and Video Sharing. (YouTube, Flickr) Interact by sharing photos or videos and commenting on user submissions.

Wikis. (Wikipedia, Wikia) Interact by adding articles and editing existing articles.

And these websites are not the only social media websites. Any website that invites you to interact with the site and with other visitors falls into the definition of social media.

A very quickLook at some

Social Networking History….

Not as new as you might think,

but rapidly changing

YouTube – February 2005Facebook public in 2006

Twitter – March 2006Tumblr – February 2007

Instagram- October 2010SnapChat – July 2011

Vine – June 2012

SOCIAL MEDIA OPTIONS.• blogs• microblogs• personal sites• professional sites• media sharing• search engines• bookmark sites

REASONS FOR POPULARITY Social Interaction

Educational Applications

Business – Connecting with customers

Business – Networking

Marketing

Entertainment

Why shifting? "The key is that there are fewer adults, fewer parents and just simply less complexity,"

said Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Research Center,

one of the study's authors.

"They still have their Facebook profiles,

but they spend less time on them and move to places like Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr."

94 % of teens who are social media

users have a profile on Facebook

26 – 30% percent of teen

social media users were on Twitter.

That's more than double the figure in 2011 of 12 percent.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/poll-teens-migrating-twitter

POSITIVE EFFECTS Educates Hastens communication Builds bridges over barriers Boosts confidence Battles depression Helps them find their identity Unleashes potential

SOME OF THE UPSIDES OF SNSEnhances:

Social & identity developmentCommunication

CreativityCollaboration

Leadership AbilitiesTechnological proficiency

Teens claiming is strengthens friendships: 52% (only 4% says it hurts),

Strengthens Family relationships :37% (only 2% said hurts)

SOME WEIRD EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR BRAIN It might make you spend more

money:New research suggests that heavy social media use might be correlated to lowerself-control, which marketing experts believe could lead to higher spending.

NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON TEENAGERS Always connected More comfortable, less sensitive Constant comparison with others Identity Crisis A False Sense of Connection Cyber-bullying Decreased Productivity Privacy Increases distance between people Reduces family time

SAFETY“parents need to understand that social networking sites can be

a source of many threats from potentially harmful content to various shady characters who might show unhealthy interest in

their children.”

Nothing truly disappears completely from the internet, even SnapChats – and teens are learning this:

More than half of online teens (57%) say they have decided not to post something online because they were concerned it would reflect badly on them in the future.

If you are a parent:1. Do you know what your kids are posting? (Have ground rules?)2. Do you have a caring adult or two or twenty who let you know if

they see any inappropriate or risky posts?3. Do you check their friends/followers/circles?4. Do you talk regularly about how your son/daughter feels about

their social media? (Bullying? Sad? Affirmed? Popular? Left-out? Meh?)

5. Do not be afraid to look for support and assistance

 Also, just be on the look out for: sexting, cyberbullying, and other forms of online harassment.

THANK YOU