A Virtual Generation: Social Media´s Negative Impact on Our Generation

Many people think that social media is spreading information rapidly, and it has incredible speed, but it brings a lot of negative consequences. One of the most serious effects of social media is bullying. "80% of teenagers frequently use mobile phones, so they are the most common cyber bullying media." (Www.dosomething.org) Social media is the main reason for these problems . A website called ask.fm caused the majority of the trouble. On the Web site, you can ask questions anonymously and tell you what is great. Many bullying cases on this site brought about a tragic end.

All of this adverse effect from social media can only be exacerbated by poisoning caused by social media. With the use of social media, this generation and subsequent generations are starting to attract attention. There is a tremendous generation gap between people growing with social media and those growing when not having social media. The poisoning they see, these kids can not get out of social media and are beginning to adversely affect their function in social groups. For children accustomed to social media entertainment, this is the cause of delays. In a survey of teenagers, they did not contact short-term social media. During this time, they mentioned drugs similar to drug use, anxiety and tension or feelings of alcohol abstinence.

How do young people see social media? About 45% of people think that they are not aware of their influence and say they are neither aggressive nor negative. About 31% said that social media is generally favorable, 24% said that this is almost negative. Of the young people who pointed out that most are negative, 27% thought bullies and rumors had spread. However, among teenagers who say that social media is mostly positive, 40% say it is a good way to connect with friends and family. Many people feel that it is difficult to imagine that the mainstream social media platform of today is disappearing. However, we own MySpace account (or Flickr account) and we know that things have not been heading south for a long time. Facebook is still one of the world's leading social media platforms, but in particular if young people do not want to use it, there is a possibility of rapid change. If there are signs of this latest opinion poll, teenagers do not think Facebook is worthy for their time.