Suhail Amaan Mir
Everything has its positive and negative aspects, thus the same is social media . if the youth uses it in a good manner like following pages that motivates them to do something innovative ,then its good but if they are just wasting their time by liking or following irrelevant posts and bragging their stuff so that will definitely lead them to nowhere . Addiction to social media makes the youth have bad grades in studies. because of social media ,many students who were excellent students have become bad students . everyday ,these students come to class ,but they do not focus on studying .while their professors are teaching, they are using cellphones to surf Facebook ,Instagram or chat with friends on messenger. They always check their cellphones every five minutes to see whats going on on social media . Young people who are addicted to social media can live for away from reality. Because of using cellphone all day, they will not have time for outdoor activities such as playing sports or camping. Instead of going out to meet friends or talk to their parents, these people love chatting with friends on social media . they will just stay at home and update their news on social media . they post status or photos to share with their friends on social media. Gradually , they will only live in a virtual world .
Using social media too much will have a serious impact on health. Because the young are addicted to social media, they will go to bed late to read news on Face book or chat with friends. Staying up late is really harmful to the health, especially, the brain. If the young do not sleep enough, their health will be affected seriously by loosing weight or always feeling tired. Their brains also will not work effectively and they will be in sleeping conditions. Moreover, addiction to social media can cause depression in the young which is a serious problem. When the young use social media, they will see other people on social media. If the young see other people who are better than them in appearance or talent, they can feel inferior.
The young people can envy the people who are more famous or intelligent then them, and they also feel ashamed of themselves. They always wonder why they cannot be excellent, talent or beautiful like others. Therefore, they feel under pressure, stressed and depressed. These mental problems are very dangerous to the young people because these mental problems cause the young people lose their minds and eventually, chose death. Teenagers who spend much time on social media have less time to spend with family. Most of young users are not even ten years old, this could cause severe concerns to their privacy over the web as well the security of device data. Parents have their own busy schedule, which leaves them with little time to control browsing habits of their young once on social media. Kids may develop a feeling of isolation in their real life where they are hyper active online. As Albert Einstein Once said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass over human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots’’ social media is a great way to pass time and see whatever is happening in the world . It’s very interesting and also very addictive. However, social media is eclipsed by so many challenges, because it is unregulated
In conclusion, although using social media has many benefits in our lives , addiction to social media is not good . it will have awful influences on studying , male us live way from reality and have bad effects on health . in order to avoid being addicted to social media young people should spend more time playing sports , studying and taking part in activities in schools . The parents and the teachers need to tell the children the correct use of social media so as to avoid or minimize the contingency of malpractices that Prevail over social media .We as people must collaborate to face and provide a solution to this disastrous problem.
(The author is an Engineer by profession. Views are his own [email protected])
