The Impact of Social Media on Politics

In comparison to other media, social media’s influence in political campaigns has increased
tremendously. Social networks play an increasingly important role in electoral politics

The Impact of Social Media on Society

Because social networks feed off interactions among people, they become more powerful as they
grow.

each person with marginal views can see that he’s not alone. And when these people find one
another via social media, they can do things — create memes, publications and entire online
worlds that bolster their worldview, and then break into the mainstream.

The flipside: Social media is slowly killing real activism and replacing it with ‘slacktivism’.

The Impact of Social Media on Commerce

The rise of social media means it’s unusual to find an organization that does not reach its
customers and prospects through one social media platform or another. Companies see the
importance of using social media to connect with customers and build revenue.

Businesses have realized they can use social media to generate insights, stimulate demand, and
create targeted product offerings. This is important in traditional brick-and-motor businesses,
and, obviously, in the world of e-commerce.

The flip side: Low number of social ‘shares’ can lead to negative social proof and destroy
business credibility.

Interestingly, although the use of social sharing has become the norm rather than the exception in
business, some companies, after experiencing first-hand some negative effects of social media,
have decided to go against the grain and remove the social sharing buttons from their websites.

The Impact of Social Media on the World of Work

Social media has had a profound effect on recruitment and hiring. 19 percent of hiring managers
make their hiring decisions based on information found on social media. According
to CareerBuilder's 2016 social media recruitment survey, 60 percent of employers use social
networking sites to research job candidates.

The flipside:- Social networking sites have created issues among getting hired for jobs and losing
jobs because of exposing inappropriate content, posting photos of embarrassing situations or
posting comments that contain potentially offensive comments (e.g., racist, homophobic or
defamatory comments), or even political comments that are contrary to those of the employer.
The Impact of Social Media on Training and Development

social sharing encourages interaction, providing an environment that fosters learning.

Blogs, wikis, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and podcasts are now common tools for learning in
many educational institutions. Social media has contributed to the increase in long-distance
online learning.

The Impact of Social Media on Relationships

One of the effects of social media is encouraging people to form and cherish artificial bonds over
actual friendships. The term ‘friend’ as used on social media lacks the intimacy identified with
conventional friendships.

Stereotyping
Recent research has demonstrated that social media, and media in general, have the power to
increase the scope of stereotypes not only in children but people all ages.
Adolescents
Excessive use of digital technology, like social media, by adolescents can cause disruptions in
their physical and mental health, in sleeping patterns, their weight and levels of exercise and
notably in their academic performance.
Sleep disturbances[edit]
According to a study released in 2017 by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, the link
between sleep disturbance and the use of social media was clear.
Effects on youth communication
Social media has affected the way youth communicate, by introducing new forms of language.
Abbreviations have been introduced to cut down on the time it takes to respond online. The
commonly known "LOL" has become globally recognized as the abbreviation for "laugh out
loud" 
Personal security
When you are searching online you have some form of internet security which should protect
you from hackers, thief, identity theft and viruses.

The negative on the security is there are some hackers able to break through and steal things such
as your credit card details, they could also commit fraud and pretend to be you which could
ultimately destroy your business and your reputation.

Generation barrier
The impact from it on the society has created some generation barriers for example an elderly
person would generally not understand anywhere near the amount about a computer than a child
this is a generation barrier. The positive side is that the children can teach the older generation
and help them.
The negative side is it may prevent one generation communicating with another due to their not
being much that they can both relate to it would also mean they may not be communicating with
other people in their families which is a negative impact on society.

Health
Using the internet you can find out what you have wrong with you and you can get diagnosed by
someone who live many miles away from you without the hassle of travelling to far.
 Also if the symptoms are correct it allows you to know quicker so you would be able to act
against the illness quicker.
Also the doctors online may diagnose you wrong because they are not seeing you in person.
 Also if you are on a computer all day it would affect your health because you would not be
getting any exercise.
Business
It also to produce a profit also some companies advertise their products on other websites to
increase the interest in their products.
This is good because it lets people know which shop is selling what before they travel their or
can purchase the product online.

The Negative side of ICT in business is that it makes it harder for new companies to succeed due
to big companies such as Tesco, ASDA and Amazon being well known online websites

ADVANTAGES
• Fast Communication.
• Direct Communication.
• Be informed about our friends.

• Share interests and hobbies.

• Share music, videos etc.

• Exchange of information with people around the people.
• Improves business reputation.
• Provides an opportunity to widen business contacts.
 Educates
 Strengthen relationships
 Community participation
 Boost confidence
 Battle depression
 Provide identity

DISADVANTAGES
• Lacks emotional connection.
• Gives people a license to be hurtful.
• Decreases Face-to-Face communication skills.
• Facilitates Laziness.
Creates a skewed self image.
• Reduces Family closeness.
• Causes Distractions.
• Diminishes understanding and thoughtfulness.
False perception of communication

• Decreased productivity
• Reduce learning capabilities
• Addiction
• Isolation
• Reduction in command over language
• Time wasting
• Low grades
• Health problems
• Facebook depression