ADVANTAGES

& DISADVANTAGES OF
SOCIAL MEDIA
 INTRODUCTION

People in 21st century live in a technology and

media suffused environment, marked by access to
abundance of information, rapid changes in
technology tools, and the ability to collaborate and
make individual contributions on an unrepresented
scale.
One of the trends in social network is the social
media refers to a websites and applications that are
designed to allow people to share content quickly,
efficiently, and real-time. It is the collective of
online communications channels dedicated to
community-based input, interaction, content-
sharing and collaboration. In social media it can be
used as good aspects and also bad aspects.
 Social Media

Advantages Disadvantages

Building Information &

Connectivity Cyber bullying Addiction Health issues
Communities updates
 CONNECTIVITY
The beauty of social media is that you can connect
with anyone to learn and share your thoughts.
 HELPS IN BUILDING
COMMUNITITES
• It helps in building and participating in the
community of own religion and believes to discuss
and learn about it, similarly, people of different
communities can connect to discuss and share
related stuffs.
 INFORMATION & UPDATES
• You can update yourself from the latest
happenings around the world.
 CYBER BULLYING
Since anyone can create a fake account and do
anything without being traced, it has become quite
easy for anyone to bully on the internet. Threats,
intimidation, messages and rumors can be sent to
the masses to create discomfort and chaos in the
society.
 ADDICTION
It is very bad and can disturb personal lives as well.
The teenagers are the most affected by the addiction
of the social media. It can waste individual time
that could have been utilized by productive tasks
and activities.
 HEALTH ISSUES
Since exercise is the key to lose weight, most of the
people get lazy because of the excessive use of
social networking sites which in result brings
disorders in the routine life.