Social media
• Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and/ or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.
• “social” – refers to instinctual needs human have to connect with other humans.
• “Media” – what we use to make connections with other humans. • “social media” – media used for social interaction.
Five most famous website
1. Google
• Google is a popular internet search engine. It scans the web to find web pages that are relevant to the words you have typed in the search box. [Trademark] A search on Google for “Free ring tones” yields more than a million sites.
2. Facebook
• Facebook is a social networking website where users can post comments, share photographs, and post links to news or other interesting content on the web, chat live, and watch short – form video.
3. Instagram
• Instagram allows users to edit and upload photos and short videos through a mobile app. Users can add a caption to each of their posts and use hashtags and location based geotags to index these posts and make them searchable by other users within the app.
4. Twitter
• Twitter is a social networking site in which you can post 140 character status updates, otherwise knows as “ tweets”, that can be seen by anyone who has chosen to follow you. Within the tweet, you can link to other articles or videos.
5. WhatsApp
• WhatsApp is the most efficient platform for communicating with individuals and groups. You can share files, images, documents, and other resources with a single click. WhatsApp has proven to be primary information – sharing medium in various institutions like universities and schools.
Advantages and Disadvantages of social media.
Advantages
1. Any onec anpublishtheir thoughts online.
2. It is a free source of information.
3. It can help us make friends. 4. It allows the truth to get out. 5. It is an educational tool.
Disadvantages
1.Negativefeedback.
2. Time intensive .
3.It can spread misinformation. 4.It can increase stress.
5.It can cause sleeplessness.
Used and misused of social media
• Use
. Social media is about conversations, community, connecting with the audience and building relationships. It is not just a broadcast channel or a sales and marketing tool. Authentically, honesty and open dialogue are key. Social media not only allows you to hear what people say about you, but enables you to respond.
• misuse
when social media is misused, it leads to sexual harassment, criminal offence, employment obligations breach, unlawful discernment, misconduct, violation of students, staff or parent’s privacy, These are illegal as well as serious activity that takes place due to social media misuse.
• Inconclusion , social media has both positive and negative impacts. It can enhance communication, learning, and networking but also pose risks to mental health, privacy, and academic performance.
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