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SCHOOL OF LAW (University of
Karachi) Marks
Obtained:
Assessment Cover Sheet for Submission of Assignments

STUDENT/S:
Course title: English
Name Seat/ Enrolment No.
Course code: BA/LLB 403 (C)
1. Kaneez Fatima H1964067
2. Aadil Hussain H1964001 Class: Second Year
3. Arslan Hussain H1964024 Assignment no: 01
Submission date: 0-0-2021
4. Hamza Alam H1964048
Word count: 1300+
Due date: 0-00-2021
Name of course Sir Arif
instructor

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I declare that all material in this assessment is my own work except where there is clear
acknowledgement and reference to the work of others. I give permission for my assessment work to
be reproduced and submitted to other academic staff for the purposes of assessment and to be
copied, submitted to and retained by the University's plagiarism detection software provider for the
purposes of electronic checking of plagiarism.

Signed…Kaneez Fatima………………………Date 05-06-2021…………………………………………

Teacher’s Feedback: For details, refer to the marking rubric. Additional Comments:
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 CLUSTER

4-Knowledge
5-Visual
platform

2-Promoting
ideology
6-Source of
entertainme
MERITS
nt

1-Political
awareness

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL 4-Curb

MEDIA IN MODERN cyber crime
WORLD

SUGGESTIONS
6-Problem
of privacy
3-No use for
leisure

5-Spread of DEMERITS
rumors 1-Waste of
time 2-Limited
1-Steps to use
stop rumors

2-Away from
nature

3-Away from
reading
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OUTLINE

1- INRODUTION
 HOOK: Twenty-first century is the age of technology.
 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: In past time, people used to send letters to
their dear. Those letters took months to reach their desired destination. People had no
idea about conditions on their loved ones and living abroad.
 THESIS STATEMENT: Social media has an important role in the modern
world. It has some merits and demerits as well.
 PREVIEW OF THE ESSAY: this essay will discuss about the role of social
media its merits like knowledge, awareness, entrainment, global culture, visual
platform, and its demerits like waste of time, away from reading, privacy problem,
away from nature, spread of rumors, gap between parents and children,

2- MERITS
 Social media is source of knowledge and information
 It spreads political awareness among masses
 Social media is best visual platform that connect the people and reduces distances among
people
 Social media entertains people to get rid of bourdon of daily life
 It is a platform where one can promote one’s ideology
3-DEMERITS
 Excessive use of social websites results in wastage of precious time
 Some evil minded ones spread rumors and propaganda on social media
 People lose their privacy when their accounts are hacked
 Social media has taken man away from nature
 It has rooted out love for reading
4- SUGGESTION
 One can avoid getting addicted to social websites as excess of anything is bad
 Some steps to curb crime are inevitable
 Social websites should not be used at the cost of leisure making
 The owners of certain social websites need to adopt stringent measures to stop spread of
rumors on social media

5-CONCLUSION
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ESSAY

INTRODUCTION
Twenty-first century is the age of technology. Modern inventions have revolutionized
the world. Nowadays, people are living a facilitate life. Social media is playing an
important role in the modern world. Social medial has made the world global village.
Social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, have become part of common people’s life.
These websites keep people updated about day to day happening in the world. There
is no doubt that social media has brought people closer. In past time, people used to
send letters to their dear ones that took months to reach their desired destination. Life
was so slow and boring but now social media has solves this problem by making calls,
messages, videos, photos just in seconds,. People can easily communicate each other.
This is solely dependents upon people that how they use it. Positive minded and self-
dedicated people use social websites for constructive purpose. While, evil minded and
disreputable minded people use it for their nefarious design. It has been rightly said
by Shakespeare “there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”
simply we can say that social media is communicating key to connect the world.
Social media has a lot of merits. The first and foremost one is that it is a source of
knowledge and information. Different people share their knowledge about different
aspects of the world on social websites.
More ever social media brings political awareness among people throughout the
world. People are free to share their views about political issues confronting the
world.
Through social media, people in different countries launch political campaign against
dictatorial force. They unit on the platform of social media to get rid of aristocratic
force. It is social media through which people come to know about atrocities
committed in Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Burma.
Beside it, social media is wonderful source of entertainment. People have different
taste in this ever changing world. Some people like to watch movie and other listen
songs on social websites like YouTube and learn rhymes. Science have proved that
fact the entertainment is necessary in busy life of modern era. People have to do work
a lot to fulfill their bellies. Daily routine work creates dullness in their life. As a
result, people want change and social media offers them variety of entertainment.
Someone rightly said that the “variety is spice of life”.
Last but not least, one can easily propagate one’s ideology on social media. Presently,
hundreds of thousands of people are using social websites like Facebook,. People
share their ideology and views on Facebook. When their fellow beings read these
views, they critically analysis them. They point out positive and negative points in
one’s ideology. Some people also become their followers. Thus, social media helps
one spread one’s ideology.
It is fact that there are two sides of coin. Similarly, social media has few demerits
beside its merits. One of the demerits of social media in its excessive usage of results
in wastage of time. Some people develop addiction to social media. They don’t pay
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attention to people in their surroundings and always remain busy on social websites.
This excessive use of social media may become alarming for them. People leave them
alone because of their attitude of indifference. So, excessive use of social media may
create frustration in them. Someone said “excess of everything bad”.
In the same way certain people spread rumors and propaganda on social media to get
their vested interests. Such people disseminate particular information for their loves
and fishes. Unfortunately, there is mechanism to stope such people from spreading
hate speech on social media. This demerits turn social media from a boon into bane.
Apart from it, people using social media may lose their privacy. There are hackers
who hack certain profile to blackmail people. Sometime they get access to people’s
private data. This gives rise to cybercrime which is burning question of the day. Even
some countries steal data and information related to people of other countries. So,
such acts affect people’s privacy badly.
To add to it, social media keeps people away from nature. In Past, people used to love
recreational activities. They were closer to nature. People visited parks and beaches to
entertain themselves. Nowadays, people hardly find time to admire beauty of nature.
Social media has deprived man of his love for natural beauty.
Lastly social media has rooted out love for reading. Before emergence of social
websites, people used to read books in their free time. Books added to their
knowledge and skills. Book reading make people critical. Use of social media benefits
people but not more than reading. Use of mobile phone and social media has eroded
thirst of reading among people.
However there are some suggestion through which one can, one is expressed to
consider special media a source of entertainment One can interact with one’s loved
ones on social media. It is not desirable to always sit on social websites without
having interaction with one’s fellow being around one. Parents and teachers can play
their part in making youngster aware of pros and cons of social media. In this way,
negative usage of Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, etc., can be avoided.
Secondly, government of different countries can take steps to curb cybercrime. The
owner of social media houses should come ahead with practice policies to save people
from hackers. Strict security checks can be introduced to insure safety. People should
also act like responsible citizens. They can apply difficult passwords to get rid of
hackers. It is also preferable for people to change passwords frequently. Such steps
can help curtail cybercrime.
Thirdly, man is a social animal and cannot live away from society and nature. Some
people too much time on Facebook. They don’t go for leisure making. As a result,
they fall apery depression, frustration and isolation. Such people can have close
relationship with nature to enjoy their lives. They can use social media but not at the
cost of interaction with the people around them.
Lastly, a mechanism can be introduced to stop people from spreading rumors and
propaganda. Some people promote hate speech on social media which has deadly
results. They try to brainwash youth to use it for their ill interests. There is dire need
to limit propagation of hate speeches in order to favor Peace and harmony in the
world. No doubt, peace is the most desirable commodity in the world.
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CONCLUSION
To conclude this, social media, has brought many positive changes in the world. It has
made people to people contact easier. It is source of pleasure and amusement for
people. People make friends with others on social media. They share their point of
view with others. They come to know about current events happening in the world
through social media. In this way, social media has connected the people of view with
others. They come to know about current events happening in the world through
social media. In this way, social media has connected the people of different regions
in the world. Contrary to this, social media has some demerits which need to be
addressed. So that people may not face any hazard while interacting with their peers
on social media.

ESSAY

INTRODUCTION
Twenty-first century is the age of technology. Modern inventions have revolutionized
the world. Nowadays, people are living a facilitate life. Social media is playing an
important role in the modern world. Social medial has made the world global village.
Social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, have become part of common people’s life.
These websites keep people updated about day to day happening in the world. There
is no doubt that social media has brought people closer. In past time, people used to
send letters to their dear ones that took months to reach their desired destination. Life
was so slow and boring but now social media has solves this problem by making calls,
messages, videos, photos just in seconds,. People can easily communicate each other.
This is solely dependents upon people that how they use it. Positive minded and self-
dedicated people use social websites for constructive purpose. While, evil minded and
disreputable minded people use it for their nefarious design. It has been rightly said
by Shakespeare “there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”
simply we can say that social media is communicating key to connect the world.
Social media has a lot of merits. The first and foremost one is that it is a source of
knowledge and information. Different people share their knowledge about different
aspects of the world on social websites.
More ever social media brings political awareness among people throughout the
world. People are free to share their views about political issues confronting the
world.
Through social media, people in different countries launch political campaign against
dictatorial force. They unit on the platform of social media to get rid of aristocratic
force. It is social media through which people come to know about atrocities
committed in Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Burma.
Beside it, social media is wonderful source of entertainment. People have different
taste in this ever changing world. Some people like to watch movie and other listen
songs on social websites like YouTube and learn rhymes. Science have proved that
fact the entertainment is necessary in busy life of modern era. People have to do work
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a lot to fulfill their bellies. Daily routine work creates dullness in their life. As a
result, people want change and social media offers them variety of entertainment.
Someone rightly said that the “variety is spice of life”.
Last but not least, one can easily propagate one’s ideology on social media. Presently,
hundreds of thousands of people are using social websites like Facebook,. People
share their ideology and views on Facebook. When their fellow beings read these
views, they critically analysis them. They point out positive and negative points in
one’s ideology. Some people also become their followers. Thus, social media helps
one spread one’s ideology.
It is fact that there are two sides of coin. Similarly, social media has few demerits
beside its merits. One of the demerits of social media in its excessive usage of results
in wastage of time. Some people develop addiction to social media. They don’t pay
attention to people in their surroundings and always remain busy on social websites.
This excessive use of social media may become alarming for them. People leave them
alone because of their attitude of indifference. So, excessive use of social media may
create frustration in them. Someone said “excess of everything bad”.
In the same way certain people spread rumors and propaganda on social media to get
their vested interests. Such people disseminate particular information for their loves
and fishes. Unfortunately, there is mechanism to stope such people from spreading
hate speech on social media. This demerits turn social media from a boon into bane.
Apart from it, people using social media may lose their privacy. There are hackers
who hack certain profile to blackmail people. Sometime they get access to people’s
private data. This gives rise to cybercrime which is burning question of the day. Even
some countries steal data and information related to people of other countries. So,
such acts affect people’s privacy badly.
To add to it, social media keeps people away from nature. In Past, people used to love
recreational activities. They were closer to nature. People visited parks and beaches to
entertain themselves. Nowadays, people hardly find time to admire beauty of nature.
Social media has deprived man of his love for natural beauty.
Lastly social media has rooted out love for reading. Before emergence of social
websites, people used to read books in their free time. Books added to their
knowledge and skills. Book reading make people critical. Use of social media benefits
people but not more than reading. Use of mobile phone and social media has eroded
thirst of reading among people.
However there are some suggestion through which one can, one is expressed to
consider special media a source of entertainment One can interact with one’s loved
ones on social media. It is not desirable to always sit on social websites without
having interaction with one’s fellow being around one. Parents and teachers can play
their part in making youngster aware of pros and cons of social media. In this way,
negative usage of Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, etc., can be avoided.
Secondly, government of different countries can take steps to curb cybercrime. The
owner of social media houses should come ahead with practice policies to save people
from hackers. Strict security checks can be introduced to insure safety. People should
also act like responsible citizens. They can apply difficult passwords to get rid of
8|Page

hackers. It is also preferable for people to change passwords frequently. Such steps
can help curtail cybercrime.
Thirdly, man is a social animal and cannot live away from society and nature. Some
people too much time on Facebook. They don’t go for leisure making. As a result,
they fall apery depression, frustration and isolation. Such people can have close
relationship with nature to enjoy their lives. They can use social media but not at the
cost of interaction with the people around them.
Lastly, a mechanism can be introduced to stop people from spreading rumors and
propaganda. Some people promote hate speech on social media which has deadly
results. They try to brainwash youth to use it for their ill interests. There is dire need
to limit propagation of hate speeches in order to favor Peace and harmony in the
world. No doubt, peace is the most desirable commodity in the world.
CONCLUSION
To conclude this, social media, has brought many positive changes in the world. It has
made people to people contact easier. It is source of pleasure and amusement for
people. People make friends with others on social media. They share their point of
view with others. They come to know about current events happening in the world
through social media. In this way, social media has connected the people of view with
others. They come to know about current events happening in the world through
social media. In this way, social media has connected the people of different regions
in the world. Contrary to this, social media has some demerits which need to be
addressed. So that people may not face any hazard while interacting with their peers
on social media.