When Technology and Humans Cross

1. In not less than 5 sentences, explain how is your family dynamics affected by your
indulgence to social media?

Social media has been one of our way of communication, not only through it but
also its content. In my family, all of us use social media such as Facebook, Messenger,
Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. Both my parents has Messenger that they used to stay
connected with us when they are working. It is a free messaging application which also
allows us to see and hear each other even when we are far apart using its call and video
call feature. I seems to me that all events has its own positive and negative effect. And in
our family, I can say that it has both. It positively affects our family dynamics when we
are having our connection even though we are not with each other. Even when there are
celebrations, we can immediately send our greetings to each other. Our family bonds a
lot, and some of our get together moment came from social media. Whenever, there are
new updates from our favorite vloggers or Tiktok content creators, we always talked
about it and laugh together. In some issues that are trending on social media, we tend to
have our same sentiments about it. However, sometimes it is self-consuming which
causes everyone not to be productive. My youngest sibling became addicted to social
media which caused her to learn things that were not appropriate for his age. It also has
a big impact on her studies as well as her behaviors to the family.

2. In what ways is an account holder of any social media likely to fall prey on digital
dangers?

Danger is everywhere, all of the things we do has positive and negative impact in
our daily life. Danger is part of our survival as a human. This is also prevalent in social
media platforms. Alongside with the benefits that the social media offers, there are still
few downsides with its usage. Social media user might experience different issues that
can affect their privacy and safety. And it is not surprising, that social media is prone to
danger. It has a broad range of discussion where wide variety of people engage with
each other. In this time of pandemic, small online business are popular with people.
However, not only in the public places, there are also scammers in this kind of business.
Also, with the amount of information and images that we share on social media. People
can target us for cyberbullying and harassment. Mostly, women and children are prone
to online attacks that lead into having emotional, mental and physical issues. It is more
disturbing to know that the threats is not coming from the platform itself but with the and
audience in it.
Overall, I agree that social media should be used only by adults and with the
guidance of the parents if it is a minor. With the danger that includes with the usage,
parent’s role should be is to protect their children from those situation. Also, a user
should be responsible on the information, discussion and arguments that he/she puts in
the platform. Safety comes with precaution. We should be ready for the consequences
of the things that we do. Think before you click.
3. On personal note, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a social media?
How will you address its negative impacts (disadvantages)?

Social media is one of the ways I can have fun while also learning. I learned to
use social media when I had my first Facebook account. Since then I have been enticed
to create and test various other platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok, etc.
This has given different situations while using them.
I believe that its advantages are the following:
1. I can easily communicate with my family and friends even in other places of
the world;
2. Using educational platforms where I can learn several things;
3. I used this platform to earn money while at home;
4. I was able to know all important things such as news event, new trend, etc;
5. I can also share things with other people, showcase my talent;
6. I can also make new friends through it.
And these I know are the disadvantage of social media to me:
1. Sharing can result into invasion of privacy; people know everything about me;
2. The use of it, sometimes, affect my emotional, mental, and physical health;
3. Since, I am busy doing online activities. It takes me away from having a good
relationship with my family.
In general, I am much aware on the impact of social media. That’s why, I use it
with caution and responsibilities. And to minimize the use of it, I turned off some
of my social media accounts to ensure that I can focus in my study.