SOCIAL MEDIA ON TEENAGERS BY: HAARINESH A/L SELVARAJU NEGATIVE EFFECTS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
• Experience structural changes in brain
• Lower grey matter • Cause adolescent children to take longer to accomplish tasks • Causes depression and stress • Easy to be addicted if no parental control SOCIAL SKILLS
• Getting to know and communicate with strangers.
• Having too many fake friends • Less face time – physical interaction • Cyberbullying • Vulnerable to be hacked using our social interaction data MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
• Obsessed with ‘likes’ and recognition in social media such as Facebook
• Depression and stress
• Bullied by rough words from strangers nor friends • Neglecting own duties • Slept less and malnutrition SLEEPING HOURS
• Difficulty learning and concentrating
• Feeling stressed or anxious • Difficulty learning and concentrating • Unhealthy eating and weight gain • Health issues such as acne and viral illnesses PRIVACY AND REPUTATION
• Sharing private information to strangers
• Lost of self-esteem and others trust • Making wrong decision • Uploaded contents can be easily re-posted • Bank account are not safe POSITIVE EFFECTS AND BENEFITS SOCIAL SKILLS
• Help in gathering new information from others
• Making news friends worldwide • Learning new language through social interaction INFORMATION SHARING
• Shares new information and knowledge
• Getting to know of ongoing news • Gets a quicker learning system • Homeschooling THANK YOU