Social Media

Abuse and Techno

logy Harassment
 What is
Social Media?
Social media refers to websites and applications
that are designed to allow people to share content
quickly, efficiently, and in real-time.
 Social Media for Society
Social media has grown tremendously in the last
few years. From 2006 onwards
 the growth rate is unexpectedly very high. Spec
ially Facebook and Twitter have grown much fas
ter and captured millions of users in just a few y
ears. The way technology is growing, it is obviou
s that more and more people are going to grasp
its benefits. It has brought a lot of advantages fo
r the society.
Advantages and Disadva
ntages of Social Media f
or Society
10 Advantages of Social Media for the S
ociety
1:- Connectivity – The first and main advan
tage of the social media is connectivity. Peo
ple from anywhere can connect with anyone
. Regardless of the location and religion.
O 2:- Education – Social media has a lot of 
benefits for the students
 and teachers. It is very easy to educate fr
om others who are experts and profession
als via the social media. You can follow an
yone to learn from him/her and enhance y
our knowledge about any field.
O 3:- Help – You can share your issues with
the community to get help.
O 4:- Information and Updates – The main
advantage of the social media is that you
update yourself from the latest happening
s around in the world. Most of the time, Tel
evision and print media these days are bia
sed and does not convey the true messag
e.
O 5:- Promotion – Whether you have an offl
ine business or online, you can promote y
our business to the largest audience. This
makes the businesses profitable and less
expensive, because most of the expenses
made over a business are for advertising
and promotion.
O 6:- Noble Cause – Social media can also
be used for the noble causes. For exampl
e, to promote a social welfare activities an
d donations for the needy people.
O 7:- Awareness – Social media also create
awareness and innovate the way people li
ve. From farmers to teachers, students to l
awyers every individual of the society can
benefit from the social media and its awar
eness factor.
O 8:- Helps Govt and Agencies Fight Crim
e- It is also one of the advantages of the s
ocial media that it helps Governments and
Security Agencies to spy and catch crimin
als to fight crime.
O 9:- Improves Business Reputation – Jus
t like it can ruin any business reputation, I
t can also improve business sales and rep
utation. Positive comments and sharing a
bout a company can help them with sales
and goodwill
O 10:- Helps in Building Communities – S
ince our world has different religions and b
eliefs. Social media helps in building and p
articipating in the community of own religi
on and believes to discuss and learn abou
t it. Similarly, people of different communiti
es can connect to discuss and share relat
ed stuffs.
 10 Disadvantages of Social Media
for the Society
O 1:- Cyberbullying – According to a report pub
lished by PewCenter.org most of the children
have become victims of the cyberbullying over
the past. Threats, intimidation messages and r
umors can be sent to the masses to create dis
comfort and chaos in the society.
O 2: – Hacking – Personal data and privacy can easi
ly be hacked and shared on the Internet. Which ca
n make financial losses and loss to personal life. S
imilarly, identity theft is another issue that can give
financial losses to anyone by hacking their person
al accounts. Several personal twitter and Faceboo
k accounts have been hacked in the past and the
hacker had posted materials that have affected the
individuals personal lives.
O 3:- Addiction – The addictive part of the s
ocial media is very bad and can disturb pe
rsonal lives as well. The teenagers are the
most affected by the addiction of the socia
l media. They get involved very extensivel
y and are eventually cut off from the societ
y.
O 4:- Fraud and Scams – Several example
s are available where individuals have sca
mmed and commit fraud through the socia
l media.
O Chain Letters
You’ve likely seen this one before -- the dreaded chai
n letter has returned. It may appear in the form of, "R
etweet this and Bill Gates will donate $5 million to ch
arity!" But hold on, let’s think about this. Bill Gates alr
eady does a lot for charity. Why would he wait for so
mething like this to take action? Answer: He wouldn’t.
Both the cause and claim are fake.
O Cash Grabs

Picture this: You just received an urgent request from

one of your real friends who "lost his wallet on vacati
on and needs some cash to get home." So, being the
helpful person you are, you send some money right a
way, per his instructions. But there’s a problem: Your
friend never sent this request. In fact, he isn’t even a
ware of it. His malware-infected computer grabbed al
l of his contacts and forwarded the bogus email to ev
eryone, waiting to see who would bite.
O 5:- Security Issues – Now a day’s securit
y agencies have access to people person
al accounts. Which makes the privacy alm
ost compromised.
O 6:- Reputation – Social media can easily
ruin someone’s reputation just by creating
a false story and spreading across the soc
ial media. Similarly businesses can also s
uffer losses due to bad reputation being c
onveyed over the social media.
O 7:- Cheating and Relationship Issues – 
Most of the people have used the social m
edia platform to propose and marry each
other. However, after some time they turn
to be wrong in their decision and part way
s. 
O 8:- Health Issues – The excess usage of
social media can also have a negative imp
act on the health. Since exercise is the ke
y to lose weight, most of the people get la
zy because of the excessive use of social
networking sites. 
O 9:- Social Media causes death – Not just
by using it, but by following the stunts and
other crazy stuffs that are shared on the in
ternet. For example bikers doing the unne
cessary stunts, people doing the jump ove
r the trains and other life threatening stuffs
.
O 10:- Glamorizes Drugs and Alcohol – O
ne of the disadvantages of the social medi
a is that people start to follow others who
are wealthy or drug addicted and share th
eir views and videos on the web.