The Negative Effects Of Social Networking By Karen Frazier

The Negative Effects of Social Networking The internet has a vast amount of websites. Social media is a big part of the internet with websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. There are positive effects to social networking from meeting people to staying connected with current events. However, there can be negative effects to social networking as well. Karen Frazier provides a well supported argument on how social media can have negative and long term consequences. Frazier is a public relations specialist and posted her article on October 2011. As a public relations specialist Frazier can be seen as an authority on the topic, because social networking can effect one’s behavior. Her target audience would be those who browse the internet

Social networking is a casual place to write. No one cares if someone uses improper grammar or has wrong spelling. If that mentality is to continue, then people will just care less about proper grammar. Another example is the possibility of cyber bullying. Exposing oneself to social media can lead to emotional damage like how physical bullying can harm someone. These examples are problems that can lead to negative effects, but there are some points that don’t fit in as well. Frazier mentions the possibilities of employees looking at social networking thus decreasing productivity. That problem is not, because of the internet and is more of the laziness of the person. “Allowing the spread of misinformation that may be perceived as fact even in light of evidence to the contrary.” This is not much of a negative effect of social networking and more of the how gullible someone can be. The same thing can happen in real life. Overall, there are many negative consequences to social

The author was able to give credited sources that were able to support her claim. However, some of their sources was from news articles that did not give any evidence and some of the studies were flawed in its methodology. Despite the article being focused on the negative effects of social networking there should be a mention about the potential positive effects. This article was posted on October, 2011 and the view of social networking and its effects may have changed. There could be more studies suggesting that there are more negative effects or there could be more studies showing the