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Just as the social media has changed the way we live, it has also affected the way we interact. Social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook let you connect with almost everyone from old school classmates to colleague and neighbours. Engaging in those kinds of networks makes you feel more con-nected. Should people feel connected through the use of social media? In fact, this question has been raised in many ways and the movement towards having more control over these networks is gaining momentum (Oakes). The main concept behind social networking is to allow people have healthier connection with their friends and relatives (Stafford). In conjunction with the increase in online activity, there are three main concerns that come with the excessive use of social media; addiction to social media, less self-esteem and cyber bullying.
Although excessive use of social media will not kill you but it will ruin your life. Some people keep checking their facebook status updates continuously, some others keep stalking profiles for many hours, this can truly kill your day. Spending countless hours a day surfing the internet for some random tweets from people we don’t even know can be the cause of undiscovered behavioural disorders. In fact, behaviours combined with extreme use of social networking websites have been recently an encouraging area of re-search and discussion. Some of these behaviours describe social media addict as the person who is continu-ally using social media means to a point that intrudes other regular activities (Stafford). Spending this much time can come at the expense of your hard earned cash and the time for actual work. This social me-dia addiction can cost people their jobs. There are many ways in which you...

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... Centre, One million children were harassed, threatened or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on Facebook during the past year. The number is huge and action has to be taken by parents regarding this lack of supervision. One other way of cyberbullying is that some politicians or celebrities are threatened because of different political or social views.
Without well-organized use of social media, it can have its negative effects on people while they are not aware of it. Social media changed the way we interact and it can a powerful source of knowledge only if used in proper way at proper time. It can be very helpful for students in their studies although it can very distracting to them if they did not keep track the time spent online. A conclusion is here, social media can have both its positive and negative effects. Use it properly or use it at your own risk.

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