REFLECTION TASK2A

I want to write about negative effects of social media because I want to warn people. This topic is important for me since there are a lot of people who are addicted to social media around me.

Although social media has many positive effects on society, it also has negative effects. First, it leads to addiction. The more hours people spend, the more addicted they become. People think that social media is very reliable source, and so they rely on the internet instead of practical knowledge and experiences. Second, it leads isolation of people from social life. As people spend a lot of time on social media, they experience less face to face interactions. For example, nowadays people are sending emails, and texting message instead of visiting each other.  The last and the most important one is that it leads health problems. Because people share photos or videos that contain violence, drinking, smoking on social media, children can be greatly affected by it. In other words, social media may encourage children to have bad habits. Because of these photos and videos, they may experience with health problems such as depression, substance abuse and suicide. To sum up, social media has negative effects in terms of addiction, isolation and health problems. In order to avoid these negate effects, people should manage and limit their social media usage.