Since the dawn of Mankind, Humanity has gone through a lot of Social society changes. In the early day’s people used to write letters for the connectivity, then came graham bell’s iconic creation telephone which was a Landmark for Science, after the use of the telephone, Philo Taylor Farnsworth successfully demonstrated the electronic television system in 1927, though it was not a part of social media at that time it was some sort of entertainment. After the successful launch of television. A programmer named Ray Tomlinson came up with the idea of E-Mail in the 1960s but it wasn’t that successful until the launch of the internet in 1983. The Internet makes some breakthroughs in the history of humankind. Finally, after the sunrise of the 21st century Social Media Took Over & it may be a remarkable achievement for Man but it does have advantages and disadvantages which can be Blessing or Curse.
Social Media has fully developed over the last few years, now times have changed, everything has two sides, so does Social Media. With the advancement in technology, people are getting more engaged in Social Networking but we should not forget the words of GOAT Albert Einstein about Technology “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The World will have a generation of Idiots”. Now let’s talk about the advantages and disadvantages of Social Media which makes it a Blessing or Curse.
Disadvantages: as it expands, more people will gain from it, as well as suffer from its drawbacks. The following are three major drawbacks of social media.
1. Cyberbullying: bullying is one of the cheapest things to do to anyone. It has been done so many times to so many people in recent times whether you are in school, office, home, or any other place but now with the advent of the internet bullying has been transformed into Cyberbullying, it is teasing someone with creating fake accounts on various social media sites, like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and it has left disastrous results because bullying on Social Media is easier than to bully someone on face. According to Gulf News, 2,023 cases of bullying and online harassment were reported in just a single year of 2019-20 in Pakistan, this shows how fast and far cyberbullying has gone, but never too late many people also have been arrested because of the power of Social Media.
2. Hacking: Hacking is one of the major issues in the advancement of technology, people with sharp but criminal minds are using their skills to hack big names in the tech industry, weaponry system of the world can be compromised, hacking other people’s banks accounts taking all their saving in the shape of money, of cryptocurrency, hacking their cell phones interfering in their personals belongings comprising their life. Similarly, by hacking someone's social media account using them as bait and costing them their reputation, another issue created by hacking is the online frauds and scams luring people into traps to buy cheap things which can be dangerous for the individual.
3. Addiction: social networking has become quite addictive now, which is highly damaging and detrimental for personal lives. Students, especially teenagers are the main target of these sites, where they get extremely affected and eventually, disconnected from society. They don’t play outside of their home anymore no physical activity whatsoever, but instead, they want to waste their time on these social media sites.
Now, that we have discussed the Disadvantage or curses of Social Media let’s have a brief look at Blessings & Advantages. Here are the three major Advantages.
1. Connectivity: back days when people used to write letters to their loved ones and wait for a reply for days. But now times have changed after the invention of the internet and email and other social platforms people are finding it easy to communicate with their friends, family, and co-workers. Which also helps in coping with stress in these depressing days of the Covid-19 Virus. So stay connected, stay healthy.
2. Education: Similarly, networking sites have aided the education industry all over the world tremendously. Every student may easily educate oneself thanks to the introduction of online classes and the availability of a wide range of learning tools. Regardless of your location or background, you can easily expand your knowledge from anywhere at any time by watching videos on websites such as YouTube for free and using economical services such as assignment writing services.
3. News, Information, and Updates: with the remote at your fingertips now you can get every news, update, and information of anyone, any country in the blink of an eye. Social media platforms provide you with a special kind of variety of entertainment projects such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and much more in which you can be entertained by watching your favorite TV shows & movies.
Social Media or Technology is not itself a blessing or curse but the way we use it can make it harsh for us. Using it for the betterment of Humanity can be beneficial for Mankind, but using it for Criminal Activities, bullying can have some serious impact on our society, so be careful and beware.