This presentation discusses the effects of social media. It begins by defining social media as virtual networks for sharing and exchanging information and ideas. It then provides statistics on popular social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and WeChat, and notes that there are over 3 billion active social media users worldwide. The presentation outlines both positive effects of social media like easier communication and information sharing, and negative effects like distraction, increased phone radiation, and potential for addiction. It concludes by stating that social media could cause problems if not properly managed.

1. Welcome
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2. Effects of Social Media

3. Contents
What is social media ?
Tools of social media.
Statistics of popular social media platforms.
Social media Statistics.
Negative Effects
Positive Effects
Conclusion
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4. What is social media ?
Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create,
share, or exchange information and ideas in virtual networks.
 “Social” – refers instinctual needs of humans to connect with other
humans.
 “Media” – What we use to make connections with other humans.
 “Social Media” – Media used for social interaction.
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Some of the popular social media
tools and users
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6. Social media statistics
• Worldwide population is 7.6 billion.
• 3.5 billion people use internet.
• There are 3.03 billion active social media users.
• 91% of retail brands use 2 or more social media channels.
• 81% of all small and medium businesses use some kind of social platform.
• Internet users have an average of 7.6 social media accounts.
• Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp handle 60 billion messages a day.
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7. Statistics of popular social
media platforms
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8. Positive effects
• Helps to make conversation around the world.
• Data, information can be exchanged easily.
• Money can be saved by using WhatsApp, Messenger.
• Information can be directly sent to a large number of people easily.
• Helps to avoid boredom.
• A local business person may expand his business over websites.
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9. Positive effects (Continued)
• Helps in making friends and meeting new people.
• Helps in seeking new job offers.
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10. Negative effects
• Teens who use Facebook more may have psychological disorders, including
antisocial behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies.
• Can be Distractive: People check Facebook/WhatsApp very frequently.
• The Desire to Compare: We compare ourselves to others in terms of looks,
travelled destinations, shopping sprees, friends and so on.
• Radiation: Phone calls, internet over the phone even idle phone has a lot of
radiation around it.
• Eye Problems: Prolonged use of display screens may weaken eyesight.
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11. Negative effects (Continued)
• Addiction: Internet shopping, online chatting can be addictive.
• Effect on health: Sitting all day in front of laptops/computers may disturb
body metabolism.
• Reduction in physical activities.
• Trolling: People troll others.
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12. Conclusion
Social media is and will continue to be harmful unless something
is done about it. The power of social media over people is
dangerous and often goes unnoticed.
People should care about social media because if not, then social
media could cause national and international problems.
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