This is for college students

1. Effects Of Social Media On
Youth
By Alankar Sharma
Class : X
Section : c
Roll no :05

2. Contents
• What is social media ?
• Tools of social media
• Statistics of popular social media platform
• Mobile platform
• Usage facts
• Negative effects
• Positive effects
• Bibliography

3. What is social media ?
 Social media refers to interactions among people in
which they create, share and/or exchange information and
ideas in virtual communities and networks.
 “Social” – refers to instinctual needs human have to
connect with other humans.
 “Media”- what we use to make connections with
humans.
 “Social media”- media used for social interactions

4. Some of the popular social
media tools/websites
 WATSAPP
 TWITTER
 FACEBOOK
 GOOGLE
 PINTEREST
 BLOGGING PLATFORM (Tumblr blogger)

5. Statistics of popular
social media platform

6. Mobile Platform
 More than half of India’s one billion
population is under 35 years of age and
is at the forefront of mobile phone
revolution .
 More than 50% of youth in metro city
prefers Whatsapp over SMS .
 Increased irrational use, prank call,
unwanted message/interactions .

7. Some Facts
 India has 845.68 million internet users, on an
average .Indian web users spend 3.4 hours
online each day.
 This number is expected to grow to 1.5 billion
by 2040.
 Age group of 25-34 are the highest number of
social media users, on an average. Facebook
is visited at least thrice a day .
 70% of teenagers are friends with strangers .
 Cases of cyber bullying. Fake profiles are
increasing in huge number.
 Thoughts of youth are being manipulated
with increase

8. Negative Effects
• Teens who use Facebook more may have
psycological disorder. Including antisocial
behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies.
• Can Be Distractive: People check
Facebook/Whatsapp very frequently.
• Radiation : Phone calls, internet over phone,
even idle phone has a lot of radiation around
it.
• Addictions: Internet shopping ,online chatting
can be addictive.
• Effect on health: Sitting all day in front of
laptop/computer can disturb matabolism.
• Reduction in physical activities .

10. Positive Effects
• Helps in conversations around the world.
• Data, information can be exchanged easily.
• Money over SMS can be saved using watsapp.
• Information can be directly sent to large number
of people easily .
• Helps in avoiding boredom.
• A local businessperson may expand his business
over website.
• Helps in making friends and meeting new people.
• Helps in seeking new job offers.

11. Conclusion
• Social media should be used for positive
purposes.
• Use of social media in informative way
enhance the skills, and abilities.
• Most important recommendation for the
users of social media is that they have to
remember the purpose of using social media.
• Adolescence should use their time wisely
instead of wasting their precious time on
social networks.

12. Bibliography
• Image from :https://datareportal.com/social-media-users
• https://www.statista.com/statistics/376128/facebook-
global-user-age-
distribution/#:~:text=As%20of%20October%202021%2C%2
0it,on%20the%20social%20media%2
• https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2007/04/18/friend
ship-strangers-and-safety-in-online-social-
networks/#:~:text=One%20in%20six%20or%2017,they%20
have%20personally%20never%20met.
• https://www.statista.com/statistics/255146/number-of-
internet-users-in-india/