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Social Media
The document discusses the influence of social media on youth, highlighting both its positive and negative effects, with young people being the primary users. Key findings include the high engagement in social networking, information seeking, and online shopping activities, alongside issues such as internet harassment and diminished interpersonal skills. The conclusion emphasizes that while social media connects youth, it also contributes to a range of negative outcomes, including reduced confidence and serious health concerns.
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- 1. Social Media How OftenYouth Used
- 2. Abstract Social Media • Attracting muchattention from researchers worldwide • Both positive and Negative effect • It is a known fact that young adults and teenagers are the most avid users of such sites. • it has been found that these OSN sites are having a great impact on the lives of young people.
- 3. Introduction • Social mediarefers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks • Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein (specialized in social media and viral marketing ) define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0 and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.
- 4. Types of Socialmedia utilized by Youth • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter • Google+ • LinkedIn • Yahoo Answers • Instagram • My space • Flickr • Pinterest • Tumblr • Skype • Reddit
- 5. The social mediasites view by US teen (13-19) in per day View in % 40 35 30 25 20 View in % 15 10 5 0 Facebook YouTube Google+ Twitter Instagram Tumblr Flickr Skype
- 6. What Teens doonline? • Use online social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook-80% • Go online to get information or news about current events or politics-62% • Buy things online like books, clothes or music. eg, Amazon, ebay, bestbuy so on-48% • Share something that you created yourself , such as artwork , photos , videos or stories-38% • Have a video chat conversation with other person through application like Skype, Viber or Google talk-37%
- 7. Continue… • Looking onlinefor health, dieting and physical fitness information-31% • Record and upload video-27% • Take material you find online like text, images and songs and remix it in your own artistic creation-21% • Create or work on own journal or blog-15% • Stream video live to the internet for other people to watch-13% • Look for information online about a health topic that’s hard to talk about, like drug use, sexual health, or depression-17%
- 8. Typical mobile activitieswhile watching TV Using mobile apps -33% Browsing the internet(non-related content) -37% Social Networking- 40% Texting with friends and family-56%
- 9. Advantage/Disadvantage of social media Advantages •Bringing people together • Breadth of knowledge • Technological literacy • Opportunity to widen business • Attracts attention
- 10. Continue… Disadvantages • Understanding onhow it works • Commits illegal crime • Negative effects on worker productivity • Distraction • Serious detrimental outcomes on individual’s health • Among youth who report internet harassment victimization and unwanted sexual encounters (sexting), 25% report extreme upset.
- 11. Conclusion • Overall, fromthe research we found that social media have very negative impacts on youth, they enjoy in their virtual world (Social media sites) • lack of seriousness and less interact with society • less problem solving skills and they hesitate to make eye contact while talking • less confidence and less concern about surroundings are the major factors .
- 12. THANK YOU Presentation By:Bijay Bhandari Web: www.bijaybhandari.com.np
Editor's Notes
- #6 The chart shows the Social media used by the teen(13-17) in per day, they used 37 percent of time in a day using Facebook, 34 percent of time they spend using YouTube, 5 percent of time they use Google+,7 percent-Twitter,9 percent-Instagram,4 percent of time Flickr and Skype.
- #7 % of teen internet users in the USA who do the following activities online.