There are six main types of social media: social news (like Reddit), social networks (like Facebook), media sharing (like YouTube), bookmarking sites (like StumbleUpon), forums, and microblogging (like Twitter). Social media provides many benefits like education, connectivity, and promotion. However, there are also disadvantages like cyberbullying, hacking, and addiction. In conclusion, social media can be positively or negatively impacted depending on how users engage with it.

2. TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
THERE ARE SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA-:
• 1. Social News-: The users are allowed to post news links to the outside articles on the social news
websites. A most prominent example of this type of social media channel is Reddit.
• 2. Social Networks-:The users are allowed to connect and share with the people having similar interests
and backgrounds on a social networking website. The most example of a social networking site is
Facebook.
• 3. Media Sharing-:The users can share different types of media such as video and photos on the media
share websites. The most popular media sharing website in the world is YouTube.
• 4. Bookmarking Sites-:The users are allowed to save and organize links to several online websites and
resources on these websites. The most popular bookmarking site in the world is StumbleUpon.
• 5. Forums-:The users can engage in the conversations for posting and responding to the messages of the
community. Generally, the comments focus on a specific subject.
• 6. Microblogging-:The users are allowed to submit short written entries, including product and service
sites on a microblogging website. Twitter is the most commonly used microblogging website.

3. • Have a look at the top benefits of the social media to the general public-:
1. Education-:
There are endless benefits of the social media for the teachers and students. With the
help of social media, the students can easily educate the professionals and experts in
the field.
2. Connectivity-:
The biggest benefit of the social media is connectivity. The users can connect with the
people from any part of the world.
3. Promotion-:
The users can promote their business to a bigger audience. It doesn’t matter they have
an offline or online business, the social media can help them in many ways.

4. Social media plays an essential role in how consumers discover,
research, and share information about brands and products. In fact,
around 60 percent of consumers who research products online, learned
about a specific retailer or brand through social networking sites.
Active social media users are more likely to read product reviews
online.

5. DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
• 1:- Cyberbullying – According to a report published by PewCenter.org most of the children have
become victims of the cyberbulling over the past. Since anyone can create a fake account and do
anything without being traced, it has become quite easy for anyone to bully on the Internet.
Threats, intimidation messages and rumors can be sent to the masses to create discomfort and
chaos in the society.
• 2: – Hacking – Personal data and privacy can easily be hacked and shared on the Internet. Which
can make financial losses and loss to personal life. Similarly, identity theft is another issue that can
give financial losses to anyone by hacking their personal accounts. Several personal twitter and
Facebook accounts have been hacked in the past and the hacker had posted materials that have
affected the individuals personal lives.
• 3:- Addiction – The addictive part of the social media is very bad and can disturb personal lives as
well. The teenagers are the most affected by the addiction of the social media. They get involved
very extensively and are eventually cut off from the society. It can also waste individual time that
could have been utilized by productive tasks and activities.

6. CONCLUSION-:
• To be fair and honest we need to mention that social media has its
positive outcomes and has it drawbacks as well. As it have
been relived in this article at the end it is your choice to either use
social media in a positive way and benefit from it in your social and
academic life, or fall as victim of social media's negative impacts.