What are social networks for?
Initially, social networks were created as a means of finding your classmates,
relatives, colleagues, colleagues and childhood friends. With the help of social networks you can
communicate with your friends and colleagues who are several thousand kilometers away.
Now many of us even communicate with neighbors through their personal pages on social networks. Is it bad or good? Many researchers are looking for the answer to this question today, but for now social networks are the best method of communication with people.
One social network can replace several highly specialized resources at once. Social networks have provided an opportunity to use a large amount of information, develop, improve and earn money.
Now many of us even communicate with neighbors through their personal pages on social networks. Is it bad or good? Many researchers are looking for the answer to this question today, but for now social networks are the best method of communication with people.
One social network can replace several highly specialized resources at once. Social networks have provided an opportunity to use a large amount of information, develop, improve and earn money.
Advantages of social networks:
Social networks provide an opportunity to communicate with work colleagues,
relatives and friends living in different cities and countries, as well as to make new
acquaintances.
Social networks can be used as a tool for self-development. Here you can watch educational films, listen to good music, read interesting books, learn foreign languages. There are interest groups in social networks where you can find information you are interested in, for example, videos for fitness classes or guitar lessons.
Social networks can help during the learning process. With their help you can share lecture notes, laboratory assignments and other useful information. It is also possible to join a community of a certain topic and study in detail the issues of history or improve knowledge of a foreign language. To do this, social networks have links to the necessary literature, photo and video materials, you can discuss problematic issues with other members of the group.
Social networks are a platform for business development. Here you can advertise your online store, web design studio or rock school. Advertising can be directed to the target audience and people who might be interested in your products or services will learn about your business. You can find new customers here, increase the loyalty of regular customers.
Social networks can be used as a tool for self-development. Here you can watch educational films, listen to good music, read interesting books, learn foreign languages. There are interest groups in social networks where you can find information you are interested in, for example, videos for fitness classes or guitar lessons.
Social networks can help during the learning process. With their help you can share lecture notes, laboratory assignments and other useful information. It is also possible to join a community of a certain topic and study in detail the issues of history or improve knowledge of a foreign language. To do this, social networks have links to the necessary literature, photo and video materials, you can discuss problematic issues with other members of the group.
Social networks are a platform for business development. Here you can advertise your online store, web design studio or rock school. Advertising can be directed to the target audience and people who might be interested in your products or services will learn about your business. You can find new customers here, increase the loyalty of regular customers.
Cons of social networks:
Due to the large amount of entertaining, superficial and often unnecessary
garbage information, the time spent in a social network increases significantly. Such pastime can
negatively affect our health, because a large amount of information often tires and stresses the
nervous system.
Hormonal levels can also change as a result of dependence on the Internet. For example, at the time of checking social networks, the hormone oxytocin, which is responsible for feelings of empathy, is released more strongly.
Another disadvantage is that a person loses the skill of real communication, because he gets used to online communication. Corresponding in social networks, people often do not follow the rules of grammar and punctuation, use a small vocabulary, emotions are replaced by emoticons - all this negatively affects communication in the real world.
Intelligence services use social networks to organize surveillance. Representatives of special services make up about 15% of social network users.
Hormonal levels can also change as a result of dependence on the Internet. For example, at the time of checking social networks, the hormone oxytocin, which is responsible for feelings of empathy, is released more strongly.
Another disadvantage is that a person loses the skill of real communication, because he gets used to online communication. Corresponding in social networks, people often do not follow the rules of grammar and punctuation, use a small vocabulary, emotions are replaced by emoticons - all this negatively affects communication in the real world.
Intelligence services use social networks to organize surveillance. Representatives of special services make up about 15% of social network users.
Another disadvantage is the DEPENDENCE on social networks
In Ukraine, users of social networks are mostly people from 12 to 45 years old.
Psychologists pay more attention to teenagers, because the psyche at their age is not stable, and
there is a psychological disease called Internet addiction. This disease affects the performance of
teenagers at school, as well as their outlook. According to statistics, every week children spend in
social networks: from 7 to 14 hours - 23%, 14-21 hours - 57% and more than 21 hours - 20%. Every
fifth child spends one of seven days of the week on social networks.
Social networks can bring many benefits. But the abuse of social networks can lead to addiction, loss of attention, loss of time, alienation and dumbing down. Social media is both good and bad. It is in our power to take only the good from them and weed out the bad. In order for social networks not to harm health and psyche, each person should regulate their time in the virtual space.
Social networks can bring many benefits. But the abuse of social networks can lead to addiction, loss of attention, loss of time, alienation and dumbing down. Social media is both good and bad. It is in our power to take only the good from them and weed out the bad. In order for social networks not to harm health and psyche, each person should regulate their time in the virtual space.