Negative Impact

Social networking sites has a lot of dangerous effects. It could also affect people’s health. Studies have shown that the use of social networking can lead to addiction. Many individuals are spending too much time on websites such as facebook and twitter that it could actually affect the way people live their lives. We know that people are going to these sites to receive news, read other articles, play games and communicate with friends/loved ones. Being addicted in using social networking sites could lead to sleeping late at night and it can affect a person’s sleeping pattern possibly leaving a person with a sleeping disorder. Late night use can also be linked with stress and depressive symptoms. Study shows that people who felt the need to check their social accounts are constantly accessible to have a depressive mental health symptoms.  Social networking sites could also develop laziness to a person. Many people nowadays are being isolated with their gadgets and it makes them less motivated to go outdoors to do some workout.

Another issue of concern with social networking sites is that it encourages many people especially the youth to become more public about their personal information. Because all the things happening in our lives can easily be posted, users are free to post anything about their private lives. Revealing personal information on social sites can make users at risk to crimes like stalking and Identity theft.  Another big negative issue about social networking sites is about bullying. A person can feel being exposed and humiliated because cyberbullying usually occurs on the networking sites the bullying often feels never-ending especially to the teens. When cyberbullying occurs, the offensive messages can be shared with thousands of people. The number of people that know about the bullying can lead to intense feelings of humiliation. When teens who are cyberbullied often experience headaches, stomachaches and other physical conditions. The stress of cyberbullying can also cause stress related conditions like stomach ulcers. They can also experience changes in eating habits like skipping meals. And their sleeping patterns can be be affected that’s why some of  them suffer from insomnia and experience hallucinations. Over all, cyberbullying has a really big impact in both physical and emotional aspect of a person.

          
Social networking  sites could give a lot of interesting articles to the readers but it could also give wrong  information to a lot of people. Misinformation is also one of the dangerous effects in using social networking sites. There are many inaccurate articles being shared on facebook, twitter and other blog sites. Following the first diagnosis of an Ebola case in the United States . I had read articles of some reliable sources that  a lot of mentions about  the virus on Twitter bounded from about 100 per minute to more than 6000. According to some of my research, alert health officials have tested possible cases in  Miami and Washington. Though the patients all tested negative, a lot of people are still tweeting and posting in facebook as if the disease is widespread in these cities. In Iowa the Department of Public Health was forced to issue a statement scattering social media rumors that Ebola had arrived in the state.