By now, social media has taken over our lives. It is used for many reasons and many different ways. There are many social media sites that are able to interact with everyone in the whole entire world. Some social media sites that people use are Facebook, Twitter, etc. These sites make communication with others much easier. For example, when trying to contact with a relative living a state away, you can just go on Facebook and message them. You may think that social media is the best thing that has happened in our generation, but it also has its negative effects. But the main question is, “Is Social Media good or bad  for society?”

In this topic, I think that social media can be good and bad to the society. Social media has brought us closer to the other parts of the world, which can be a good thing. With the many sites, we can communicate with anyone at anytime which is good for business people and other citizens that need to talk to one another.  If you think about it, isn’t it weird knowing that you can talk to someone that lives in Asia or Mexico? Social media sites are being used for spreading the word on any event, product, business, or any nationwide things happening.

You may think Social media is good for society by now, but there are also its negative consequences. With the ability of communicating over the internet, it may cause the feeling of not socializing, not going out, and limit the time we actually talk to someone face to face. I would agree with this, because when I’m out with friends they tend to be more on their phones than actually talking with me. In addition, social media sites can lead to a serious topic thats happening more now, which is cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is when people online insult, or bully people on the sites in any way that hurts their feelings or makes them uncomfortable. Studies show that social media sites promotes no self esteem, no compassion, and or empathy. For example, on the social media site Instagram, several people post “Selfies” which means posting a picture of themselves. This is resulted, because of people wanting input of themselves. This can lead to harmful insults or having other people question their own beauty. But, it is still very important to never judge a book by its cover. In conclusion, the social media effects can be good or bad to society, it depends on how you keep your life relying lessor more on social media. There are many good things about it, but there are also many bad things to it also.

~Paula