Positive & Negative Effects on Facebook.. Blog 2 assignment

Every individuals opinion regarding facebook and its effects on society and other people are different. Facebook is an online social networking service, discovered in February of 2004. (Wikipedia) Since then billions of people are actively on facebook for positive and negative reasons; but majority of all situations are effected by people who are involved with the social network. For this blog; I discuss 2 positive and 2 negative effects that facebook has on society.

            One of the two positive effects Facebook provides, Families settled abroad want to have strong communication with their homeland and its inhabitants.( Homebiz Resource) In other words, for those people currently living in the United States but want to communicate with extended family from Africa or another county, facebook can be an option. It can show updated pictures of both individuals or people from the opposing countries, videos, posts and private messaging if security is important to them. This is a plus that family who live far from each other are still able to interact through a social network until they’re presence is current.  People also post their video chat information on Facebook so that’s available as another option of communication for some. Another positive effect Facebook practices, are updated news topics that effect the world or using the network to spread a topic discussion for people to be notified. This is another form of news hitting the media or Advertisment for other.  For example; the tragedy of the young boy from Florida, Trayvon Martin, who was shot by a cop because he thought his skittles and juice was gun. A controversial topic was spread throughout every social network and all through the internet world, giving the public a rise to public agreement or public disagreement.

People busy in their lives feel easy to communicate through Facebook but at times it becomes very annoying when virtual communication takes place of real life meetings. (Homebiz Resource). This is one of the negative effects facebook provides,  From being used to always posting without any grammar checks, you tend to speak the way you text or talk on social networks. This lacks communication skills and knowledge, causing difficulty for some to switch their vocabulary in proper settings, or just virtual communication in general. An example could be my generation currently, so young and filling their brains with non-sense tends to cause a negative effect on speech. Last but not least, Facebook is a proven fact that it could cause depression, anxiety and other forms of disorders. On the other hand, it also effects young people in fully working to their full potential in education.(LakeSide) “Studies found that middle school, high school and college students who checked Facebook at least once during a 15-minute study period achieved lower grades.”(LakeSide) This is when social networks can take a toll to a negative effect when most assume these websites can’t harm individuals but so much. Degrading pictures such as women nude, or images of minors smoking and drinking can cause other minors to start the same habit they picked up off the internet. This is why parent supervision should be a factor for ages 18 and under.

            Reading the examples I’ve found and majority I didn’t discuss. This makes me aware of not just how beneficial the internet and facebook is, but how dangerous it is to minors that many people don’t understand. Some things a parent might not allow or tolerate in their presence, can still be done when their not around. Pictures being taking that parents wouldn’t approve of. The youth tends to degrade themselves as well as their households & moral values are lost. Our generation is so advanced and up to date, but causes a fear for elders to question if you hear about the negativity surrounded on Facebook, how do you know your son or daughter isn’t taking part of it.

Work Cited:

·      Rosen, D. Larry LakeSide Behavioral Health Care  The good, The Bad, The Ugly effects of Facebook

·      Lan S Jhon   Homebiz resources  Positive & Negative Effects of Facebook on Society