Recognize the Impact of Using Social Media - Tip: Don't Waste Time!

In the era of globalization where the continuous development of technology brings a change in life. Along with the times, technological developments facilitate all community activities in life, so that people cannot be separated from the use of technology, especially social media.

Social media according to Kerpen (2011) in his book "Likeable Social Media" suggests that social media means a collection of images, videos, writings, and interactions in the network, both between individuals and between groups. So it can be concluded that social media is a place in a network where you can connect and conduct social interactions, and communicate via the internet.

Social media can be accessed by anyone and even anywhere, making social media has changed people's lives, it can also be said that in this current era social media is a "mandatory" thing for someone because it plays an important role in everyday life. 

Social media provides convenience and benefits for the community, with its speed in providing information, it is very helpful for the community in conveying information, and it is easy for people to know things that have been or are currently happening recently. 

Social media affects people's lives, The use of social media has an impact and influence depending on its use of social media.

Social media serves to connect everyone with the internet to interact. People must be careful and selective in using social media, therefore people must recognize the positive and negative impacts of using social media.

Social media makes it easy for users to connect and connect with other people, therefore everyone can interact easily regardless of distance and time. We can interact with distant relatives only via social media provided that there is internet access.

In today's era, internet access is widespread and can be accessed by anyone. With social media, we can also get to know other people and even people from abroad, so we can have many acquaintances and connections with a wide network.

With easy internet access, social media can be used to disseminate and convey information easily and quickly of course. Disseminating this information can be done anytime and anywhere so that the information that is spread can be received by others on social media at any time. 

Obtaining information is also made easier through social media, compared to newspapers, social media can provide up-to-date information.

We can easily express ourselves with social media, on the internet, everyone can freely express themselves and opinions in public without feeling embarrassed or nervous. With social media, they can voice their hearts freely, can share their life stories, and whatever.

Social media only costs a little bit, because you only need to pay a fee for the internet so you can access social media, and the benefits you get are also doubled. Then don't spend extra energy if you want to interact with other people through the internet.

Social media can make work easier, activities such as product promotion/marketing can be done with social media and can reach a wide audience. In this day and age, with easy internet access, we can also search for information on job vacancies on the internet. 

Many companies are looking for employees and opening job vacancies by spreading them on social media, Linkedin makes it easier for company HRD and job applicants to find information in the world of work. In the current pandemic period, with all offline activities being limited, a lot of work is done online via the internet. 

Entrepreneurial owners can promote their businesses on social media, and there are already many online businesses on social media.

Humans need entertainment to avoid depression and stress. Social media can be a means of entertainment. On social media, everyone can share pictures or videos freely, and many share entertainment for others on social media. The entertainment can be in the form of works of art, a video/film, a joke, or even a joke. 

The COVID-19 pandemic that keeps people at home can make people bored, therefore social media can be entertainment for them, both those who give and those who enjoy the entertainment.

Social media can be used as a medium for learning, students can increase their knowledge and can be active and creative through social media. In addition, many content creators make videos for learning and that helps many students, so apart from interacting and as a medium of entertainment, social media can be a means of learning. 

On social media also students can ask questions about their lessons and study together, social media can help students who are confused about lessons, they can use social media to help solve their problems. During this pandemic, schools and universities are conducted online, so social media plays an important role as a learning tool.

Social media facilitates human interaction online. This makes humans increasingly lazy to interact with

each other directly, they prefer to interact remotely. In addition, they become distant from people in the real world, thus becoming distant from people in everyday life. 

The life we ​​live is real life, therefore we must continue to interact with other people directly.

Social media can be accessed easily and practically, so people can depend on social media, which makes them addicted to the internet. With their addiction, they ignore other people in their outside life and only want to access the internet.

Therefore, using social media must be wise and not too often so as not to be dependent and addicted.

Social media allows people to freely express their opinions in public, often some opinions cause conflict and lead to division. On social media also people can post fake news or information that invites people to be consumed by the untrue information, and that creates division as well. 

As users, we must be smart in using social media and selection in receiving information and seeking the truth.

People use social media freely and uncontrollably, so social media can be a place to spread negativity. People can easily influence others with bad influence, instill hatred against others, cyberbullying, spreading hoaxes, and inappropriate content.

There is no accountability for the spread of negative things, they can freely upload negative things that contain crime, pornography, drugs, and so on to social media. 

Therefore, using social media must be wise, and such content is dangerous for minors, so it must be accompanied by parental supervision.

On social media, everyone can freely upload content according to their wishes, often people share their lives for content. The content on social media can make us less compared to other people's lives, seeing the lives of others who are better than ours makes us less and feel insecure, people flock to want to look good on the internet. 

A sense of lack in us can interfere with our mental health, where many people want to follow the lifestyle of the people they see on social media. In addition, there is the emergence of FOMO (fear of missing out) which means you are afraid to miss things that are trending or popular. 

It is dangerous for us, can affect people's self-esteem, and impair mental health by forcing them to know or follow the latest on social media. Another impact is cyber bullying which can disturb other people's mentality and make a person depressed.

What we upload on social media can be seen by others, so the private things we upload can be seen by the public. Therefore we must be wise in uploading something, don't let what we upload harm us, and never upload our privacy so that it doesn't spread on the internet.

Social media must be used wisely, the impact we get depends on how we use social media. Take the positive impact of using social media, and stay away from the negative impact because it can harm ourselves and others. After knowing the impact of using social media, it is hoped that people can use social media carefully, responsibly, and wisely.

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