21.6 To what extent

 

Many people believe that social networking sites (such as Facebook) have a huge negative impact on both individuals and society.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

 

Remote communication has never been easier in the past than it is now with the aid of social networking sites. A segment of society blames aforementioned sites to have a noticable negative effect on individuals and on society as a whole. I fully agree with this statement because these sites generally become responsible for the poor health of a person, and they also could potentially lead to the unstability in the society.

The most negative effect social media could assert on an individual is health related. The social networking websites are generally based on algorithms which are created to make these sites addictive, hence when a person starts using these websites they spend a lot of time on them by sitting at a single place for hours. These longer hours of sitting normally leads to many diseases. For example, a recent study conducted by one of the prestigious universities of North America revealed that more than 45% of people who used social netowkring sites for more than 4 hours a day were found to be obese due to their sedantary lifestyle. 

From the prospective of the society, the most negative effect is the high chances of creating instability among the citizens due to the fake new available on social media. People normally tend to believe on the information they see without verifying the authenticity of the source. A lot of bad elements take advantage of it by playing fake news on social networking sites to spread fake news which could potentially create tension among the society. For instance, recently during a protest in one of the asian countries, people started running here and there because of a fake news on Facebook which claimed about the plantation of a bomb at the protest. No bomb was found eventually, however, a few hundereds got injured in their attempt to leave the place as quickly as possible.

In conclusion, I fully agree that social media is a bad influence for individuals because it could possibily leads to many health related issues, and for society because it could create tension among the public by the spread of fake news.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

noticable = noticeable

 unstability = instability

 netowkring = networking

sedantary = sedentary

hundereds = hundreds

possibily = possibly