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The impact of social media platforms on students' study lives.

Posted Date: 22 May 2023 |Updated: 22-May-2023 |Category: Education |Author: |Member Level: Gold |Points: 12 |


The impact of social media platforms on students' study lives can be both positive and negative aspects. On the positive side, social media provides study materials, educational resources, and enhanced learning opportunities. On the other side, there are also certain negative aspects to consider, such as time management issues, distractions, and misinformation.

Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, etc. can have both positive and negative impacts on students, depending on the factors of how they utilized and manage social media. Although social media helps to connect with various communities and update knowledge, in my view, using social media has both positive and negative impacts on students in education.

It is very important and ideal for students to understand the potential benefits, develop digital literacy skills, and risks associated with social media, and practice responsible usage. Additionally, parents and educators play an essential role in guiding students' social media behavior, assisting them in finding a balance between the advantages and potential drawbacks of these platforms.

Positive aspects

  1. Collaboration and connectivity: Social media enables students to connect and collaborate with their mentors, professionals, peers, and educators worldwide, fostering collaboration on networking, knowledge sharing, group studies, and other project opportunities.
  2. Accessibility to information: Students can get benefit from a wide range of educational resources available on many social media platforms, including online courses, academic communities, study materials, exam question papers, tutorials, and projects related research materials.
  3. Enhanced learning opportunities: Some professionals and educators use social media as supplementary tools to engage learners and students, share relevant content, and encourage discussion and active participation.

Negative aspects

  1. Online harassment and cyberbullying: Students may be susceptible to negative experiences such as trolling, cyberbullying, or harassment and time-wasting on entertainment content on social media platforms, which can harm their well-being and academic performance.
  2. Time management and distractions: The time-consuming and addictive nature of social media platforms can divert students' attention away from their studies, impacting their proficiency, time management skills, and productivity.
  3. Credibility and misinformation: Content creators on social media often host rumors, misinformation, and unverified content, necessitating students to critically evaluate the information they encounter.

As you can see, the impact of social media platforms on students' study lives can be both positive and negative aspects. On the positive side, social media provides study materials, educational resources, and enhanced learning opportunities. On the other side, there are also certain negative aspects to consider, such as time management issues, distractions, and leading to misinformation.

In order to address these critical challenges, it is very important for students to employ critical thinking and cultivate digital literacy skills, when evaluating information, and engage in responsible use of social media platforms. Parents and educators play a vital role in providing guidance and support to students, helping them find a healthy balance between the advantages and potential disadvantages associated with social media platforms.

Conclusion

Without social media platforms, not only students, but even working professionals also will find difficulties in finding the next steps in their goals. As far as they understand the limitation of their requirements and needs, there will be no obstacles from social media. Apart from knowledge sharing and finding educational resources, social media seems to be a relaxation medium, if we know the time that we spend on it.


Comments

Author: Umesh30 May 2023 Member Level: Diamond   Points : 2

Using social media for relevant information and resources is alright as far as the indulgence of students in it is concerned. But wasting time on it and going through irrelevant and pastime posts is not a good thing as students have limited time and have to concentrate on their studies and making a career.
Today social media has emerged as a gigantic place where people are sharing their things with pride and counting the number of 'likes' obtained. This is a very ridiculous trend and is not connected to the realities of our lives. Wasting time in them is a blunder.

Author: DR.N.V. Srinivasa Rao22 Jun 2023 Member Level: Diamond   Points : 2

Yes. There are benefits as well as negative points also. Social media is good to collect information on various issues that are taking place across the globe. But the whole problem is reliability. In my opinion, social media is harming the youth more than benefiting them.
Many students are not concentrating on their studies but getting addicted to social media which is not at all acceptable. If a student knows the limitations of social media and uses the same for his/ her own benefit, it is good. Wasting time on social media for useless activities will definitely hamper the progress of the student. So parents, as well as teachers, should discourage students from spending more time on this media.

Author: Purna Prasad Sharma22 Jun 2023 Member Level: Gold   Points : 2

The author has raised a good topic. The adverse effect of the topic seems voidable to most guardians and they let their children be engaged in social media platforms. These days while logging on to any kind of reel-making social media including Facebook to some extent, one is most likely to see some obscene kinds of reel. Children of a certain age are still not able to adapt to that kind of reel and some are overwhelmed by that and try to do the same thing. So this is very important for guardians to pay their attention to their children's activities and help them to avoid such videos or messages.



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