Many people believe that social networking sites have had a huge negative impact on both individuals and society. To what extent do you agree?

It is often argued by many that social networking sites have numerous bad impacts on people and
society
. In my opinion, I do agree that they have
had damaging effect
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had a damaging effect
on the
society
.
However
, I believe it brings positive impact on individuals.
This
essay will
firstly
discuss the benefits of social networking sites
on
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for
individuals and
secondly
the drawbacks of it on the
society
. The impact of social media has had on each individual has
clear advantage
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a clear advantage
clear advantages
the clear advantage
.
Firstly
, communication has never been easier without social media. That means, it is extremely easy for people to interact with their friends and family by using social networking tools
such
as Facebook, even when they are
thousand miles
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a thousand miles
away from them.
For instance
, a girl from Germany will be able to communicate with her Malaysian friend by just pressing a button on Facebook, with no cost at all.
On the other hand
, social media sites have had on
society
can only be seen as negative. In
this
modern world, people are very likely to be more interested to play with their phone
instead
of talking to their family or friends in person, which resulted in
bad relationship
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a bad relationship
. It
also
means, people are more likely to have bad communication with their loved ones.
For example
, it has been reported by Times that there are 50% of the people who has broken up for spending too much time on social media. To conclude,
although
social networking has brought individuals closer together, it has negative impacts on the
society
. The community should always balance out the time that they should spend on social media in order to have a healthy relationship between people.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • social isolation
  • virtual interactions
  • mental health
  • feelings of inadequacy
  • anxiety
  • depression
  • misinformation
  • destabilize
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • productivity
  • foster connections
  • educational content
  • social activism
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