Nowadays many people use social media to keep in touch with others and be aware of news. Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
In the present, social
media
has been widely used to communicate with other people
and has also
been used as a source of news
. In my opinion, the upsides of using social media
definitely outweigh the downsides.
To begin
, social platforms have been generally used among every generation. One of the most significant concerns is that people
tend to have less physical interactions with others in real life. For example
, during meals, some members of my family were often on their phones, not having conversations with other members. In addition
, since any person can post anything online, there is often a lot of fake news
. So, some people
such
as the elderly are likely to be convinced and believe wrongful information.
However
, there are many advantages of social media
to be considered. First
, the platforms have made it easier for people
to connect to each other. For instance
, when I was an exchange student in Japan, I had to live far from my family, thus
I would feel homesick. Having social media
helped me to communicate with my siblings easily and made me feel closer to my home. Second
, news
can spread more widely and fast. To illustrate, in the past, people
had to wait for newspapers every morning, but now people
can read news
anytime. As a result
, people
can be aware of harmful incidents or upcoming disasters so that they can prepare themselves.
In conclusion, although
social media
can lead to some problems including lower interactions between actual people
, and fake news
, it helps people
from distant places to interact with each other more conveniently, and also
helps news
spread more quickly and widely. In my opinion, the benefits surely outweigh the drawbacks.Submitted by boon.aksornukul on
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