It is often argued that social media is used to keep touch with people whereas it has led to different problems as well. In my view that advantages outweigh the disadvantage. The following essay discusses further.
On one side, there are many merits for using social media. Firstly, it helps to get connected with friends and family who are not near. For instance, my family lives in UAE and I was doing my bachelor’s in India. It helped me a lot to keep in touch with them. It also helps to know how friends are doing. Secondly, it helps to know more information on many things. For example, I had no idea how to use beauty products, which are better products. Social media influencers helped to find different products. Lastly, it also helps in various situations like natural disaster. To illustrate, there occured a landslide disaster in Kerala. Many people came to help and gave disaster relief due to different posts and pages from social media. They even got financial support from people across the world.
On the other side, it has few demerits to be observed. It has led to many pyschological issues like deepression,as one cannot imitate lifestyles. For instance, when some expose posts of being in rich life, others try to imitate the same and further undergoes deepression when not able to achieve so. It has also made people more addicted to these medias which made less interaction. For example, people swipe on their phone inorder to not face people or talk to them to avoid akward situation.
To conclude, there are many benefits as well as issues behind social media as mentioned. It helps to connect and is useful in many situations whereas it also leads to many pyschological problems. But its advantages outweigh the disadvantages.Therefore, it is positive to have social media.