Effects of social media networking on youth

Youth love browsing and using the social networking sites because it helps them live up to their fresh image and stay connected with friends.

In tender years, there’s nothing more boring than not being able to keep up with the latest.

Today, the role of social media extends to not just 1-2 networking sites. These are the days of multiple social networks and ensuring that you have a profile on most of them.

It allows youths to broaden their horizon and explore the opportunities available beyond their physical or geographical circles.

Friends across the globe actually take the initiative to send grandma an email or e-card on their birthday.

They even remember to make it to family events thanks to the social calendar reminder.

Another benefit is that being on the social network keeps them in the loop of the current affairs.

Personality traits make a huge shift as more and more youths learn to open up on social networks, address their ideas and thoughts over there and get to be more expressive.

The result is that they are able to shift from being shy introverts towards more self-confident individuals.

However, in the case of social networking, the cons could be more than the pros, if timely interference or restrictions are not implemented.

Youths  are defying the minimum age group criteria to create online accounts and be connected but the problem is that touching base with hundreds, if not thousands of people, on these networking sites takes a toll on your mental and physical health.

They start being overburdened or pressured to live up to these fast-paced technologies.

Youths start losing their sense of responsibility once they are on the social media.  What happens here is that they are so focused on a gadget that they are unable to see things around them.

Checking phone for social updates while walking or even not being an active part of social events, though they are physically present - their attention is just on the phone.

Youth’s vision and concentration on the phone or the internet is so much and their eyes take a toll.

More youths are suffering from vision issues because of excessive time spent on social media.

Vulnerable youths fall to scandals and scams online, with friends on their social media or networking sites. And it is one of the worst kinds of damage that social networking could have on a youth.