The Use of Social Networking Platforms

ACTIVITY NO. 7

• List down and discuss 5 advantage and 5 disadvantage of

 using social networks.

Advantages

- Social Networks can lessen our boredom because it give us entertainment and we can do a lot things here like watching movie , kdramas ,playing games, and surfing the net and many more .

- Social Networks provides easy and faster communication because even when you are mile apart to thee person you want to talk just open your messenger or any social medias that can make you communicate to other people is easy then you can now talk to that someone even that someone is in a far place.

- Social Networks provides us a lot of information that we need or ask because in just one click with the right word the things you want to know will appear in just a second .

- Social Networks help Students like me to finish my project or it help us to at least know how to do the things that we don’t know and can give us idea on something.

- Social Networks make us express our feelings without being criticize and can freely say our opinions.

Disadvantages

- Over exposure on Social Networks can harm us  because when we use Social networks of course we need a medium to access it we can use smart phone or laptop or computer so, we are expose to radiation and when we over use it is it has a tendency that our health will be at risk.

- Not all information in Social Networks is true because some website are editable and some are fake news.

- Social Networks can also lead some people to depression because like in facebook when they bash you or no one’s likes you is you start to doubt yourself and you overthink everything That people say until it stresses someone then that someone will be depressed and Worst is they commit suicide.

- Social networks can decreased face to face communication because even when your talking someone even if he/she is beside you chat him/her and also when eating , or we spend so much time here and sometimes our socialization face to face is decreasing because we choose to just talk online that face to face .

- Social Networks can make a person snob or introvert because they choose to play games ,stay inside their room with their gadgets, isolate themselves because they believe that gadgets or social networks are more fun than going outside and socialize.

• List down and discuss 5 precautionary measures when using social media.

- Minimize the use of Social networks because we also need to socialize in real world because social networks is not permanent someday it will cease to exist so, we need to value more the real world that the virtual world.

- Think before you click or read before you agree. When you post something you need to think carefully if that is appropriate to post and always read the instructions terms and condition in order for us not to regret in the end.

- Read and Analyze . When you see and article about something you need to read it and understand it carefully we should know how to identify fake news from the real news . So we need to analyze and think critically to avoid fraud or not to swayed by the wring information.

- Do not take everything seriously because some of the things that we see and read on social networks is sometimes sad, insulting and many more in order for us not to be affected we shouldn’t take that seriously  .

- Always log out or clear your log in history to prevent your account from hacking or to prevent your personal  information to leak And also to avoid scam.