Effects of social media on youth by Nilender Pratap Singh

1. Effects of Social Media
on Youth
Submitted By
NILENDER PRATAP
PEC University Of Technology

2. CONTENTS
 What is social media ?
 Tools of social media.
 Mobile platforms
 Usage facts
 Pros and Cons
 Conclusion

3. What is social media ?
 Social - refers to interacting with other people by sharing
information with them and receiving information from
them.
 Media- what we use to make connections with other humans
“ Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to
interact with each other by both sharing and consuming information”

4. Popular social media platforms
 Whatsapp
 Twitter
 Facebook
 Google+
 Pinterest
 Blogging Platforms[Tumblr, Blogger]

5. Mobile Platform
 87.1 million users - Internet on smart phones and is expected to grow to
165 million by 2020.
 India’s population is at the forefront of mobile
phone revolution.
 Youth in metro city prefers Whatsapp/WeChat over SMS.
 Increased irrational use, prank calls, unwanted
message/interaction.

6. Some facts
 125 million indian Internet users, averagely spend 26 minutes online
each day.
 16-34 age group- biggest social media users
 Facebook - thrice a day.
 67% teenagers -friends with strangers.

7. Some Statistics
 It clearly shows that people in age group 16-34 are the major social media users
 Men are more addicted towards social media.

8. PROS
 Help students at school
• 59% of students use social networking to discuss educational topics
 Helps empower business women
• social networking gives business women a support group not readily found offline
 Source of employment
• 64% of companies are on two or more social networks for recruiting
 Facilitates political change
• Arab Spring- the 2011 Egyptian uprising

9. CONS
 Social networking leads to stress
• 15% of adult social network users had an experience on a social networking site that
caused a friendship to end
 Social networking sites entice people to waste time
• 40% of 8 to 18 year olds spend 54 minutes a day on social media sites.
 Social media causes people to spend less time interacting
face-to-face.
• 32% reported using social media or texting during meals

10. CONS (Cont.)
 Criminals use social media to commit and promote crimes.
• Gangs use the sites to recruit younger members, coordinate violent crimes, and threaten
other gangs.
 Social networking sites facilitate cyberbullying.
• 49.5% of students reported being the victims of bullying online
• 33.7% reported committing bullying behaviour online.
 Social networking site users are vulnerable to security attacks
such as hacking, identity theft, and viruses.
• 43%of people share their actual info which can be used for identify theft.

11. Lets make sure this doesn't happens.

12. Conclusion
• Social media connects people and places.
• There is no escaping from social media in todays world.
• Pros and Cons are always the two sides of coin
• Hence, it is us who has to decide how we will let social media take on us.

13. Thank You