NAME : TRIA NOVELLA RAMBE

CLASS : PBI-5

NIM : 0304182137

Topic : Social Media Effect On Young People

Title : The Advantages Of Social Media And The Effects Of Addiction

Social Media On Young People

Social media is a medium for socializing with each other and done online that allows
humans to communicate without space and time then can sharing some of informations, ideas,
career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. In modern
life, social media is developing fast. Because communicate is a part of life. The use of
technology can be a great opportunity for people in communicating,reducing time.It is used by
many people all over the world. Social media is especially very popular among the young people
like child and teenager. However, there are many young people who cannot control themselves
and are addicted to social media. Addiction to social media has many serious effects, including
poor study habits, living away from reality and bad health.

First, the advantage of social media is connectivity which is the main positive side of the
social media. People from anywhere can connect with anyone,despite the location. But, if young
people addiction to social media makes the young people have bad grades in studies. Because of
social media, many students who were excellent students have become bad students. Every day,
these students come to class, but they do not focus on studying. While their teachers are teaching,
they are using mobile phone to open Facebook, Instagram, or chat with friends on Messenger
and whatsapp. They always check their mobile phone every five minutes to see what is going on
on social media. If the young people use social media in classes, how can they listen to the
professors and understand what professors are saying? Moreover, not only at school but also at
home these young students who are addicted to social media do not do exercise or read the new
lesson before going to school, because they are busy with social media. For example, my cousin
Vira is a young girl who is addicted to social media. In the past, she was a hard-working student.
She always did all homework and prepared for new lessons, so she got A grades. However,
everything has changed since she started using social media too much. In classes, instead of
listening to her teacher , she always posts selfies on Facebook and Instagram. At home, with the
attraction of social media, she continues using her mobilephone and does not study or do her
assignments. As a result, in the mid-term exam and final exam, she only got C and D grades.
Addiction to social media causes a bad habit in studies. It can change a young person from an
excellent student to a bad one.

Secondly, the advantage of social media is the opportunity for education. Social media gives
a lot of possibilities to students and teachers. It is very easy to educate and study from others in
social media. Follow anyone to learn from him/her. And the other advantage is to improve
business reputation. If a young people try to business like sell something so they can offer the
product from social media like instagram,facebook,whatsapp,and the other social media .

Young people who are addicted to social media also can make live far away from reality.
Using a mobile phone all day, they will not have time for outdoor activities and forget about their
obligation, such as playing sports, helping each other, and having time with family. Instead of
going out to meet friends or talk to their parents, these people love chatting with friends on social
media. They will just stay at home and update their news on social media. They post status or
photos to share with their friends on social media. My sister at home, is a teenager, When her
mother bought her a mobile phone for her 16 th birthday, she became a person who addicted to
social media. She did not go playing with her friends during weekends. Beside that,when she and
her friend had group work to did homework,she din’t care and didn’t want to help her
friends,then she didn’t care to her family,just focus to open social media,such as upload her some
photos,then reply some comeny, and chating in social media .During family vacation, she always
took photos of food and places she visited and notified her friends on Facebook or Instagram.
Now, she posts her feeling status with a photo on social media everyday. Her life just like
updated frequently on social media. Social media is regarded as the world she lives in, the world
in which we only communicate through icons, comments and likes.So addicted to social media
can make people,especially teenager forget with their real life,their obligation and can lose
special moment from her family because of just focus and feel so interest of social media.
 And last about the effect of addiction social media but is not least, using social media too
much will have a serious impact on health. Because the young people who are addicted to social
media, they will go to bed late to read news,upload some photo on Facebook,Instagram,
whatshapp,etc,and chating with friends in social media. Staying up late is really harmful to the
health, especially, the brain. If the young do not sleep enough, their health will be affected
seriously by losing weight or always feeling tired. Their brains also will not work effectively and
they will be in sleepy condition. Moreover, addiction to social media can cause depression in the
young people.When the young use social media, they will see other people on social media. If
the young see other people who are better than them in appearance or talent, they can feel
inferior. These young people can envy the people who are more famous or intelligent than them,
and they also feel ashamed of themselves. They always wonder why they cannot be excellent,
talented or beautiful like others. Therefore, they feel under pressure, stressed and depressed.
These mental problems are very dangerous to the young people because these mental problems
cause the young people lose their minds and eventually, choose death.

In conclusion, although using social media actually has many benefits in our lives, but
addiction to social media is not good. Because it will have awful influences on studying, make us
live way from reality and have bad effects on health. In order to avoid being addicted to social
media, young people should spend more time playing sports, having time with family,studying
and taking part in activities in schools.