Topic: Advantages And Disadvantages Of

Social Media

Group Members:-
Qasim Abbasi
Moomal Shaikh Presented to:-
Aftaab Ahmed Miss Kiran Iqbal
Sajid Ali
 What is Social Media?
Social media is the collective of online communications
channels dedicated to community-based input,
interaction, content-sharing and collaboration.
Some social networking sites:-
Advantages of using Social media
for students in Education

Social media can increase student

collaboration. Students become friends with
their classmates on social media and are
more likely to collaborate on projects. This
can lead to higher retention rates as
students become more connected to the
institution.
Faculty can use social media as a way to get
students to participate. Many students are
naturally shy in person, and many may not
speak up in a classroom, but that may not be
the case on social media. Faculty can ask
questions on social media such as Twitter
and students can answer those questions.
Social Media can be useful for team projects.
Many colleges stress the importance of the soft
skill of working in groups. Social Media sites
can be helpful to increase this ability as the
students can hold meetings in real time and
work on their projects.
This enhances the likelihood that they will
also spend time together working on projects
and may not have to make time to meet in
person all the time as the project progresses.
Having teams work together using social
media only strengthens advantage one and
Social media can provide a richer experience
for resources. Videos, resource websites, and
tutorials can be shared very easily with the
entire classroom at the click of the button.
Video conferencing in the class room is also a
significant benefit. Using social networking
sites such as Google Plus will allow the use of
Google Hangouts. These sort of resources can
be used to setup class sessions where everyone
can collaborate through video in real time.
 Google Hangouts can also be saved for
future reference, in case one of the students
has a conflict and can not make the meeting.
 Help:
You can share your issues with the community
to get help and giddiness. Whether it is helping
in term of money or in term of advice.

Information and Updates:

The main advantage of the social media is

that you update yourself from the latest
happenings around in the world. Most of the
time, Television and print media these days
are biased and does not convey the true
message. With the help of social media you
 Promotion:

Whether you have an offline business or

online, you can promote your business to the
largest audience. The whole world is open for
you, and can promote to them.
Helps Govt. and Agencies to Fight Crimes:
It is also one of the advantages of the social
media that it helps Governments and Security
Agencies to spy and catch criminals to fight
 Noble Cause:
Social media can also be used for
the noble causes. For example, to
promote an NGO, social welfare
activities and donations for the
needy people. People are using
social media for donation for needy
people and it can be a quick way to
help such people.
 Disadvantages of using social
media for students
Students can get distracted and start using
the social media for their personal purposes
and not pay attention to the educational
content. This is going to happen to a certain
extent, and there is not a lot the faculty
member can do to prevent it.
Posting inappropriate content can also be a
significant problem. This can damage the
reputation of the educational institution and
likely one of the reasons that many
Relying too much on
social media for
communication can stifle a
student’s ability to interact
in person. This is a
problem throughout
society and not just limited
to education. Many of
today’s youth have grown
up with technology and
many times it is easier for
them just to communicate
 Fraud and Scams:-
 Several examples are available where
individuals have scammed and commit fraud
through the social media.

Security Issues:-
Now a day’s security agencies have access to
people personal accounts. Which makes the
privacy almost compromised.
Health Issues:-
Since exercise is the key to lose weight, most
of the people get lazy because of the excessive
 Reputation:
Social media can easily ruin
someone’s reputation just by
creating a false story and
spreading across the social
media. Similarly businesses can
also suffer losses due to bad
reputation being conveyed over
the social media.