These days,
almost everyone has at least one smartphone with its own social networks, which
are becoming trendier around the world. First and foremost, what is actually a
social network? We can define them as chains of individuals and their personal connections;
however, they pull apart people more than joining them.
It is worth
considering that social media is extremely useful to communicate with others,
but in consequence, we are losing our abilities to interact with the ones who
surround us. Few decades ago, when people wanted to talk with someone, they
sent letters, phoned one another and later on, SMS appeared. Nowadays, we
prefer chatting or posting photos on our social media, rather than calling our
friends or relatives. This is quite awful because we are becoming more
anti-social. In other words, lots of persons are connected to their smartphones
the 24 hours of the day, and they are losing the chance to be with their
friends and family because they are stick to the new technologies. I personally
think that we have to realize how addicted to smartphones we are, and we have
to stand up and leave away those screens.
On the other
hand, influencers, which are those persons who promote different brands and
products on social media, are growing faster and faster. The amount of these persons
is unbelievable, and today’s teenagers follow them in every single social
network, such as Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, etc. At first, it doesn’t seem a huge
problem, but influencers have thousands of followers and they show an unreal
image to them. In fact, a lot of kids and teenagers believe that if you don’t
have lots of likes on Instagram or anyone follows you, you are not “cool”.
Moreover, the existence of influencers has serious consequences on self-esteem
and the way people act, and it’s also a reason why social media is anti-social.
In
conclusion, I would say that social networks are essential for our daily lives,
they help us to communicate with others, thanks to them we are able to post
everything we want and it’s a good way to know more people. However, I
personally think they suppose a problem for the society
because we are becoming anti-social and increasingly, people tend to use their
smartphones to talk with someone instead of hanging out with them. We should
consider these facts and try to be more social and decrease all the time we
spend chatting, browsing on the Internet, posting photos and videos, and set
aside social media.
SANDRA SALVATELLA
2nd BATX A
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