Psy talk contd....

Anmol Singh=Psychologist & Counselor, Chandigarh

Social Media: We live in a haphazard world, surrounded by a generation where everyone is technologically advanced. In the last decade or so, social media has seen a drastic change.  Over the years the usage of social media has severely increased, mostly among the younger lot. Many countries have swiftly thrived forward towards rapid progress on a global index, by promoting social media applications and further developing latest technology. No doubt social media is a quick access to all the information and keeps us updated on everything happening around. It is certainly a boon to the IT industries and so forth. It keeps hundreds and thousands of people engaged in something or the other. It provides for work to people in some areas like blogging, journalism etc where they can share their views.

Now coming back to the topic, what exactly is social media? Social media are websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in networking online. For individuals, social media is used to keep in touch with friends, partners and extended family members. There are various types of social media i.e. networking sites, review sites, image sharing sites, video hosting sites, community blogs, discussion sites, sharing economy networks etc. We can endlessly go on talking about what social media is and how it helps everyone and why is it of so much importance to using today’s time.

But let’s come direct to the point where I’ll let you think whether it gives you happiness, satisfaction or have you really become a prisoner to digital world with no escape. But remember, before reading it further, we shall be talking about extensive and unstoppable usage of social media, discuss its pros and cons and if it’s really an addiction or just a hoax. People in today’s time have become quite occupied with their work that they hardly get time for themselves. Human beings have been fixated so much with their schedule that the lifestyle has completely changed. From almost meeting your favorite ones on a daily basis, to forgetting to even ask about their good health. Who is to blame? No one but you. We lose many loved ones in reality and find strangers to talk online and hope to share a deep bond with them. And the list of different opinions goes on even further. 

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