Social Media and It's Impacts on Youth.

 Introduction:

                           The usage of social media is increased in every societies but also increasing day by day. In every corner of world people are using social media platforms. The young, old, rich, poor, man,woman all these have access of Internet. Actually the social media is a biggest platform for public to share their opinion, memory, events and do socialization across world. The mostly people like to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Google, Blogspot. These site almost every people choice. But if talk about specific of youth usage of social media, they are using Tiktok, Snack video, Likeee, Gaming (PUBG) and Snapchat. Every people have their own mobile phone 📱 and they have expensive phones, no matter from which class they belong. The social brings a lot revolution in humans society as well as brings both positive and negative effects. The number of children on social media is also on rise, what purpose of their using no one knows. We can they using for both positive and negative purpose. But children which are unaware from cyber crime and criminals activities they are easily Targeted. Now we discuss both Positive and Negative impact of Social Media on children.

Positive Impact Of Social Media:

                                                               The social media is a platform where every country's people is available. The social media which provide a good environment to children and they easily socialize spent their bad time on social media. Children are learning many educational things, creative activities, making friends and also earning through online . Children are connected to worldwide people, sharing their good things with their friends. The children which are making Tiktok Snack videos, they have more chances of getting famous by this way, they easily earn a big name. Children learning awareness and also getting updates of every corner. The children which are studying they have make WhatsApp group for study purpose and also getting online education during coronavirus lockdown.

Negative Impact Of Social Media on Children:

                  The children whose mind are little and they doesn't know about good or bad things. The long hours using of social media also become addiction for children. They always spent their time on PUBG, Tiktok and other sites. They are not secure sometimes their social media friends do theft of their pictures and misuse of them. Education of children also effected by this way. They're not Physically working but becoming lassy due to social media. They have practicing depression, anxiety, loneliness and sleep problem. Because they always busy in social media, they habe not worry about food etc. Cyber bullying, harassment also victimized our children.

Solution:

                 First of all parents should play their role and to full fill their responsibilities regarding their children. Which site their children using, which type of their social media friends and what messages they are receiving. Parents should check their inbox messages and give them awareness about good and bad things of social media. If they are abusing through social it's duty of children to tell their parents. PUBG, Tiktok shouldn't shouldn't download in children mobile phones becuase this site where children spent long hours.

                             The End.

Written by Criminologist Amjad Ali

Department of Criminology

University of Sindh.

Location: Pakistan

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