Is Social Media Good For Young People?

 Is Social Media Good For Young People?

Miqdad Abdulhakim (15)

Shilvy Rizky (26)

XII IPS 1

Social media platforms popular among young people include  Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat and TikTok. Using social media means uploading and sharing content. This includes creating online profiles, posting comments or chatting, uploading photos and videos, reacting to or ‘liking’ other people’s posts, sharing links, tagging photos and content.

Social media is a big part of social and creative life for many teenagers and children. Because it makes it easier for us to communicate with local or foreign friends. Children and teenagers use social media to have fun, make and maintain friendships, share interests, explore identities and develop relationships with family. It’s an extension of their offline and face-to-face interactions. For older teenagers especially, it’s often a key part of how they connect with friends. 

We feel that this is a good thing where young people can communicate with many people. Social media seems to have benefits such as connection, learning and creativity. but in good there must be bad, it appears that social media has dangerous risks, such as inappropriate content, cyberbullying and data breaches.

Social media is good for young people because it contains a lot of information and entertainment but in choosing it we must be wise so as not to fall into unwanted vices. So in our opinion, it's a good idea before playing social media, to read written Guidelines that can help us get benefits when using social media responsibly, respectfully and safely.