Is Social Media Actually Connecting People?

Hello Everyone,

This is Rutuja Vinod Ambedkar and I am thankful for this opportunity.

The topic of Group Discussion is social media is connecting people.

This topic is really interesting because today approximately 467 million users use social media in India.

In day-to-day new technology updates and changes when you are connecting with social media, we learn from all information from social media.

Our main topic is whether social media is connecting people or not. From my side also there are pros and cons of this topic. I take one example, One couple is getting married and this man is working in the Army. They are on duty for 3, 4 months regularly that time social media plays an important role This army man sees his all family members and connects with people via video call. In the rural area, students use social media for study purposes. The people are connecting from social they send Birthday wishes when they live far away from their house.

When people spend lots of time on social media. Those People who are using social media forget to spend time with their neighbors, family, and also relatives and they become so lazy.

I am giving one piece of advice to all please use social media for important work and set the limit of using.
That's all from my side.

Thank you.

What generally comes in our mind when we talk about social media is; That everyone in the family is busy in their phones and hardly spends times like it used to in earlier times. Those talks, that cosiness and that laughter. Obviously, exceptions are always there. But it is separating families. Taking away that natural motherhood and that care of fathers too. And rushing people of any age towards validity from society. The same society, that we know before becoming developed in critical thinking, started going back in the dark ages.

Social media should be a platform to represent your views rather than just finding your old friends on it. The views, are not guided by any propaganda but erupted from your own experiences and there is the audience, to critically analyse the same with empathy and there is space in the heads of view presenter to modify the same. It could be a platform of cognitive growth, moral growth and financial growth if it is learnt from individual experiences. But for that experiences should be based on our own personal observations. So that, we may be able to discuss problems like climate change and gender equality (that women do not belong to the kitchen only and men to workplaces). Not only eager to discuss but more to find solutions.

Thanks.

Hello everyone,

Social media plays a very important role in connecting people. It is a powerful installation where in just within few secs, A man who is poor but is a smart and hard worker will grow up as a rich and on the other hand the person who is rich and is involved in malfunction n all will be completely suppressed and demolished this is what the power of social media.

Merits:

> it plays a very crucial advantage role in gaining the knowledge, updates in news, etc.
> strangers will get connected and can play a very imp role in users' life.
> a platform for skill showcase and skill development.
>FB, WhatsApp, etc. Such apps make people to get together in the form of groups, or individuals.
>it can be the best option for the donation for whoever is in need.

Demerits:

> Actually social media itself tells us that it connects people socially, but it actually is making a reduction in family bonding. Where the person addicted to social media is wasting a lot of time, if they could give enough time for his family and they're loved once, he can lead a beautiful life.

> usually fake id's are used to malfuncation, blackmail, etc. Therefore cyber security has to be updated.

Is Social Media Actually Connecting People?

In my point of view, Social media platforms have undoubtedly changed the way people connect and communicate with each other. They provide a convenient way for people to stay in touch with friends, family, and colleagues across long distances and can even facilitate the formation of new relationships. However, whether or not social media is truly connecting people is a more complex question.

On one hand, social media can facilitate meaningful connections between people who may not have otherwise met or stayed in touch. It allows people to share their experiences, interests, and ideas with a wider audience and can create a sense of community and belonging.

On the other hand, social media can also contribute to feelings of isolation, anxiety, and disconnection. Studies have shown that excessive social media use can lead to feelings of loneliness and depression and that social media can often amplify negative social comparisons and self-doubt.

Additionally, social media algorithms can create echo chambers where people only see content that reinforces their existing beliefs, which can lead to polarization and division.

Social media is definitely connecting people but in a very different manner.

In this fast pace moving world, we generally left people behind us, but when we came across them through a social platform, it makes us feel elated and brings us a glimpse of memories we had made with them. But does it really mean we are connected to that person or hundred of friends like him? It is merely a connection I would rather signify it as a virtual connection which fades away with time.

But we all know that social media has brought us lots of friends not to our home but to our smartphone. We all left our friends or acquaintances when we move from one phase to another phase of life, and somehow due to the busyness of life we forgot them but this social media is making available that person into your life once again which we left behind.

People say that social media is consuming the time of youth and it is waste and all but if we all look to the brighter side of the topic then yes, social media is connecting people into our lives. How we use social media into our life is totally depends upon us we can't blame this platform for wasting our time.

Thank you.

Hello everyone.

The basic idea of social media is to connect people around the world and create an interface to communicate where distance and time are not at all a barrier. Yes social media is connecting people to people who are far but disconnecting the people around them. Because people might spend.

Hours on it without knowing the time and there'll be no time left to spend with the family at the end of the day. The usage of it was actually found during lockdown where it helped us know the updates of the world by just sitting at home. But the way people use it leads to a few drawbacks and creates negative thoughts about social media. The purpose of introducing social media was to a positive thought but we are overusing, misusing and creating a negative impact on it. Using it in a wise manner can make your near and far relations withstand forever.

I conclude that the purpose of social media is to connect people but it depends on the usage of individuals.

The more we use it to connect to people who are far we must make sure that we are not losing the relationships with the people around us.

Thank you.

Yes, social media has become a lifeline of people. These days many things depend on social media for example it provides a platform to grow business, create content and share important events of life with people. But the main point of this topic is social media actually connects people. It is a medium of interaction. It became a boon for those who left friends, and colleagues at any stage of life and suddenly they want to interact and also play a vital role for overcome any kind of depression and anxiety. Social media create a support system for example if anyone feels gloomy and wants to express their feelings so social media became a platform for feelings. So these days lots of examples are available. But anything has two aspects these days people are busy with reels, stories and other things on social media no one is ready to understand the others. Because somewhere lack of communication, understanding etc. My conclusion is that social media really connect people. If anyone gets a loyal person because these days social media has a lack of trust. Social media is a blessing for people around the world.

Hello Everyone here, I'm Raghu, Today the topic to discuss is "Is social media connecting people".


Yes, I do agree with this statement But every coin has two sides where it is advantageous to adults but negative to most of Teenagers and children.
Social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and educational platform like LinkedIn helps to connect people all over the world and share a different perspective of each other and it also helps connect with video, and voice calls with close ones. The adult people can connect and work on same project if the thought process matches and also gain a new different ideas. But it as negatively impacting teenagers and children most of them become slaves to these platforms and it is robbing them of entire time, productivity as well and peace of mind. This social helps in connecting people but also based on our interests its keeps on suggesting similar content which we would like to see, so it decreases most people's productivity. Remember one thing Technology is a slave, not a master and let's use it to empower ourselves not enslave us.

Thank you

Before the invention of social media people could only remember their old friends wondering how they might look like now. But now, after its invention people could see and reconnect with those they left behind long ago. Even I remember the happiness in my parents and grandparents' eyes when I could find their old friends on social media just by knowing their names. This platform is connecting people from all across the world. Likewise, it is helping mankind by spreading awareness, by spreading information of those who are in need, and by giving a platform to those who need it for the growth of their business.

But as is said every good thing comes with a price, it also becomes bitter when is excessively used. Its excessive use is making people live in the digital world and they are becoming distant from the people they are around in the real world. It is also making people depressed by making them feel worthless. Those who are addicted to social media are now living in a world of illusion. They are unable to differentiate between fake and reality.

Hello friends!

I think that Social media has emerged as a very powerful and effective tool of communication that has converted the entire world into a global village.

But, here the topic of our discussion is that is it really connecting people. According to my opinion, yes! It is connecting people but in virtual relationships. And we are getting deep down in these relations that we have started ignoring our real relations. But the reality is that most of the virtual relationships are fake so due to these fake relations we should not neglect our actual real relations.

People these days have thousands of friends on WhatsApp, FB etc. But they don't have even a single one with them that can understand his /her friend and can help him/her when there is need of a friend.

In the age, when a son should be a friend of his father, he is busy with thousands of friends on social media.

In the form of conclusion, I would like to say that social media has definitely reduced the physical distances but has enhanced the distance between hearts. Thank you.