Is Social Media Actually Connecting People?

Hello Everyone.

So the topic is "Is social media connecting everyone?"

So there can be two answers to it either yes or no but I would like to conclude from both perspectives.

I think Social media is connecting people we people who work on it for a shorter period, for limited uses, and for not increasing their screen time for longer hours. Taking the other loop of the situation, I think no It is not connecting people, it has gone more advanced or far than that. Connecting with people refers to If two individuals live far or the distance is a lot, for eg two people are connecting from two other countries, then it can have a good impact on connectivity because people who cannot even meet for years can meet or connect within themselves easily.

At the same time, It is not connecting people as because of the overuse of social media, people spend hours on their screen time.

If two friends are sitting together they will be going to chat on spend their time on the phones rather than talking with each other.

Privacy: Parents have given privacy to their children before time. They had allowed them phones before their age, this increases a disconnection of children with their loved ones also.

They chat with their unknown friend rather than their children.

At last, I would like to conclude that It depends on the individual.

Hi, Nowadays social media has become an integral part of every human being irrespective of the age group.

It has given us the freedom to contribute our ideas and thoughts in an open platform wherever everyone can hear us. So it definitely helps us connect people who are far from us. Extroverts become introverts on this platform as it gives everyone an equal voice to share their thoughts.

Human being has a tendency to show what they like and social media helped them to reach to large no. Of people with whom they want to share anything, it could be pictures, poems, blogs, even thought about what they are feeling, what they are doing currently and they seek for.

But at the same time meeting people over social media has made people insensitive and about the actual physical thing. Getting addicted to social media tools becomes a boon for the word 'connecting' as you're going far far away from people who are actually close to you. You don't have time for your family because you're too busy posting updates on social media for few who know you and for total strangers.

In the end, I would like to conclude that there should be maintained some limit on the usage of social media. Get connected keeping in mind there is your family and real friends waiting for you out there to have a real conversation face to face.

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.

For Me, it has both negative and positive points; actually, it depends on people how you are taking this. Social media is becoming dangerous for people because there are too much fakeness how you can understand a person through chats or video calls they can pretend to be good, in this generation humanity is missing in human beings suppose if something happening wrong, instead of helping people people are curious to make videos for posting in social media for getting views, people are getting made because of views doing everything to get good number of followers, even it is not safe to make our public account who is saving your picture in there gallery you have no idea, it is becoming easy to stalk anyone in social media, to keep there personal details because people are sharing everything.

But yes, conversely, it has positive facts also, like we are aware of everything, we receive all kinds of news and stay informed about what is happening around the world.

We become aware of increasing crimes and frauds and stay alert for the future. There are also many people who use social media to help others and support those in need.

According to me. YES, social media is connecting with people in terms of sharing their thoughts, information with their parents, friends, people who are staying in the abroad, and it connects with different people persons like users of Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Twitter and many platforms. I think it helps in preparing competitive exams, now a days it is easy for everyone has a assessble to the different courses they want to prepare, which are available in YouTube, and even subject classes are also available, so we can listen to these classes wherever we want.

As we all know that a coin has two sides, similarly, in this topic, we also have positive and negative impacts of social media.

The positive side is, users of LinkedIn may connect directly with managers of the company so that, we can interact them and likewise, their are good opportunities in searching for jobs, connecting with industry managers, HR's, etc.

Negative side are, people using social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube not for educational purposes, they are using it for to do the timepass, and wasting of their valuable time.

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.