how has the modern socialmedia influenced the social life of the present generation?
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Social Media has transformed the entire world into a global village where people can interact freely with their dear ones located remotely via merely few clicks or taps. While this steeply rising trend has affected all and sundry, its impact on the lives and times of the modern day youth has been maximum. Though a majority of younger lots prefer being the part of social media revolution for their benefit, there are many who have unfortunately got addicted to it. Let’s elaborate this topic further and find out if social media is in fact a boon or a bane for the younger generation.
The rise and rise of social media
Youths were never inspired by any emerging phenomena that much until social media came to the fore. The unprecedented clutch of this most vibrant trend nowadays is being further endorsed by survey reports from recognized bodies worldwide as well.
One such survey conducted by TCS with the name of “TCS GenY Survey 2012-13” targeted the ‘Post-Millennial’ generation. It included responses of more than 17,000 students of age group 12-18 years from urban high schools spread across 14 cities all over India. The main findings included:
Used by above 65% of the respondents, Mobile phones emerged as the favorite gadget of the youths.
18% of the youths access internet through mobile phones, which is only next to their internet use at home (72%).
One in every four youngsters access internet for more than 60 minutes on daily basis while above 50% do so for 30+ minutes every day.
73.65% youngsters use internet for academic research work, more than 62% use it for social media activities such as chat/connect/blog.
A staggering 73.68% of the respondents all over India use Facebook/Twitter as their communication handle, leaving SMS, Voice call, email and instant messaging way behind.
Another survey report published on Socialmediachimps in the form of Infographic reflects the impact of social media to even deeper extent. It says:
- 5 million Facebook users are aged under 10.
- 58% of the Facebook users among children are from the age group 13-17.
- 50% of teens login to their FB account at least once in a day.
- Girls aged 16-17 years are most prone to cyber bullying attacks.
- 10% teens have had their embarrassing photos being posted on social media sites without permission.
On the brighter side, social media promotes collaboration, creativity, communication, technological proficiency and leadership qualities.