Positive and Negative Impact of Social Media on the Internet

Individual
Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Positive and negative aspects of social media on internet..........................................................1
Challenges and measures of security and privacy.......................................................................2
Compare and contrast features and application of the two social media platform.....................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Professional skills are those skills which are not taught but are acquired by the individual
for personal and professional development performance in a positive manner. There are
involving a different kind of skills of leadership, management of a project, observing, dispute
management etc. In present time digital activities increase rapidly and every people connect with
emerging technology in order to share information quickly (Anders, 2018). To stay in the digital
world require to adopt several skills to deal with different challenges and get effective outcomes.
In the digital age, the internet plays an essential role that provides various types of opportunities
to individual and also provides opportunities like sharing information, transfer file, easily
communication etc. In this report consist of the impact of social media on the internet in a
positive and negative manner. Along with identifying challenges related to security and privacy
are taken into consideration. Additionally, different features and application of different social
media platform are also defined.
MAIN BODY
Positive and negative aspects of social media on internet
Social Media: It is a technology which creates an interaction network where users all
around the world may interact freely with each other sharing information, ideas, creative and
innovative content. It crosses all boundaries which are set by different nations and allows
connectivity between different people 24*7. It can be accessed by using different types of
electronic media such as smartphone, tablet, laptop and computer. There are defined positive and
negative impact of social media on internet:
Positive Impact
Social Media helps in enhancing connectivity between people all over the world by
bridging the gap created by distances. Through it friends sitting thousands of kilometres away
from each other can contact each other easily. Nowadays, social media is also an important
component for business strategies because organisations need to do publicity of their products
online to make sure that their customers know them (Ashraf, 2018). As a result it shows positive
impact on internet and people more consume it in positive manner. It is connecting students and
teachers thereby facilitating e-learning. Also, news can be readily accessed by using it which
helps in staying in touch with outside world. It can be used for planning different types of events
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