Issues in Social Media and Its Impact on Education

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Issues in social media and its impact on education
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Abstract
With the aid of technological advancement, the field of social media has gained high
significance. Social media has come to play a preponderant role in almost all the spheres of
human activity. One of the field of interest which has been looked in to in the context of this
article is that of education. Education is one of the most primary necessity of the human
individuals. However, this field has come to face a lot of challenges with the introduction of the
aspect of social media within this sector. This essay attempts to understand the significance of
social media and the various issues related to this field that can be observed within the twenty
first century. In this context, impact of social media on the field of education has been examined
and analyzed in this essay. The essay concludes by understanding the importance of social media
for the improvement of the lives of the individuals.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Significance of social media............................................................................................................3
Importance of education..................................................................................................................4
Importance of technology and social media within the field of education......................................4
Current issues relating to social media and their impact on education............................................5
Recommendations............................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References:....................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Technology has assumed a significant position for the human beings because of its
efficiency and the other added advantages that is provided by it. The advances in technology has
made it quite effective on the part of the human civilization to stay in touch with each other and
remain connected (Balkin et al. 2016). Technology provides individuals with the opportunity of
easing their work load and completing the work within the assigned time. In this regard, the field
of social media has emerged to be one of the most influential fields in the context of the growth
and development of the human individuals (Manca and Ranieri 2016). Within the contemporary
world order it can be seen that there are many issues related to the field of social media.
However, instead of proving to be invaluable to the sector of education, social media has fast
emerged to pose a challenge to education (Smith 2016). This essay attempts to understand the
significance of social media and the various issues related to this field that can be observed
within the twenty first century. In this context, impact of social media on the field of education
has been examined and analyzed in this essay. The essay concludes by understanding the
importance of social media for the improvement of the lives of the individuals.
Significance of social media
Technology is one of the greatest inventions of the human kind. Before the invention of
technology, human beings had to undertake all of their activities by themselves. They did not
have any supplements to aid them during their process of work. However, this changed
drastically after the period of the Industrial Revolution (Miller et al. 2016). Technological
advancements provide the advantage to the individuals to work in an efficient manner with
minimal mistakes being made.