Positive and Negative Aspects of Social Media on Internet: A Comparative Analysis of Facebook and YouTube

Social Media YouTube and
Facebook

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
Positive and negative aspects of social media on internet...........................................................1
Challenges and measures of security and privacy.......................................................................2
Facebook and YouTube...............................................................................................................3
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUISION..............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Social media is computer based service developed to facilitate sharing of information,
ideas and thoughts with information through the building of virtual networks. It offers variety of
tech enabled activities to network people globally thorough use of electronic media on a virtual
world. This report explains the various positive and negative aspects of social media on internet
and how it has affected the use of internet globally. It also evaluates the challenges in security
and privacy while using social media platforms and the various measures an individual can take
to keep the security and privacy standards check. This report also explains how Facebook,
YouTube as social media platforms contrast with each other in their features and the various
application they offer to users. It also explains the differentiation in features between them for
their suitability for business to users. This report also explains how social media is an effective
communication tool in today's volatile business environment and changing scenarios.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Positive and negative aspects of social media on internet
As per the views of Alshehri and Lally, (2019) there are various positive aspects of social
media on internet which can be understood as social media has encouraged the use of internet in
all age groups of people with the large effective communication facilities it offers. Social media
has given internet a wide range acceptability by providing wide arenas to youngsters and elders
for fostering their passion. With the use of social media through internet the ease of
communication has enhanced experience of people globally working in diverse fields. Social
media has impacted the use of internet by encouraging companies to promote about their
products and services on large audience instantly. Social media has positively influenced the use
of internet with the numerous benefits it offers to users which are it has enabled people from
different cultures to come together on one platform. Internet through large number of social
media platforms has made world a global village and enhanced the experience of people who
look for influential content and platforms to globalize quickly. Social media use has brought
world closer with millions of people daily being active on social media, it has established strong
networking channels between them. For this it is internet responsible which has made it possible
for users.Social media has extensive positive impact on the benefits of internet users which
explain how it has facilitated the sharing of ideas and virtual content in communities to build
strong networks. Social media usage with the extensive use of internet has brought ideal minded
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people work together to build business ideas and converse effectively on global platforms. Social
media has also impacted on internet as people believe it has enhanced the mode of
communication as people can communicate via videos, graphics and audio.
As noted by views of Bhati, and Bansal, (2019)there are various negative aspects of
social media on internet as well. Which can be understood as the extensive use of social media
has made people too depressed. People think internet is responsible for it and has decreased the
value of it as social media is largely responsible for it. Extensive social media usage has made
people blame to internet which has brought people to live in the virtual world. The virtual world
has encouraged large spread of unreal content in public due to which there is increased
uncertainty among people. Extensive social media platforms has negatively impacted internet as
it has created inferiority complex for people who can't afford internet, there is extensive gap
created between the lifestyles of people through internet. There is large spread in discomfort
among users who believe the use of internet as effective platform to share their content. There is
large level of privacy theft and data stealing on social media platforms due to which people are
blaming the use of internet. Social media through internet has increased vulnerable attacks
including harassment incidents and large spread of false reality in people. People believe internet
is responsible for the attacks on social media and has created an extensive barrier in comfort for
people.The extensive usage has made people addicted to them due to which internet use is
blamed by public and it has made large level dependency by people. The visual content shared
on social media is not always acceptable and reliable, which affects the belief standards of users
and creates a negative impact on internet.
Challenges and measures of security and privacy
As per the views of Chae, McHaney, and Sheu,(2020) the challenges of security while
using social media can be understood as there is an increasing challenge of data theft and
individual identity. This implies with the increased usage of social media platforms there are
extensive increased cases of data theft and leakage of secured information. It has given rise to
cases of brand impersonation which allows convincing individuals the misleading information
about companies who present their business ideas for promotion in public. There are several
cases of social profile hacking which is an important challenge of security for people using
social-media extensively in their daily lives. Social profiles of users on Twitter, Instagram,
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