Analyzing the Impact of Social Media and Religion on Relationships

This essay explores the multifaceted impact of social media and religion on the quality of personal relationships. It delves into the positive aspects, such as improved communication and coordination through digital technology, as well as the negative consequences, including reduced face-to-face interaction and potential for creating distance within families. The essay also examines the role of religion in everyday life, highlighting its benefits in terms of increased happiness, family engagement, and ethical behavior. The research suggests that religious individuals often report higher levels of satisfaction and inner peace, which positively influences their interactions and overall well-being. The essay uses references to support its claims, offering a comprehensive analysis of these influential factors on personal relationships.

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Table of Contents
ESSAY PLAN.................................................................................................................................1
Use of social media or digital technology along with its positive as well as negative impact on
quality of personal relationships .................................................................................................1
ESSAY PLAN.................................................................................................................................2
Benefits of Cost of religion in everyday life................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

ESSAY PLAN
In the current world, use of social or media or digital technology provide huge success to
the organization. Social media refer to the platform where every one can share everything which
quickly access and helpful for others as well. It helps in sharing information and become most
important way of communication for the organizations (Postill and Pink, 2012). Use of digital
technology in the personal as well as professional life will reduce individual efforts. It is an
electronic tool which helps in storing & processing data and the biggest example of digital
technology is social media. This essay include the use of social media or digital technology and
how both positively as well as negatively impact personal relationship quality of an individual.
Use of social media or digital technology along with its positive as well as negative impact on
quality of personal relationships
Digital technology is an electronic tool which helps the organization as well as individual
in their daily routine. This system helps in storing large volume data, processing and re-use these
information as per the requirements. Digital technology used to educate young people which is
the safest way of using technology. According to the current scenario, use of technology and
social media negatively impact the individual rather than positively. Because people not use
digital platform to enhance their knowledge even they spend more time on social media sites,
play games, watching videos etc. These things will negatively impact the individual or their
personal life too.
Advancement of technology impact on every area of the society but it generate huge
impact on child or parent relationship (Positive or Negative Impact of technology, 2019). There
are lots of positive as well as negative impact which effect the personal relations and it discussed
below:
Positive Impact:
 Coordinate changes in the plan: Before introducing technology, it is very difficult to
coordinate with others if any changes occur in the plan. But after digitalisation, it become
easy to inform others regarding change in the plan. For example: family make a plan for
movie or dinner but the time was changes so they informed each other by using call or
message. Kids can inform their parents if they coming late in the home or going
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somewhere (Tess, 2013). So it is the positive impact of technology on personal relations
which improve their quality as well.
 Reach family in trouble: Digital technology also provide the location tracking facility
which can be used if any family member in trouble. By using GPS tracking system,
people can find their family member and it mostly happen with kids who misplace their
way. Technology helps the kids to live independent and make them responsible to go
anywhere without any fear. So technology beneficial for the personal use as well and it
positive impact the personal relationship where parents can leave their child without any
fear.
Negative Impact:
 Lack of quality time: In the world of technology where people are more connected with
social media sister rather than physically. So it it important for an individual to spend
some quality time with their family members. Nowadays parents try to engage their child
through sharing their childhood memories or other incidents. Kids are used to play games
on mobile or computer which create differences between parents & child. Because
children prefer to spend their time on social media or with other gadgets. It impact the
quality of personal relationship (Tiago and Veríssimo, 2014). So parents need to
understand its impact and try to use technology in positive manner which does not create
huge gap between their relationship.
 Poor face to face interaction: Due to various mode of communication such as video
calling, audio calling, chatting etc. It will reduce face to face communication as well as
interaction of family members as well as friends. Use of social media provide a feeling of
connecting with far away friends. But it will create enough distance from the person who
sitting next to that person. More use of technology such as social media sites, online
game, chatting and other things will create different among family members. It negatively
impact the quality of relationship which required to improve through understanding its
further effects.
ESSAY PLAN
Religion in everyday life will helps the individual to improve their personal life as well as
professional life because it provide clear path which include some ethics which they have to
follow. In this research it will found that people who are more religious are likely to be mote
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happy and involved with their family members. These types of people ignoring social gathering
and just involved in the prayers. This study based on various benefit which helps in generating
cost of religion in everyday life.
Benefits of Cost of religion in everyday life
On the basis of Research centre study religion influence many people and their daily life
style too. This research helps in finding that those people who are more religions are more
engaged with their family members and happy too. These kinds of people are more involved in
the community and they generally free from various stress. They have lesser demand, they
complaining less or satisfy with every thing which they have (Williams, Crittenden and
McCarty, 2012). For example: almost half of the UK people who follow religion & they pray
every day and done all the religious activities every week are more happier rather than who do
not done any pray. These types of people have good relation with their family members and it
will reduce the daily stress which further helps in increasing their individual productivity as well
as performance.
Above mention information represent that 47% people who follow religion will spend
more time with their family even at least once a month. On the other side, those people who are
not highly religious are meet once in a month are 30%. Along with this, 29% who are not
religious are less happy in comparison to the people who are religious and its about 40%. In
addition, another level of comparison is very satisfied where 74% are religious and 67% who
does not follow the religion.
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Difference between level of happiness in the religious or non religious people not only
found in UK even all over the country. Regular pray will provide inner peace, teaching goodwill
and golden rules of living life & change in the behaviour for others. It is beneficial for the
society as well because religious people not done any kind of ethical action they follow ethics in
proper way. Individual also try to motivate other to follow region through analysing its benefits
and further positive impact. Become religious provide inner strength, make individual capable to
forgive things and people also. It also impact various area such as day to day interaction
including interpersonal, give attention on health and fitness, community or environment.
According to the survey, religious people are similar to the non religious people but they are
more satisfied with their actions and having inner people which make them more happy in
comparison to others who did not pray.
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REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Postill, J. and Pink, S., 2012. Social media ethnography: The digital researcher in a messy
web. Media International Australia. 145(1). pp.123-134.
Tess, P. A., 2013. The role of social media in higher education classes (real and virtual)–A
literature review. Computers in human behavior. 29(5). pp.A60-A68.
Tiago, M. T. P. M. B. and Veríssimo, J. M. C., 2014. Digital marketing and social media: Why
bother?. Business horizons. 57(6). pp.703-708.
Williams, D. L., Crittenden, V. L., Keo, T. and McCarty, P., 2012. The use of social media: an
exploratory study of usage among digital natives. Journal of Public Affairs. 12(2).
pp.127-136.
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Positive or Negative Impact of technology. 2019. [Online]. Available Through:
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