SOCI-1142-M01-2021-22: Social Media's Impact on Youth Violence

This essay examines the impact of social media on youth violence, focusing on the rise of gang culture, gun and knife crime, and cyberbullying. It discusses how social media platforms can contribute to mental health issues, normalize violence, and facilitate criminal activities among young people. The essay also highlights the need for increased monitoring and regulation of digital spaces to protect vulnerable individuals and prevent the spread of harmful content. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of addressing the negative impacts of social media on youth behavior and promoting safer online environments.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Main Body.............................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................6
References ............................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
The most common medium of communication which has taken technonological
advancement to next level is social media. It mainly consist of various institution such as media,
print, radio and entertainment business which has attracted interest of people all around the world on
various platform like content creating business as Youtube, writing articles and creating own blogs,
connecting with people on Instagram, Facebook also information and data can be seen on Google on
websites like Wikipedia which are most common under it. These are sources of social media which
impact human behaviour, conduct and society representation in general(Hamin and Rosli,2018).
This consist of both positive and negative effect on masses. It moved attention of people on
technological aspect where it has no limitation with respect to creativity of individual it can explore
various facets expressing their views, opinions, ideas, further innovating just by siiting at home.
This has majorly encouraged population in relation to their confidence, self esteem and rebuilding
their reputation in various communities giving them way to reach out to the world at large. It helps
mainly to people who are faceless and has no identity by giving them voice to stand up for their
rights against any form of discrimination or suppression existing in society. It has given national and
international representation conducting their art and skills showing their talent. With benefit and
advantage to people certain disadvantages are also attached which impacts individual nature and
manner. As it is said with some positive outcome negative aspects are also surrounded where people
engage in criminal activity having malicious intent through tracking and stalking an individual on
social media knowing each and every detail about such person, privacy is mainly affected. It also
give rise to terrorism, various scandals like sex, drugs, human trafficking. Other than that trolling
and bullying someone by tragetting them resulting in lossing their confidence which affects person
mentally and showcasing fake standards for youngster which forces them to indulge in such acts. In
todays time people are following social media as if everyhing placed before them is utter truth but in
reality it is all fake. Harassment and extortion on sites infringing or violating individual right to
privacy are also seen. The essay mainly talks about influence of social platform on peers which
result them to engage in criminal activities. It discusses about its impact on various social groups in
general and its effect in their lifestyle which further generated crime engagement by taking
advantage of such medium attracting young childrens towards it. Moreover, it elaborates
requirement and urgency to set inquiry and investigation on such matter enforcing certain limitation
to protect and safeguard privacy of individual.

Main Body
The impact of social networking has changed perspective of people espiecally in their day to
day life. For instance, their conduct and manner of socialising, engaging in commercial enterprise or
political action has been simplified through just one click away. This has created various scope for
opportinities at employment admission and hiring in accordance with their profile. This has greatly
influenced approximately more thasn 3.5 billion people following media overseas. It was interpreted
by the report of 2019 affecting numerous sector namely as given(Joshi,2020).
Firstly, it has majorly affected social communities due to new apps introduced in market which are
for entertainment purpose for connecting with people like Facebook and Instagram. Other than
connecting with friends, relatives it aids people to share videos, pictures, expressing their view
points, opinions bringing closeness with their loved ones which was not possible due to busy work
schedule of individual and also displaying talent, skills and interest connecting with business
enterprises showing its expertise.
Secondly, business association has also been investing their focus on social media for keeping
themselves updates and planning strategies for communicating with customers, marketing skills etc.
In order to compete with their rivals. This has resulted in reaching to its clients easily increasing its
scope of growth and development in society. It can lead base of their customer who are honest and
loyal to brand engaging in various activities. The enterprise is able to retain great value in market
share with high source of gain and profit. Such medium of communication provides feedback and
expectation of its client from brand which helps them to understand needs of consumer depending
on their tastes and requirement.
Thirdly, social medis plays crucial role in recieving politically related updates giving close view of
leaders through various media channels. It also give accessibility to people coming forward to voice
their greviances to political leaders through this medium of communication. For instance mass
campaign, rallies etc.
Fourth, recruiting and hiring employees in company has been made easy via social networking
sites . Where people are sending their portfolio to various institution and asper requiremnt in
particular field vacancies are posted in which various recruitors hires people depending on their
experience, skills and talent(Kabha et.al, 2019).
Lastly,varied divsions in educational services requires foundation of their structure through social
media further increasing its growth specially in pandemic wher online education was encouraged
strengthening their skills through distance learning. It resulted in opening of remote employment
like content creating etc.

It can be said that social media has reshaped people mind and identification socially. Media has
played very important role recreating and constructing image of people showing with utter
transparency defining peoples lifestyle. It has also resulted emrgences of violent acts like gang
culture where number of people in agroup or association unites as one committing violences or
crime in society especally this includes young childrens who are influneced baseed on any sybolic
issues(Vasquez Callo and Bogdanova, 2022).
The social media can be disadvantage for young people mainly in large percentage as it disrupts
their lifestyle as it distract their sleep cycle which ultimately affects their mental health due to
harassment, body shaming, racial comments are some of them which are top most issues affecting
younger generation on social media. This initiates from the standards and expecation dispalyed in
their friends circle pressurizing them to do same showing them fictional world which is different
from realty. It is mainly found in children between age group of 12-15 as per 2019 reports who
spend more than three hours on such social platforms. This leading to mental illness like depression
and anxiety, lossing temper often living in unreal world. The teens also show their daily schedules
and other details of personal life giving stranger inside view of their lige and posting intimate
pictures and depending on likes it gets exerting their mind(Kaundal,2019).
Internet Banging is one f the most common facets conducting violence where mebers of gangs
carries guns and expresses its views openly on twitter commenting on people without any filetr,
using bad language , shaming them emotionally, mentally, pshologically, physically etc. The media
sources publishes encouraging hatered on religious , national grounds conducting homicides using
various application of social networking like Facebook, Instagram etc. Where they manipulates,
victimizes,threatening messages, insulting a person. The term internet banging known as cyner
bullying. Various actions were taken by enforceament authorities like police officers keeping watch
on such illegal acivities combating issues. The evolution of this concept rooted from culture base
increasing its engagement participating in social media activities influencing younger generation
rpersenting a structure through online mode. This has lead to growth in this crime leading to violent
gang actions communication social aspects in public. It encourages followers of gangs inciting
social networking and trends displaying manner connecting on various facets, expressing on gender
aspects(Steed, 2022).
The reports of Children Society, County lives reponds to young generation who are exploitated on
crimonal base, it is interpreted that engagement in such act by children model of county line
exploitation(Saleem,2019). In pandemic certain limitation must be prescribed as during this period
online dependence is more engaging in game zones, sexual sites, social media application,live
stram, messages indulging in criminal act. The gromming session through online develops relation

with minor engaged in abusive acts. There are various platforms which shows location, sharing
pictures, video and monetary dealing in drugs and various other scams. The structure and design of
such application of social media are open to invite such gangs and dealers recommending by such
young people to their friends creating large circle or group on social platform making it more
simplified shocasing elements of trust through their closed ones or mutual acquitances interacting
via text send and recieve their requirement on various sites influencing young people(Rae and
Patel,2020).
The social media policing is significantly required as emergence with evoving and increasing threat
by various gangs and communities encouraging hatred and narcisst values. The orignation of legal
values initiated from various department of legislation such as criminology, sociology and
communication. The implementation of these laws were not enforced by any particular body in
general(Thornton and Miron,2019). Where police officers must keep continous watch on unlawful
activity if conducted in society. It must bar limitation of usage to the extent where no illegal action
must be tolerated in order to maintain righteous conduct, peace , harmony, justice in social platform.
The main purpose of introducing such apps are to entertain and provides accessbility to individual in
reaching to world at large engaging in business or commercial enterprise, keeping updated with
trends for promoting their goods in market and reaching more and more customers winning their
trsut,loyalty and honesty in brand. Theremust be continous check on these trollers on social media
who are faceless by regulating various cyber law legislation to stop such behaviou of pulling down
each other. Whereas, porn and other sexual sites must have age bar or child lock upon them as it
affects psychologically young adults. Even groups and communities entertaining any religios,
national,political or terrorist funds influencing masses must be prohibited which is against or
destroying image of country or its leaders(Shukla, Johnson and Jones,2019).
Conclusion
This essay has concluded mainly about negative impacts on younger generation of social
platform engaging in criminal activity or becoming part of gangs and groups which encourages such
innocent individual towards hatred against national values of country. Further, it talks about its
impact on society and behviour of people in general espiecally on youngster wgich display as
disadvantage physcally, emotionally, pshologically impacting their health condition. Moreover, it
talks about need to curb and combat to protect privacy of individual and limiting such criminal act
leading to violence and narccist values in coming generations. In order to stop such threat or
manipulation policing of social is implemeted putting bar on certain acts which affects or are against

interest of people.

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