Social Media is Playing a Negative Role in Asian Countries
Depression and Anxiety:
In Asian countries, most of the social media users are spending more than two hours on social media sites. According to research, if you are spending more than two hours on social media sites, you will face symptoms of anxiety and depression. Therefore, if you want to use social media without any kind of depression and anxiety, you should try to spend less than half an hour on social media sites.
Cyberbullying:
Before the social media sites, bullying was done face-to-face and there were fewer chances of bullying. Nowadays, almost all teenagers are using social media sites; therefore, chances of cyberbullying are increased because it is easy for the bullies to tease teenagers on social media sites anonymously. That’s why cyberbullying is also creating lots of problems in Asian countries. Its reason is that on these social media sites, faces of the bullies are hidden and they can tease the teenagers easily. As these social media sites are providing easy ways for users to become friends of others. Therefore, it is easy for bullies to attack the victims. In the European countries, there are hard and fast rules against cyberbullying, therefore, no one can dare to involve in these kinds of activities. Anyhow, in the Asian countries, due to the lack of enforcement of law and order, the impacts of cyberbullying are increasing day by day.
FOMO:
FOMO stands for ‘Fear of missing out’. It is also a kind of anxiety and this kind of anxiety is also increasing among social media users in Asian countries. According to this fact, the users of social media spend lots of hours on social media sites and they show engagement in the posts of their friends. If one of his friends is sharing photos of his luxury life, he will feel anxious that he can’t enjoy such kind of lifestyle due to lack of resources. This kind of situation is known as FOMO. If you are spending lots of time using social media sites, this kind of situation will be increased. Its reason is that by excessive use of social media sites, you will observe that someone is getting more and more fun. As a result, you will have to face a more severe situation.
Unhealthy Sleep Patterns:
It is also a fact that if you are spending more and more time using social media sites, you will have to face problems of anxiety and depression. As a result, your sleep pattern will be disturbed. According to the results of lots of researches, it is found that the increased use of social media sites is also creating lots of negative impacts on the sleep quality of the users. The most dangerous impact of this kind of situation is that the productivity level of the users will be decreased. It means that if you are a student, you will not be able to pay enough attention to your studies. In a similar way, if you are an employee, you will not be able to pay enough attention to your duty.
General Addiction:
According to researches, it is also found that social media addiction is more adverse than cigarette or alcohol addiction. The most dangerous addictive apps are Facebook, Snapchat and Tik Tok. If you don’t realize that either you have become addictive of the social media sites or not, you should try to spend one whole day without checking notifications of these social media sites. If you are able to spend one whole day without checking notifications of these social media sites, it means that you are addictive of these social media sites. Anyhow, if you are not able to spend the whole day without checking notifications of these social media sites, you are additive to these social media sites and it is an adverse situation to you.
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