Disadvantages of social media

Hello everyone, today I am going to explain the disadvantages of social media. It has multiple drawbacks which are as follow:

(Sian & Mgt design, n.d.)

1.    Hacking: - This is the biggest disadvantage of social media. By hacking, one can see another person stuff. Apart from this, he can misuse of it. Thus, hacking is a big issue in social media.

2.    Privacy: - In social media, privacy is also the main drawback. A person can see personal things of another person. Thus, the privacy is no more on social media.

3.    Defamation: - Another disadvantage of it is defamation. In defamation, a person can use an individual’s pictures and videos. Recently, many girls’ photos are used in objectionable places which decrease their reputation. People think that it is not good to share pictures on social media due to defamation. Thus, defamation is also a disadvantage of social media.

4.    Virtual Bullying: - Virtual bullying happens a lot on social networking sites as they are so public that the person being bullied can be shamed in front of their friends as well as the bully’s friends. Thence, it is also a big effect of social media.

5.    Lack sensitive information: - An employee can use social media for gathering information but social media provides less sensitive information. Thus, lack of sensitive information can also lead to wrong decision.

6.    Additional problems: - By using social media, there are some problems like a virus, malware can produce a serious threat to IT. The use of social media makes a person lazy which leads to health problems.

References

Sian, & Mgt desgin.Retrieved from http://www.mgtdesign.co.uk/social-media/the-disadvantages-of-social-media/

Advantages of social media

Hello, today my blog will focus on the advantages of social media. It will tell how social media is helpful for us.

Social media has several types of benefits. It is not beneficial for a particular field. It provides advantages to all field such as business, sport, information technology and much more.

(SEEN BEST, 2011)

In business, social media provides a plethora of advantages. First of all, it helps to connect with the audience. It helps to an industry to know about their target market. By using different types of social media, a company gets feedback from their customers which is helpful in future for growth. It improves market intelligence due to which a company can sustain in competition market. On social media, a company can share their content about new products. They can share future programs to remain their audience with them. It makes meaningful relationships with customers. On the other side, social media create brand awareness which is helpful for customer point of view.

Social media is also beneficial for those people who want to stay in connect with the world. They can get information about what is happening in their surroundings. People share their videos and images on it which are seen by their followers. Thus, people connect with them.

It creates benefits to manage an individual health. People can know about health awareness programmes. They can keep in touch with community programmes. It is also a good source of collaboration which is the biggest benefit of it.

References

SEEN BEST. (2011, September 1). Retrieved from http://www.seenbest-web-design.com/techclub/successful-twenty-first-century-selling-uses-the-advantages-of-social-media-marketing/