Impact of

Social Media
On Youth
Rev. Howard John P. Tarrayo
Everyone is on social
media – young, old,
rich, poor etc.
Everyone is always in
a frenzy when it
comes to socializing
online.
 Even the corporate
world has jumped
into the bandwagon
and companies are
very active online,
posting updates and
answering queries.
 As the popularity of social
media keeps on spreading all
over the world, how
does
social media affect
the youth?
 POSITIVE EFFECTS

 Youth can interact

with people from
other parts of the
earth by just a click of
the button.
 POSITIVE EFFECTS
 Secondly, social
media give them the
avenue and
opportunity to make
new friends and also
allows them to
maintain their old
friends.
 POSITIVE EFFECTS

 Apart from just

socializing, the social
networks have
become frontiers for
the corporate world
to advertise their
goods and services.
 POSITIVE EFFECTS

 Social media is also

an avenue that they
can use to showcase
their talents. Youth
can also run
businesses through
social media.
 NEGATIVE EFFECTS
• Young people are
exposed to gore images
of murder victims,
accidents, rape cases or
even video footages of
gun shootings, violence,
verbal outbursts,
nudism and explicit
sexual content.
 NEGATIVE EFFECTS
• Too much social
media also leads to
addiction. Society
today is full of people
seating next to each
other, not talking,
but just staring at
their phones.
NEGATIVE EFFECTS

• At work, there is
reduced productivity
because people are
busy spending
working hours
perusing through
social media pages.
 NEGATIVE EFFECTS

• The first crime that

comes to mind when we
talk about social media
is cyberbullying. Most
people in social media
fake both their personas
and personal
information.
NEGATIVE EFFECTS

• Social platforms
also pose serious
health hazards for
users. Staring for
long at the PC may
lead to eye problems.
NEGATIVE EFFECTS

•Lastly, social media

takes away empathy
from its users.
 “
I fear the day that
technology will
surpass our human
interaction. The
world will have a
generation of idiots.”
CONCLUSIONS
#1 Social media becomes
the center of one's
life and is the basis
for the trends that
circulates throughout
the world.
#2 Social media takes
numerous forms such
as Facebook, Twitter
and others. Such sites
could possibly hold
impact towards the
youth.
#3
Social media has
become an avenue of
reaching people with
a push of a button.
#4 The advantages of social
media is that it connects
the youth to both
strangers and friends
alike and enriches their
worldviews due to the
sharing of opinions,
comments and ideas.
#5 Aside from
communication, it also
opens up business
oppurtunities that will
benefit social media
users gain connectivity
through networking.
#6 It has also been a house
of talent where users can
share various skills to
their friends and the
whole world through
social media.
#7 Social media also
empowers opinions as it
becomes an avenue
where people can share
their honest viewpoints
regarding issues in
discussion.
#8 The disadvantages begin
due to social media and
its devoidment of law
that filters content,
exposing users to
inappropriate material.
#9
Social media has begun
to control people's lives
from the moment they
wake up to the point
nefore falling asleep.
#10
Reducing time on social
media proves to be
difficult established due
to the addiction towards
it has settled.
#11
Addiction jas turns into
obsession due to users'
insatiable need to be
perfect and praised by
their peers.
Thank you!

Rev. Howard John P. Tarrayo