Social Media and youth: Confronting the Quandary -The impact of social media on teens and youth

Mrs.Munima Parveen

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Social Media and youth: Confronting the Quandary -The impact of social media on teens and youth

Mrs. Munima Parveen

Abstract :

Introduction: In current world it is becoming undeniable that the world is getting transformed at an extremely rapid rate by the influence of social media. Social media are those websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. Social media is not only getting deep rooted in current society but it also has become an influential and irresistible tool of the modern world. At times it becomes difficult for a person to prove himself in front of people if you are not at it (social media).The objective of this review is to find out the association of social media and youth and to assess the effect of social media on youth. A systematic review of a number of published relevant papers and peer reviewed journals were identified, screened, reviewed and abstracted from last two decades. It is a retrospective results based study. This review included the literature review of original reports, published articles and programme reports. The quality of the abstracted studies was assessed thoroughly and in some cases, information from meta-analysed data was extrapolated to form conclusions. In the last decade, the amount of time that adolescents spend on the computer has greatly increased. Online activities with the highest rates of use among adolescents are video games (78% of adolescents), email (73%), instant messaging (68%), social networking sites (65%), news sources (63%), music (59%), and videos (57%).It was found that the social media has a strong association with social life of a youth and it is agreed upon that if adolescents and teens are provided proper and timely guidance and positive usage of social media can be very beneficial to our teens and youth. Especially by parents, school administrators, paediatric societies and government authorities review. On the ighter side, social media promotes collaboration, creativity, communication, and technological proficiency and leadership qualities but on the darker side this craze of social media has led to a host of question regarding its impact on teens, adolescents, society and the world at large. While it is agreed that the social media affects people�s living styles and it is an ongoing process to identify the nature of these influence in every society and country especially on youth .this study also focused the impact of social media on youth