Assignment 6
Report
Effects of Social Media on Society
CM2300
June 12, 2016
Submitted to: Adrienne Goodman
Submitted by: Brooke Dawe 20102758
DATE: May 25, 2016
TO: Mrs. Adrienne Goodman
Instructor
CM2300 Report Writing
FROM: Brooke Dawe 20102758
SUBJECT: The Effects of Social Media on Society
As part of the intercession 2016 course requirements for Report Writing (CM2300) I am
submitting the attached report, entitled The Effects of Social Media on Society.
This report explains how the use of social media can have both positive and negative effects on
our lives. The report focuses on the negative aspects of social media such as; the lack of privacy,
cyber-bullying, addiction, lack of interpersonal communication skills and health problems.
The research from this report can be found from a variety of internet resources such as websites,
news reports, videos and magazine articles.
Brooke Dawe
Table of Contents
EXCUTIVE SUMMARY
The use of social media has grown drastically in the past decade. Social media can be a great
way to connect with friends and family, share and view photos and posts, look for new jobs, for
advertising uses, to keep up with the latest news, etc.
In this report the disadvantages are the main focus. With the increase in accessibility and
convince of social media, people are over using it and it is showing negative effects on their
lives. Research has shown social media can increase bullying because it is so easy for people of
all sizes and age to bully behind a computer. With the increase of social media use there is also
an increase in identity theft and fraud. Individuals are putting too much personal information on
the internet and it is resulting in people getting their identities stolen and becoming a victim of
fraud. Over use of social media has also caused a lack of face-to-face communication skills.
Studies show people growing up using social media as their main form of communication have
never properly learned how to communicate face-to-face and are or will suffer later in life for it.
One of the more serious effects of social media on individuals is health problems. Research has
found too much social media can result in medical problems such as; sleeping problems,
depression and anxiety and body dysmorphia.
I have done research on dependable websites and news sites as well as conducting my own
survey, which prove these conclusions to be true. The findings showed that people are uses social
media much too often, especially females age 18 to 34. These people also admit to have effects
from over using social media.
In conclusion people are over using social media. Although social media may be great in many
ways it has so many negative effects on our lives and I would recommend it be used in
moderation.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Over the past decade social media has gained remarkable growth. Social media can be defined as
web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by sharing and
consuming information. With all the advanced technology, it is easier than ever to communicate
and connect with people all across the world. We have gone from home computers to laptops,
tablets and smartphones that we can carry everywhere with us. This has led to a huge rise in
social media networks. Facebook is by far the most popular social media network right now, with
approximately 1,590,000,000 users[ CITATION PDa14 \l 4105 ]. There are also many social
media websites such as; Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Twitter, LinkedIn, Etc. Social media has
made our lives much easier in many ways. We can connect with friends for free all over the
