Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Social media addiction. Essay.

Nowadays, both adults and young people have social media addiction. The new electronics gadgets are too easy to manage so everyone can use it. Also thanks to them, you can be online in all your account in social networks and more apps that are available. Thus, you only need an electronic device to be up to date in your life and the other's life and do whatever you want.

Since we have the smart devices like smartphones, smartvs, tablets, smartwatches and computers, we developed an addiction to it. We tend to pass all day looking at a  screen without be worried about ‘’the real life’’ because these devices let us to enter to internet with wi-fi or 3G/4G, so we can be online all day. Also, these gadgets can be linked between them, for example, you can manage the TV or your computer with your mobile.

Moreover, we have social networks that permit us to be informed about world news and information about our contacts. We have Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. where you can upload your information, moments or photos. You must to be careful with this sites, because you can stalk almost everyone but also, almost everyone can stalk you. As a result, this type of situations can derive at harassment or bullying.

Another novelty is the great variety of apps that we can use in these devices. For instance, you can write an essay in your mobile with Word app, read the newspaper with The New York Times app or even see a live concert with a Youtube streaming. You can do almost everything you want, but it also includes that we have to keep an eye in the danger websites because there are a lot of virus and hackers that can spoil our gadgets.

In summary, we have all the facilities that we can imagine in our hands with this kind of devices but also we have to see that not everything is good. We have to remember that not only  social networks or internet are important in our lives. We also have to know that our social life is important too, so when you met up with your friends or whoever, don’t keep looking your mobile’s screen all the time!

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