Sosial Networking Sites

Today, there are many types of social networking services in society and these are spreading rapidly. People use these sites with various ways and social networking sites make these people easy to connect with other people. Some people believe social networking sites are useful to make good relationships while other people think these sites have ill effects on their relationships. This essay discuss both the positive side and negative side in the influence of social networking services.

It is clear that social networking services changed people’s lifestyle conveniently. People can keep in touch with their family or friends easier than before, and these sites developed an important communication tool which are necessary for them. They can make friends all over the world and they can learn other languages, cultures and traditional things. They can share everything such as their photos and opinions, so they can see various daily lives and it gives them new knowledge. Additionally, social networking sites generated the new way of information gathering. If they want to know how the world is going, they can access from on sites such as Twitter and Facebook. People inform others incidents in different views from other media such as newspapers and news programs and sometimes news program use videos which is uploaded on social networking sites because these videos shows us the detail of events. Furthermore, they can express their opinions or important things. For example some political parties use Twitter to notify citizens about their manifestos in Japan. Also Japan experience serious disasters such as flood and volcanic eruption and numerous Japanese use Twitter to request rescue and inform other people about their existence. Social networking sites are useful for people when they encounter accidents.

However, there are ill effects in using social networking sites. Firstly, there is possibility they will become addicts. Meanwhile, they spend lots of time on social networking, then they are isolated from real life. Also, they might be isolated from their virtual world. Most people think it is a virtual world, so if they feel uncomfortable to talk with someone, they can break their relationship easily without any apology. In addition, people feel difficulty of communication with real people because of using social networking sites. They talk with people on these sites but actually they spend time alone because they speak through writing words, so they forget how to talk in real situations. Also people cannot escape from real life even if they are in tough situation which involve relationship. Real life is harder than virtual life because people cannot spend time with only their favourite people. Lastly, they put themselves in danger by these sites. They put photos though which people can realise their faces and they tag information where they take the pictures. People who have ill intentions can find individual information easily and they can find victim’s address and occupation from only phots, so there is a possibility they will be involved with dangerous incidents such as kidnapping and stalking.

There are both positive sides and negative sides on influence in the relationships. I take the neutral position. Social networking sites are useful for people but if they misunderstand the usage, these sites change into harmful things. People should consider their attitude to social networking sites, and use that effectively.