THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS ,AND FAMILIES

   Social media is the biggest problem that usually happen in Malaysia.. It always happens among the teenagers. Many crimes has happened because of this problem. Media is a vast form of communication that permeates nearly every aspect of modern culture. Teenenagers are exposed to all sorts of media outlets, from television, movies and advertising to social media sites such as facebook and instagram. Media isn't inherently  positive or negative. However  teens should have a healthy balance between exposure to media and other intelectually and physically stimualating activities.

Just as the internet has changed the way Canadians buy music, organize vacation ,and research school project,it has also affected how the interct socially. Through the use of social media,people can exchange photos and video ,shera medial also allow individuals,compies organizations, govenments,and parliamentarians to intercat with large numbers of people.In conjunction with the snared by social media users may be collected and analyze.This paper gives a brief overviem of the evolution and devetopment of social media ,look at their.Attnbutes affect the way people interact online,and considers theirpotential social andeconomic impact.

  Using social media web sites is among the most common activity of today’s children and adolescents.Any web site that allows social interaction is considered a social media site including social networking sites such as facebook, myspace and twitter, gamming sites and virtual words such as Club Penguin,second life and th video such as Youtube  and blogs. Such as offer today’s youth a portal for entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in recent years. For this reason it is Important that parents become aware of the nature social media sites even not at all are healthy environment for children adolescent. Media pediatraciance are unique position pemanice and distance decide and to encourage use and urge parents to monitor for potential problems with cyber bullying“ facebook depression sexting and exposure to inappropriate content.

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As conclusions social media is the bad influences to teenagers. And as a students we must use the social media properly and not wasting times.Many ways that can be undertaken but the most important parents must be aware to encourage this problems.

Written by : Nur Hidayah Binti Sahari

Edit by : Farhana Salwa Binti Mohammad Mahzan.