Social Media

I'm sure almost everyone in this world have their own social media profiles, especially teenagers nowadays. But, I have a friend who doesn't have any not even facebook, well he's one of a kind. With the increasing of various models of smartphones, social media is getting more and more popular among people. Social media somehow became a necessary for people. When one talks bout social media, the most commonly heard will be Facebook. Of course, they are numerous types of social medias include the famous ones like Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare and Blog. I personally like these few maybe because I have often use them.
Although, everyone is directly involve with social medias, they have pros and cons within them...

PROS

Allow people to stay connected

Having social medias allow people to stay connected among their friends and the world. Through social medias, people can connect with their friends who are staying at some other parts of the world far away from them. Like Facebook, it allows users to chat with family and friends within clicks away, all they have to is just type and send. Messages or information will be sent within seconds no matter where you are at. 

Advertisement for business

Other than allowing people to stay connected, social medias also allow entrepreneur to market their products online. Businessmen can open their own page to market and sell their products on social medias like Facebook, after all it's all free! Users can also share posts and pages to their friends, and this is one of the most effective way of promoting products. Even the process of selling and buying is so much more convenient because everything is online.

CONS

Face-to-face Communication Skills Endangered
Increasing popularity of social medias has made people using them as a medium of communication. Although it is the fastest way to have a conversation, over-using them may neglect  face-to-face communication. This can be seen when younger generation are now lack of communication skills.

Vulnerable to Hacking

Since there are so many people using social medias, so hackers have their attention on these users to breach their privacy. They can hack into accounts to steal private information of corporate companies. Some can read private conversations between users, then they spread it out on the internet. Some even send virus links to people, those who are not aware will accidentally press on it, and that might be the end of their computer.