Social Media is a network that contaminates peoples brains and the way they think. Overall it has a negative impact on society and the way that people work within the world. Society has been changing since social media has entered our world and in a negative way. Since the beginning of its appearance people have started questioning themselves and the way that they think. Social Media impacts people in the following ways; takes away creativity, makes people question their appearance, and also isolates people from how beautiful the world is.
Creativity is something discovered within that everyone maintains in different ways. However when social media became a thing it more so took away creativity than expanded it because people started the process of trying to be like everyone else and following trends. Although trying to fit in has always been a thing social media grew people more and more into that mindset. That is one of the main issues with social media and the process behind why it was created. The creation of social media allowed for people to shift their mindset to a more broad basis, people see someones post online and think let me post something similar instead of taking that persons post and making it their own by opening their mind. Expanding the mind while being a process of learning to think for yourself. But people will always influence others, the difference is wether is an influence to think like you and not like someone else. Think of it this way, you become more like the people you surround yourself with and not in a bad way. However social media has made it possible for everyone to be surrounded by everyone and that is the reason people are loosing their creativity. According to the article How social media can inhibit creativity? "The study’s authors suggest that social media may make it harder for people to think outside the box and that the constant stream of information from social media can be overwhelming and lead to decision fatigue (seomajid)." The way people loose their creativity through social media is because they feel overwhelmed to keep up with the daily posts and with that they loose their reality discovered within themselves and the real world.
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Being insecure is a natural habit created within yourself that impacts the way you view yourself and others. Although judging yourself is a completely natural habit, social media plays a major role in why people around the world struggle to love themselves. Looking at how people view themselves and then viewing yourself from that perspective is impacted when social media was created. People see someones post and think why don't I look like them, or why aren't I as happy as that person. However social media is the way someones life appears on the outside and not how they feel on the inside. Social Media has made the world more shallow in that since, people care more about how they appear than who they are on the inside. With this a world is created where people care more about what others think of them, then a world where you are just who you are. According to the article Social media effects on body image and eating disorders "Research clearly shows that media exposure contributes to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Social media is unfortunately shaping our concept of beauty (Fleps)." Eating disorders and views on body image have been increasing since the beginning of social media due to the world growing a more shallow viewpoint.
Isolation is something that impacts the brain and the way it works, it is not good thing. Teaching yourself isolation from others and the world causes feelings of loneliness. Technology is something that causes a distraction from everyday life, it causes people to not be in touch with the real world and all it provides. According to the article Technology Use, Loneliness, and Isolation "Technology compulsion, like other forms of behavior compulsion, may lead to obsessive thinking and behavior and feelings of anxiety when not connected (Lancaster)." The way that technology makes people feel bad about themselves and challenges their point of view not always for the best. Although challenging perspectives is a good thing the outcome from looking at a screen all day isn't healthy.
Technology while providing a more stable way of communication, also causes a more chaotic environment to form. These different forms of technology although have some good outcomes cause a lot of bad ones too. Technology causes a lack in creativity, feelings of insecurity, and isolation. So technology more so harms society than benefits it, with the way it makes people feel about themselves.
