What are the practical measures one should take to keep benefiting from the social media and not being a victim of the manipulation? ( Suggested by: Youssef Gharafi)
Mohammed Amine Lemtalsi says: Attacks against companies and SMBs in social engineering are not only becoming more popular, but they are also increasingly sophisticated. Companies must use due diligence in an attempt to keep two steps ahead of cyber criminals, with hackers creating ever-more clever techniques to deceive staff and people into turning over sensitive business details.
Typically, social engineering attacks include a form of psychological coercion, fooling unwitting consumers or staff into turning over personal or confidential details. Social engineering typically includes email or other contact that invokes the victim’s anxiety, anxiety, or related feelings, causing the victim to share confidential information immediately, click a malicious connection, or open a malicious file. Since a human factor is involved in social engineering, avoiding these attacks can be tricky for enterprises.
hamza amallah says: One way to detect a manipulator is to see if a person acts with different faces in front of different people and in different situations. While all of us have a degree of this type of social differentiation, some psychological manipulators tend to habitually dwell in extremes, being highly polite to one individual and completely rude to another—or totally helpless one moment and fiercely aggressive the next. When you observe this type of behavior from an individual on a regular basis, keep a healthy distance, and avoid engaging with the person unless you absolutely have to. As mentioned earlier, the reasons for chronic psychological manipulation are complex and deep-seated. It is not your job to change or save them.
Rayane Lebrazi says: we can avoid being a victim or not to be addicted by schedule our time on phone and also try to practice sports that keeps us from phones
Zayd bachiri says: Psychological manipulation occurs when one person is used for the benefit of another. The manipulator deliberately creates an imbalance of power, and exploits the victim.Since the manipulator’s agenda is to look for and exploit your weaknesses, it is understandable that you may feel inadequate, or even blame yourself for not satisfying the manipulator. In these situations, it’s important to remember that you are not the problem; you’re simply being manipulated to feel bad about yourself, so that you’re more likely to surrender your power and rights.
ayoub farsi says: Psychological manipulation occurs when one person is used for the benefit of another. In fact The manipulator deliberately creates an imbalance of power, and exploits the victim to serve his or her agenda.
However,You have the right to be treated with respect.
You have the right to express your feelings, opinions and wants.
You have the right to set your own priorities.
You have the right to say “no” without feeling guilty
You have the right to get what you pay for.
You have the right to have opinions different than others.
You have the right to take care of and protect yourself from being threatened physically, mentally or emotionally.
You have the right to create your own happy and healthy life.
Second thing ,Use Time to Your Advantage
In addition to unreasonable requests, the manipulator will often also expect an answer from you right away, to maximize their pressure and control over you in the situation. (Sales people call this “closing the deal.”) During these moments, instead of responding to the manipulator’s request right away, consider leveraging time to your advantage, and distancing yourself from his or her immediate influence.
Nour harnafi says: The benefit of social media is the opportunity for education. In fact , social media gives a lot of possibilities to students and teachers. It is very easy to educate others on social media . One of the most obvious benefits of using social networks is that you can keep in touch with your friends easily , quickly . Besides , it’s a good way of making new acquaintances, communicating with people from different countries, discussing various topics, sharing photos and videos
Aymane Belfadil says: No one can deny that social media has been a hot topic in this digital age, some people are against this technology, while the others find it as a distraction for them so it represents a good thing for them.But the majority agree that it is a double-edged sword. In fact, people are naive about the fliped side of that coin.They are completely clueless. Every single thing that we are doing in internet is being tracked, is being watched so nothing is private. Furthemore, if you are not paying for the product then you are the product. Also, social media causes more: loneliness, polorization, mass chaos and more hacking, it will have a bearing on the society, it will be a precipitous spike in social and economic problems. So the question that we must say is:What are the practical measures one should take to keep benefiting from the social media and not being a victim of the manipulation? The answer is hard for the addicted people and it is not really effective, so he should take his responsibility because it’s the onus of the teenager and we must blame him because he is mature and he know the consequences of his act. For me the Ways to Kick Social Media Addiction are: 1. Delete social media accounts you don’t use.2. we should scrutinize meticulously time spent on social media.3. If it’s possible we must Turn off “push” notifications on social media.4. You should remember every single day your goal and refocus your priorities. Finally,depression , anxiety, suicide and other problems are caused by social media, so it’s a wake up call for all the humanity to reduce this immortal obsession .
There are many ways to beinifit from social media but the traps are even more. One way to beinifit from social media is spending a short time on social media every day and respecting it, and it shouldn’t be more than half an hour a day. There should also be days without any devices like fore example two days every week you shouldn’t use any device, and also days when you only use phones or computers ect. for studing. Another way is not to bleive in anything that is in social media, because fake news spreads 6 times faster than true news.
But the best thing is to stop using social media, and the less we use it, the better it is.
Islame nassiri says: To benefit from the social media and avoid being a victim of the manipulation I suggest that a people should try to distract themselves with as much activities as they can and try to avoid being all lazy and weak this way they would find themselves too busy to even use their phones.
hafsa KHLIFI says: Social media is a double-edged sword in our society. How can something be, simultaneously, so impactful and so destructive? Even though communication online is indirect, the feelings are real. The words are powerful. There are consequences on both sides of the interaction that cannot be measured. This is why it is so important to use social media responsibly and in a positive way. For all the bad we encounter online, there is just as much good, and there are powerful ways to put even more good out into the world.
social engineering attacks typically involve some form of psychological manipulation, fooling otherwise unsuspecting users or employees into handing over confidential or sensitive data. Commonly, social engineering involves email or other communication that invokes urgency, fear, or similar emotions in the victim, leading the victim to promptly reveal sensitive information….
Social media doesn’t tend to be widely trumpeted as something that benefits our mental health but when used moderately and mindfully, it can help boost our sense of wellbeing.
At present, only a few studies examining social media and mental health have found a direct correlation between social media and depression and its related symptoms. However, research indicates that excessive use of social media may disrupt things that have a positive impact on mental health – for example, exercising, sleeping and socialising….
But nevertheless ,We can also judge social media a reason to provoke anxiety, depression , suicide and others problems, so if we can not control our self to use it consciously , that will become a serious problem effects our life and mental health, and also reduces our self worth and confidence. So we must know how to use social media to exploit benefits and to accustom how to overcom life obstacles and how to dedicate our time to do crucial things and let the secondary , them to give the opportunity for our selves to manage our life and routine…
To conclude,Social media is a double-edged sword in our society.
Yasmine halfi says: It is undeniable that social media has been one of the most debated issues nowadays. As a matter of fact, it is a two sided issue, since it can not only be very beneficial, but might as well be an alarming problem. In order to keep benefiting from the social media and not being a victim of its manipulation, we should have some self control. When it comes to social media, we get distracted easily which makes the time fly, and without even realizing it, you can easily end up spending a whole unproductive day because of its distraction and control over you. To avoid that, you have to set your priorities and use your time wisely. You must also avoid to use your devices for futilities and replace that with researches, or things that can actually be useful to you in general, and DO NOT let social media control you or have an influence on you.
And as the quote goes on: “don’t compare your real life to someone else’s controlled online content”.
Zakaria Heyouni says: Social media has a lot of benefits (in my opinion). In fact, there’s some people who are shy to speak in public, but they take their camera or phone and start recording them self, and say what they want and if they get a lot of followers they will start progressing and they will not be shy anymore( and getting money from it). The second benefit is that you can be in contact from people all over the world and having someone thet can understand you and you have fun with him or her. Or just going far away from drugs or all the bad things.
Youssef Azimani says: For you what is the sosialmedia it’s a place where you share your information that the people can know many things about you. But with the reaction of parents when they see their kids doing something not good in the sosialmedia the parents should change the phone with something better like a book. Because the people don’t care about the others they want just their best.
Aymane Alla says: The benefit of social media is for education and chat. In point of fact, social media gives a lot of possibilities to people. It’s very easy to use and chat with others on social media, you can send photos, documents, videos. But there is some hackers that can hack our devices from a lot of ways, like sending a link, a message, photos, videos that can have a dangerous viruses. In addition to that, we can be a victim or we can be saved, to be saved, we must have an anti viruses that protect our devices, block an anonymous that send links…, and being very careful when using social media, update always applications that protect our devices, using a safe browser…
Mohammed Benzirar says: You should take risk from social media because they are lot of hackers can hack your computer or phone also we have lot of games can drive you to suicide or make you
abnormal person , besides it s so bad to be addicted to the social media and waste your time . So that why you should take risk from social media .
Aya says: The social media has a lot of risks and one of them it’s that some people take your photos and make it in an other account or they can hack your account and it’s so dangerous that’s why you should pay attention from social media.
Razane says: In our time, the social media is so important. In fact, some people become a victim of it, they can’t control themselves and they start feeling the depression and the stress. The social media manipulate them. Sometimes most of people want to imitate what they see in their phones and like this the negativity start.
But of course, not all people are victims, we have a group of them who are really benefiting from the social media, if they don’t get the manipulation and they live happy. Also they are confident and they love their personalities. They don’t need to be like someone else and that’s what we call a positive person.
Finally, we should not let the social media control us because we invented it.
Sohayb Karmoud says: Social media is A double edged sword.In fact,social media has its benefits, but it can also affect you negatively.So, we should try to get the right way. First, keep Your Content Positive. Also, try to take some new information. Do not waste your time browsing in SC the pictures of others .in addition, be positive and pay attention.Last but not least try to create new relationships with others.As David Alston said “Social media is not a media. The key is to listen, engage, and build relationships” In brief, social media has its benefits, but it can also affect you negatively.
Rayane Lebrazi says: Social media is a double edged sword, in fact social media has benifits but a lot of disadvantage, also, every year, a lot of people die because of social media essentially teenagers, exactly they suicide because of bullying or because there parents don’t let them use phones or because of loneliness. And i suggest as a solution to sensitize teens the disadvantages of social media and also to send positive vibes in the family and give more love to them .
To conclude, we should know how to use social media in our side to use adventages and to avoid the disadvantages.
Saoud Mohammed says: Social media are very useful tools for our modern lives which are like two drops of water from bladed weapons as they can destroy entire lives easily without any effort which is why we have to be on our guard all the time this which is not understood by almost the entire population, which is why it is necessary to specify the measures that we must have, measures such as:
-Time management. indeed one of the best ways to live is to organize yourself because it allows you to do what you want (legal of course) without any real consequence.It’s even pleasant when you see that you are the only one be organized in your friends;).
– The usefulness of research. we are the only ones who can manage our search terms and our pleasure on the net and that’s why you have to be smart to search the net well and not fall into bullshit (hello Moroccan youtube) and that’s how it is that we can be moderately safe.
– Self-confiance . I do not advise anyone to have an account on the net if it is quickly influenced otherwise it would risk destroying it psychologically, that’s why we have to be sure of our internal maturity, because social networks are the thing that can destroy your morale the fastest.
And with these three conditions I believe that we would be able to resist the trivialities and the violence of the Internet, of course there is much more precaution to be done but it is sufficient, for the moment.
douae ramdani says: It’s irrefutable that social media has been one of the most debated issues in the world. In fact , social media has unparallel influence on all aspects of human life in our modern times . It’s logical to state the media has become a basic need of human. It has been playing an important role in our lives. The role of media in our lives and society is difficult to overestimate. It’s a matter that touches all our lives.
However, the media performs three functions to inform , to influence , to entertain. But effects of these functions are multidimensional in modern times. It has provided awarness about the whole world. Basically, media contributed a lot for us to work more convenient , for communicating , for spreading news ,facts ,data, even sharing knowledge but it’s our responsibility to use it right . Most of people are becoming an excessive users. They tend to depend their lives on media , it has a power to control our lives and do we let ourselves to be just manipulated? Using media is not bad , as long as we know how to control ourselves . As i’ve said media plays an important role in human’s life but it has changed the perception of the world we live in , as well as our real life. We are already beginning to forgzt what the world was like without social media , and what was used to do occupy their spare time.
To sum up, using media makes everyting easy but on the other hand it destroys us. We must aware how to use the social media properly.
Hoda Bourhida says: Social media addiction has become a hot topic in recent years, creating a flurry scholarly debates, and academic researches. In fact, in obedience to the indistinguishable technology from magic, people had found an easier, faster and better way to communicate with each other: social media. Nevertheless, most of them are not aware of its flipped side which is vigorously threatening. Besides anxiety, mismanagement, depression, poor productivity and lack of sleep… Researcher found two main reasons behind smartphone addiction: apart from loneliness, the online ads are the second major reason behind the addiction (Albarashdi et al., 2016). Thereupon, the folks are psychologically manipulated, social media companies are feeding their addiction with daily updates and novel features. as EDWARD TUFTE said: There are only two industries that call their customers “users” : illegal drugs and software. As a free human with mental capabilities, i should avoid being victim of this manipulation. And that’s by scheduling my time, practicing several useful activities to my emotional, mental and physical development. Added to the stakeholders’ providing of more informative and instructive platforms, and raising the awareness about the ripple effects of addiction on the teens’ health and academic performance
Hamza Boujemaaoui says: to avoid this, we must make a schedule to organize our time, for example 2 hours for palying and 8 hours for studying…. and this is just one way of so many solutions that we can do.
Hiba Bourhida says: Social media has been the most thing influencing on human , in a matter of fact social media is making human life easier by communicating with everyone wherever he is, by studying for example as we are doing in quarantine,… It made the whole world as a little city .Social media has so many qualities,in the ather hand It attacks our lives, because there are a companies which find our lack of knowledge in this domaine as a chance to win or to have our own informations then they use it in many ather projects… Moreover it destroy everyone’s life and everyone’s mind especially with Ads , some websites and video games for the kids .
Social media can also be a reason for the family’s problems, It can share family’s secret (like you’re sharing your secrets without knowing) . Don’t forget that this phenomena causes a psychologist issues, because everyone want to show his perfect picture,he’s sharing every happy moment but in a real life he’s not enjoying it…
In addition to this we find a human that was happy but when he enters in this digital world he’s being sad and depressed…I wanna say that this feeling are according to what he’s following on his account,is he addicted to his phone (exemple) and he neglects the real world? they’re so many questions.
To conclude , social media is a double-edged world , we should be smart when we are using it . It’s not a danger if we are not making it dangerous.
Ibtihal Amimar says: For avoid being victim , we should organize our time. It’s good to use the phone, but if we use it without limites, it’s gonna be dangerous for us .So the solution is using the phone for just something important for not being addicted.
Mhamed Reda Meziane says: First thing,the person must not pass all his time with social media because if he pass all his time with social media he will have a habit that each day he use social media.Second thing is not to downlowd a lot of thing that will not help you to do something.I mean with this idea that we have a lot of applicatons attractive that a lot of people use it but without reason or withiout goal .Third thing is that orgonization,the orgonization is so important to not be a victim of social,so orgonization here is to give a time to use the social media because a lot of parents,kids or in general a lot of people spend all their day with phone and that can give a bad result like bad communication ,not know what is happening around you ….But if you orgonize your time you will not have like those results.Fourth thing is doing another activities or create something,here activities we have a lot like drawing reading play soccer….and what i mean with create soemthing is doing something or try something new and htat can give a big move to immagination and creativity.So in my opinion,if someone do all this i think it will save him from that he becomes a victoim.
Yasmine Kaddani says: No one can deny that social media has been one of the debatable issues nowdays. Infact, social media has ruined everything standards,mindsets,goals,society,etc. Always keep a part of yourself to yourself, be better in life than on social media. In addition to this , spending just one day away from social media can do be one of the best things you can do for your mental health. Don’t use social media to impress people, use it to impact people and yourself first. Moreover, when social media becomes a place where you start to share your negative thoughts , just remove yourself before you ruin your reputation. However, there is no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections. Additionly, not every part of your life needs to be public. Just take a break from social media, because she is training us to compare our lives, instead of appreaciating everthing we are. In the other side, social media has made too many of us comfortable with disrespecting people. As a quote goes on « Focus on how to be social not on how to do social »
Yasmine Kaddani says: No one can deny that social media has been one of the debatable issues nowdays. Infact, social media has ruined everything standards,mindsets,goals,society,etc. Always keep a part of yourself to yourself, be better in life than on social media. In addition to this , spending just one day away from social media can do be one of the best things you can do for your mental health. Don’t use social media to impress people, use it to impact people and yourself first. Moreover, when social media becomes a place where you start to share your negative thoughts , just remove yourself before you ruin your reputation. However, there is no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections. Additionly, not every part of your life needs to be public. Just take a break from social media, because she is training us to compare our lives, instead of appreaciating everthing we are. In the other side, social media has made too many of us comfortable with disrespecting people. As a quote goes on « Focus on how to be social not on how to do social ».
Yasmine Kaddani says: No one can deny that social media has been one of the debatable issues nowdays. Infact, social media has ruined everything standards,mindsets,goals,society,etc. Always keep a part of yourself to yourself, be better in life than on social media. In addition to this , spending just one day away from social media can do be one of the best things you can do for your mental health. Don’t use social media to impress people, use it to impact people and yourself first. Moreover, when social media becomes a place where you start to share your negative thoughts , just remove yourself before you ruin your reputation. However, there is no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections. Additionly, not every part of your life needs to be public. Just take a break from social media, because she is training us to compare our lives, instead of appreaciating everthing we are. In the other side, social media has made too many of us comfortable with disrespecting people. As a quote goes on « Focus on how to be social not on how to do social »
Social media has a lot of benefits .In point of fact, social media gives a lot of possibilities to students and teachers and any person use it. It is very easy to educate others on social media,but they need to use it wisely.However ,some people become a victim of it, they can’t control themselves and they start feeling the depression and the stress.In brief,the social media attract a lot of people or we say people are addicted to social media.So,people should pay attention from social media ADDICTION
SARA KADAOUI says: Social engineering is a tactic where the attacker influences the victim to obtain valuable information. Office employees are targeted to reveal confidential data about a corporation while non-specialists can come under the radar to disclose their credit card information. One might also be threatened that the attacker will hack/his her system if he isn’t provided the asked material.In this method, the perpetrator can take any form of disguise, but at most times, he/she poses as tech support or from a bank. However, this isn’t the case always, although the objective is the same. They sniff the information, which you conceal from everybody, by gaining your trust.
Amine Nejjari says: I think most of the people might think that quitting social media is the best way to get rid off of social media, that is absolutely wrong. Social media is harming us in several ways. But that doesn’t mean it’s all bad, and cutting it off entirely could have both positive and negative effects on your life. So I suggest you unfollow accounts that you don’t interact with in real life and turn off the notifications for your social media.
Kenza bachiri says: To benefit from social media and avoid being a victim of manipulation I suggest that people must to ather think then just be in social media exemple doing activiste , familly moment and also people are exposing all their life and family moment . The problem is that people are addicted to their social media . So We must organise our time and do same limite because it’s becaume verry dangerous .
Roa Kajout says: Social media platforms have their own means and tools that attract our attention and make us spend hours browsing new pages. According to recent statistics, teens spend up to 9 hours a day on social platforms and the average adult spends nearly two hours on different social platforms. It’s more than we usually spend interacting with family or eating. People must know that they’re groups of engineers who use their psychology against them and they must also know that everything they do online is recorded , watched and traked ( followed) . But unfortunately, people are unware about the defects of social media . So why do we do this? This is the first question we should ask ourselves. Why of all possible ways of relaxation do we choose to stay glued to our phones, waiting for new messages ?! Let’s be honest and admit that we rarely see something new every hour as we open the social app…. We musf not be an easy target for online ads ; big companies base their ads on your preferences, likes, and shares on the social media feed. The more you see the ad, the stronger your desire to purchase will be. Just be moderate and remember that sometimes companies advertise things that you don’t even need. Finally, You can do anything you want on the internet. On the other hand, you can get tricked, lied to, manipulated, and even bullied , social media is a double-edged sword ……..
Harit rezki says: I think that we should benefit from social media more than being a victim of addiction . To make that happen we gotta use our phone wisely and usefuly to dedicate our time by working , playing and using phone . Finally , us as students we can learn from social media by ourself’s
It is undeniable that social media is a double-edged sword. It can be positive and negative. In point of fact, the question that we may ask: What should the person do to not be a victim of manipulation?
In one hand,social media has an enlightning side. It is very beneficial and interesting if the individual use it at the right way. I mean if he employs it in order to discover, learn and get valuable information. But what is worst,there are people who spend all the day surfing and utilizing social media without avail, just a waste of time. In this case it comes the darkness and the danger of this last. Added to that, social media is such as a calamitous phenomenan that tiggers and fuels lot of problems as loneliness,anxiety,laziness and sadly to people who connect their lives with relationships and livestyles that not excist. Furthermore,it causes sometimes a lack of sight. People stay up at night using social media untill a very late hour. Unfortunately, those are victims of manipulation.
To conclude,everyone must use social media carefully to not fall on the dark that leads to perdition. Use it to benefit yourself and others. As the quote goes:” Don’t use social media to impress others, use it to impact others.”
Social engineering is a tactic where the attacker influences the victim to obtain valuable information. Office employees are targeted to reveal confidential data about a corporation while non-specialists can come under the radar to disclose their credit card information. One might also be threatened that the attacker will hack/his her system if he isn’t provided the asked material.
No one can deny that social dilemma is one of the most debatable issues nowadays . In fact social media is so important for us and for our parents but many people has been tracked due to differents things ( websites , hackers …) and if they find any pasword or photo they will blackmail , and then you wil regret . In my point of view we must be aware because every thing you do on the social media is recorded , they are group of engineers who use your phsycology against you . To conclude if you are not paying for it your’e not the costomer your’e the product being sold . (ANDREW LEWIS )
Manal Abbadi says: Social media is a hotly debated topic that often divides opinion. The overwhelming majority of experts claim that it has a lot disadvantages. One of the main ones is manipulation.
So what can we do to keep benefiting from social media without falling into the trap of it’s vicious cicle?
As a matter of fact, social media can be extremly tricky and controlling when it comes to how much time we spend on our screen. In order to not give it the chance to do so, we have to consider “time management”. For exemple, you can set an alarm to stop you from scrolling. Or you can ask a friend or a family member to remind you to put down your phone each time you spend too much time on it.
All in all, social media is toxic only if you give it the power to be that way.
Very good essay. But I hope, as a C student, you need to take more room for self-expression. You have the potential to do much better. Best 🙂
Hiba Zekhnini says: Social media plays a very important role in today’s life, It’s true that it’s a source of inspiration, sharing ideas, discovering and learning new things, new informations..but like everything, social media has a good and bad side , has a positive and negative effects on us. We shouldn’t forget that! it’s double-edged sword, there is a hidden side! people keep wasting time scrolling social media mindlessly, they ignore its negative impact on us,they live in a fake world! social media is associated with various issues like: depression, envy, health problems, interference with important obligations such as school work… ect. The question that should be is :What are the practical measures one should take to keep benefiting from the social media and not being a victim of the manipulation? And there is some ways:
-deactivate you notifications because these notifications have no respect for your time!
-reduce your use of social media, for exemple you can challenge yourself to spend a whole day without your cell phone or any other device!
-find activities if you use social media just because you’re bored you can try to replace it with some activities that are meaningful and enjoyable for you
-work on your hobby, and if u dnt have anyone just try to find it 🙂
-spend more time with your friends, your family, with people who really care about you.
-focus on using social media media in a positive way, for example using it only to communicate with people that you care about!
Finally REAL LIFE IS GOING ON AROUND YOU, SO BE PRESENT! If social media is not motivating you, inspiring you, challenging you to be better, then it’s true to reflect on why you ever have it !
Diae eddinne azzaoui says: Social media addition is one of the very dangerous phenomenon in the world. People from all walks of life are faced to be addicted. So how can we keep benefiting from social media and not being a victim of addiction?
People nowadays are can’t imagine life without smartphone or social media. The guy thing they do when they wake up they check their notification, messages , number of followers (if it’s decreasing or increasing), and here problems start; because they became very vulnerable and every single critique people say it to them it can cause a big problem in their Psychologic so they will suffer from depression, anxiety, disorders in their life.
So effective solutions are multiple for example they have to organise their time, and to know that it’s just a fake world so you don’t must waste time in social media but you need to waste it in studies. In fact, they have to consider critiques like a candle that will lighten their path to success, so they have to use it with wisdom, and change their self stating with them, because you don’t need to harm your self for others but you need to show them who you are.
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Great work Diae. I am so happy to see how big the leap you have made. Keep it up. You are the very right track
Ilyana Harnafi says: This is probably one of the most complicated inquires concerning social media. In point of fact, managing the use of those platforms is not always easy, however, there are a few ways which you can avoid being dependent on them with. The most effective one is certainly learning or force yourself to establish a limited time, it is the best way to not waste too much time on your phone and ruin your days by being unintentionally unproductive and still benefit from social media. Equally important, kids should not have access to social media at a young age, parents are the ones who should judge when their child is mature and responsible enough to create an account. In brief, even when applying these measures the danger of falling into the addiction is still present.
very good work Ilyana. Excellent organization. I see how fast you are progressing. I hope your speaking will follow the writing steps.
Best
Social media has two sides a positif side and negative side. Is for us to know how to use it, because we must not deny its benefits, without technology we can’t live. If it was not we would not have been able to study online and we could not discuss topics like today finally we should not forget that the social media has two sides
Asmae etaleby says: So As we saw in the movie the social dilemma, a lot of people are being a victim of manipulation,the number of those victim keep growing day by day. In fact most of those people are young kids and teenagers. They keep getting attracted to publicity (adds) or from social media apps as Instagram,Facebook or Twitter where grown adult keep taking advantage of kids. How can we keep benefiting from the social media and gnot be a victim of the manipulation? Kids and teenagers don’t know much where the danger is in social media, they keep downloading any app that pops up in their screen, and that’s why they are the maid victim of manipulation. If parents had an eye on their kids, and fixed a time for their kids to use phones that will help stop getting manipulated. But still teenagers are the hardest: they dont want any of their parents involved in either social media or their private life. So their where communication take place, parents should explain how social media can be manipulative but not keep telling them to stop using phones and blaming them in every time. Teenagers are most of the time lonely and close-minded we try our best to make them understand. And also let them know whatever they see anyone sliding in their SMS messages they should warn their parents. Their are many types of manipulation that have different characteristics and solutions. We should use time responsibly and dont wast it all in using our phones.
Med diyae rahdouni says: No one can deny that social media has been an alarming issue in our digital generation. The majority of people who uses the Technolgy know that it has double-eged consequences. Some people think that using their phones is a private thing but all the thungs that you do in your phone or laptop is tracked. And further you are not paying for using an application makes you a good product whil you are addicted. Also, social media causes more: loneliness, polorization, mass chaos and that is going to destroy your life. Their is lot of ways to protect you from being addicted to I.T and to protect you from the consequences such as being destructed by life activities and focusing on your studies or work or even reading books or stories. I adress an emergency call to all the humanity to stop this immortal obssession.
amjad says: Life has become very dependent on the cellular phone, all the member of the community want to use the technological gadget, and People spend their time on their phones, they look to their phones for a long time . If you are using your phone like this a way and you don’t control your self you need that to have a lot of effect on your life. But What are the practical steps to take to benefit from social media and not fall victim to manipulation?
In our life the phone become another world with a double-edged sword. The way to do not accept the person that you don’t know then because that can be one of the most dangerous things that you must know when you are using the social media that’s why you need to make your voice heard and express your self as you want and how you want.
Ghayta houari says: Smart phones can be a dangerous phenomena since it can cause addiction, but we can benifit from it without being use or being a victim of this manipulation and that’s by controling ourselves and this is called self-control also being aware that it can cause many consequences , we should also use our time wisely and do not practice the activities by the smart phones that you can practice it in your real life like talking to your friends or the family but of course this is one of the benifits of all technology , but always as i said we should use our time wisely, Smart phones can be also useful in our studies and researchs and communication or meeting new friends from all of the world. To conclude,i think that the only thing that we can do it to benifit from smart phones and not being a victim of addiction, is to manage our time and having self control also i think that this pandemic should be the most debated issues nowdays.
Omar Tsouli says: No one can deny that social media has become one of the most debatable issues now days. The overwhelming majority of the high level experts has agreed that this last has made headline at the recent time. In an actual fact, social media as we know all is a double edged sword its cons out number its pros. In otherwords, while using this dangerous social plateform meryad of things can happen to you such us getting hacked or manipulated because its their own goal. Besides, you want to benefit from social media use but if you miss you are going to be used, because every single information on you is being treated and then it is saved. So the solution of this social dilemma is to shortest your time spent in the social plateform and not to post everything such us photos videos of you, so you got to be CAREFULL. All in all, this unsolved issue will not only destroy our future but also run the whole world.
Malak Khayati says: People nowadays are very addicted to social media . In fact , no one can deny that social media has lot of benefits , but of course there is a dark side of it . So let´s talk about how can we keep benefiting from social media: We can make or build relationships because social media it´s not made for wasting your time , like you feel bored you go to check your instagram etc , no make new friends , share your knowledge , maybe it will attract potentional professional. But , we should not be manipulated by it ,how? we should control ourselves , we should manage or time. Engage yourself with real people, that can help you ans us to spend less time scrolling in socail media pages. To conclude, try to stay away from your phone and your social media accounts , and we should have more enjoyable time with our friends and loved ones in person .
Roumaissae Melhaoui says: When it comes to social media manipulation we’re our own worst enemy. In fact, social media transformed from being just a simple time-consuming hobby to a global opinion influencer. So, how can we avoid being its victims ?
According to recent statistics, teens spend up to 9 hours a day on social platforms and the average adult spends nearly two hours on different social platforms. It’s more than we usually spend interacting with family or eating. So why do we do this? This is the first question we should ask ourselves. In point of fact, interacting with real people is one of the best solutions. it is much healthier to go for a walk with your friends than to stay inside chatting with them on social media. There’s nothing like seeing your friends smile or poking them on the shoulder after a brilliant joke. In addition to this , we should turn on only the most important notifications. It might sound funny at first, but why not? Why would you have all of the notifications turned on all the time and see them appear on your screen as soon as someone likes a link or posts a picture of a cute dog? If you’re going to stop what you’re doing at the moment to open a social media app, make sure it’s for a good reason. If you value your time you’ll be more focused on your job or a hobby because you won’t get interrupted by non-stop notifications from different apps.
All in all , its up to you to decide whether to be manipulated or not. As the quote on: « offline is the new luxury. »
Mohamed Mansour says: Nowadays,the social media has been a dangerous virus that attract all people in word . In fact, companies products work on a basic business model of tracking users’ behavior in order to sell targeted ads and induce addiction in a vicious cycle. Parents are especially the victims of social media , because they benefit from the social media but in a dangerous way like seeing a video , suddenly an ad of clothes appeared, so our parents love it then they will use their phones all time and they will forget their children who needs their thenderness . To benefit from the social media without being a victim of it , we need to organize our time of using our devices , and doing sports or going on a picnic with familly or taking a day off without phones .
As a conclusion , the social media is a big virus that we need to figh it .
Lina Oumharch :) says: No one can deny that technology has helped humanity a lot; we use it to communicate with people far from us, to search for information, to have fun…etc. Nevertheless, it has a plethora of disadvantages, its flip side is worst that all of its benefits. In fact, there are groups of engineers who track, follow and watch everything you do on your social media accounts, every picture you stopped to see, time you spend seeing it, they try to understand how do you think, what are your believes, your behavior, and then they use your psychology against you to create and feed addiction, and systematically manipulate you in a way that raises loneliness, polarization, depression and mass chaos in society. However, we still need social media and cannot live without it. Consequently, the question worth asking now is:” What are the practical measures one should take to keep benefiting from the social media and not being a victim of the manipulation? “Actually, everyone who uses social media must be conscious that he is menaced, and that he is using a double-edged sword. If people are conscious, then they can never become addicted to social media, because they know how to benefit from it without getting affected negatively. In addition to this, people should develop a psychological immunity against social-media manipulation. In other words, they don’t have to let social media control or change their beliefs and principles, they have to understand why they are using it. Beside this, kids and teens are the one affected more, that’s why they have to organize their social media using time, parents supervision is also a pre-requisite thing when a kid is using social media. But, as I already said, consciousness and awareness are the most crucial things a social media user must have. All in all, since we’re living in the 21st century, a life without social media and internet is unimaginable, so the only solution we still have to keep using without being negatively affected is to take some practical measures, and most importantly being conscious of its dangers and using it only for our benefit.
Naji & Ghassane Oumharch says: Social media has helped Humans a lot :to communicate with people, to learn, to enjoy but it has a lot of disadvantages. Actually and first of all? everything we do on our phones is recorded and tracked. There are groups of Engineers who use your psychology against you when you want to put your phone away? they start showing you things that you like to see so you keep using your phone and get addicted. So using social media and not being affected negatively is a big challenge. Using internet in a good way needs practical measures first we have to use it for a limited time, we have to fill our time with instructive activities that we don’t have a lot of time for social media,also we have to avoid speaking virtually to stranger people and don’t watch everything we find because it turns us into frivolous people. In brief, we have to be selective and aware of social media disadvantages.
Abir Chebabi says: No one can deny that social media has been one of the debatable issues nowadays.
we use it for communication, for researches, for entrainment. However, it has plenty of disadvantages and downsides, its flip side is worst than all of its benefits But, we should not be manipulated by it, how? we should control ourselves, we should manage the time we spend on our devices. Interact with people, Or try to distract ourselves by doing activities.
Zaoui says: No one can deny that Social media has incredibly exploded those recent years. In point of fact, a plethora of mass media listed its various and grave effects.
Social dilemma is one of those films that were pushed to decrease the social media dominance, without success against giants as Facebook, youtube …
Former employees express the way that they manipulate us and get the largest attention from you to make it a product and sell it to businesses to make ads.
My personal opinion is that we should consider it instead of ignore it, because their telling are true. People said the same thing about the fbi rumor, but when the wiki leaks appeared, they stayed silent even if it was THE headline of every news. But we should not take it as the only truth. And this is why the kids and teens have a very different point of view from their parents at this subject. They see what they want to see and this is how polarization enters. From where you live, how you live and how old are you etc… you will have a different point of view, and at extreme cases, this can cause to misinformation and ignorance. Truth is nearly every time boring, and fake news excite us and spread 6 times more than true ones.
I use technology and I don’t feel that I should stay all night. People who are confident and reponsible are totally safe from addiction and control themselves. Therefore the best solution is to be responsible when you download the app, when you use it and also to be aware and put limits.
We are the first generation to live with technology, and we are it’s future, so people should accept it as a change. And time management, confidence to control your uses, and thinking are essential if people don’t want to be addicted.
Hiba Zaoui says: A thinker living in our generation (i forgot her name. Sorry). She gave a metaphor to social media that goes”social media is a gun to save yourself but a knife on your throat to ruin you”. And it’s true social media does help a lot of times but it damages us at the same current moment. By manipulating the users and turn them into phone/ social media addicts.
To keep benefiting and not being a victim of social media manipulation. You need to find yourself. Find your hobbies and activities to take care of yourself aside from your phone. Replace all the wasted time you spend watching on TikTok and complaining about how lonely you are. Start creating memories with your loved ones. Enjoy your teenage years with your friends and have fun with them. Ask your mother to tell you a sleeping story and ask her to lay with you instead of staying up unit 3 am playing stupid games. Start enjoying the little moments of your life and stop watching other people’s little moments. Focus on your life and not the life others pretend to have on their social media. It’s just life, it ends before you even know it. So don’t get too depressed over things on your phone and be grateful. To get rid of the manipulation you need to know the truth of life and who you are and not just follow what you are told on the platforms. You are strong enough to control and benefit from media and escape being a victim. All in all, it takes discipline to not let social media control your life and you need to develop that discipline in you.
We now know that social media platforms are utilizing cutting edge technology, artificial intelligence and psychology to commodify our attention spans and lure us ever further into their grasp. We’ve also learned that social media is not just used to entice us to buy products. It’s also used to manipulate elections, change public opinion about sensitive topics such as the environment. So if you want to keep benefiting from the social media and not being a victim of the manipulation, you can limit your time spent on social media. This one may seem obvious, but not many of us actually do it. Limiting the amount of time you spend on your favorite platforms doesn’t only help you to avoid the many forms of social media manipulation, it also gives you more time to dedicate to the people and things that are actually important in your life.
Finally, the technology that connect us also control us .
Aya Qassououi says: There is no doubt that social media addiction is one of the issues that went viral and blew up all over the globe in the recent years . In point if fact , it is undeniably obvious that , we humans , are being controlled over by social media . And it’s safe to say that the internet has become such a scary place nowadays . In other words , we have become way more dependent on our phones to the point that we can’t spend a day without even checking our screens . Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest … , we thought of all of these platforms as entertainment-based ones , but it turned out we were completely delusional. All of those social media companies , hire psycholigists who need to figure out certain ways to stir up our interest, and keep our fingers scrolling up and and down our phones’ screens, that is basically manipulating our emotions. Every single thing we do is being tracked, and carefully watched. But what is even horryfying, is that we are totally clueless, we are perfectly fooled . However , there are countless ways that could contribute in helping us stop being slaves to our own phones . But the one that I will be suggesting, and the one that could be considered the most efficient so far, is knowing how to manage your time. That might sound dull and so not authentic, but trust me, it does the job. We teenagers always have our parents on our side, and I’m not going to lie they were the ones who made us realize the long amount of time we were spending in front of screens. But the thing is, they will not always be there for us. I mean, there will be a time, at some point of our lives, when we will be obliged to leave our house and go live all by ourselves. Even though they are warning and scolding you for being on your phone for too long, it’s not going to make any difference unless you do it by your own will. What I’m trying to say is, the only person that could truly help you and look out for you is you. And managing your time is the first step to learning how to become a responsible and a somehow “mature” person, since you will be doing all of the planning work all by yourself. Try to plan out your day in advance on a piece of paper, or a planner, and don’t forget to write down things you want to accomplish/ and things you want to avoid. In the long run, just like how you got yourself addicted to social media, there is a way that you can get out of that bubble , just like how you started it, you can end it. You get to decide, the choice is yours .
Karam LEBRAZI says: In my opinion, it is not impossible to not being a victim to manipulation and to keep benifiting from the social media as well. For example, you can set an everyday timer which is 30 to 60 minutes long using your phone on social media. The education will is an exception. Also, always look for something that is enjoyable worthy. In other words, do not watch or even search for people dancing on Tik Tok or any other social media platform with no reason, this is stupid and NOT something we can enjoy. Furthermore, you can have your time away from your phone by doing sports, descussing with your family, or doing something you enjoy. Then you will realize that you are not a victim of manipulation anymore. All in all, social media is the most genius, effective and the simplest tool to manipulate its users, so be aware and attentive or else you get baited.
The use of technology can be a great opportunity for people in communicating, reducing time. But technology can have consequences of reducing person-to-person interaction without the device. In fact, there are millions of people using social media platforms. It’s a great opportunity for your business to reach a large pool of people that are interested in your products or services.
U.S. adults use many of these sites, which creates great opportunities for your business to reach leads. You have numerous opportunities to reach leads and can engage them on these different platforms. However there are always disadvantages. The disadvantages don’t mean that the approach isn’t effective, but rather, present potential hurdles you may have to jump through during your campaign. Add to this, Social media platforms are catalysts for complaining and leaving negative feedback. People use their profiles to help others understand their poor experience. Many people feel there is a social obligation to share their experience to prevent others from having the same experience.
Having too much negative feedback can negatively impact your future marketing efforts.
People trust others to give them insight into your company, especially if it’s the first time they are hearing of your business. With social media, it’s possible that negative feedback can hinder your business from earning leads.
In short, surely social media has both advantages and disadvantages. But, it all depends on the user at the end. The youth must particularly create a balance between their academic performances, physical activities, and social media.
Raïd says: Social media has becomed an epidemic. As matter of fact, it did not only exploded in worlwide popularity but also becomed pathological. In other words, social media has just taked place in our home with an average of 9 nine hours a day including all devices( TV, phones, consoles……..), and even can impact on the being emotionly, socialy and sometimes to make him throw tantrums or sulk. So it can lead him to his greater withdrawal. This isn’t a game, it’s the human capital Then people have to do something about it. The Social Delimma documentry tackled many strategies stating:
• asking people to change theirs habits
• putting the onus on parents so they can act
• delete all the apps and ignore notifications
Typically, people should cut back using social media, and do anything that can grow theirs spirits and theirs minds, or read something uplifting.
All in all, I hope that we take this situation as a pre-requisite problem, and do some steps to put the dent on social media.
Hassana slimani says: No one can deny that social media is harmful to us, we can easily get influenced And distracted, we can have a negative impact, And that can lead us to anxiety and depression, the more tIme we spend on social media can also lead us to loneliness, reaserchs has shown that student who are frequant users of social media are more inotiative And exhibit better memory and has impacted their self esteam in a negative way, And we must try to stay away from social media, also you cut this negative influences out of your life, you stop investing many superficiel connections,and you start investing in the ones that matter, as a result, social media is not a competition of who gets the most number of followers, it’s a worldwilde epedimic that has countless bad effects on humanity and out society and needs to stop.
Souhayla Amjoun says: It’s beyond a shadow of doubt that social media is one of the issues that has entered mainstream discussion recently. In point of fact, social networking has become the most popular pastime among individuals of different ages. Despite having such unique advantages, such as giving people a chance to connect with each other across distances , helping you gather informations and making life much easier(…)social media platforms are still considered to be one of the most harmful elements of society.
Moreover, social media is not a tool, it’s like a magnet that attracts, seduce and manipulate its users , it has its own goals, and its own means of prusing them by using their psychology against them, but unfortunately the users are clueless about its nefarious effects.
In addition to this, everyone agree strongly that parents are the first educators of their children and they continue to influence their children’s behaviors and development, so they can talk to their teens about risky online practices and about inappropriate behavior, they can also take concrete steps to monitor or check up on their teens’ online activities, including the relatively low-tech techniques of checking which websites a teen has visited, viewing their social media profiles, or friending them on a social network. Last but not least a teen must learn how to manage and dedicate a limited time to his phone .
All in all, we don’t deny that the whole world is at our fingertips all thanks to social media but it also can effects real-world behavior and emotion and we are clueless.
Saad bouhamida says: Social media is like an endless sea,with his positif points and his negatif,so how can I benefit from it corectly ?
Social media is as double-edged sword,there are two options,you can benefit from the positif point,benefit of informations,sharing emotions and vibes,communication with strangers and friends,and you can be a victim of the manipulation,social media contains thousands of users that are manipulation others users with fake news and hack tools and spam and others bad issues that are making social negatif,and to avoid this you be attentive of what you’re doing and stay turned to use social media in a limited way.
Aymen El-Ghazi says: It is incontestable that social media can be extremely manipulative and misleading. In point of fact, these time consuming platforms unique goal is to gain the power to change and manipulate one’s thinking by using the data collected when tracking our online activities. The question we ask ourselves is how can I prevent such a thing from happening.
To answer that question we must come back to their the root of the problem which is: « how we are manipulated »and tile doesn’t affect the way these devious platforms manage to influence us. The target of focus is on our emotions. Therefore, one should be emotionally intelligent and become the master of his emotions. Equally important, we should have the correct approach, we should stop scrolling blankly through our screens and believing everything we see, let’s ask ourselves what’s the message behind, what is this trying to convey, then doubt, doubt the accuracy of the information we get until you can confidently say this is true.
All in all, social media users have to take certain measures to prevent themselfs from being manipulated.
Omnia says: Every day we open different apps and scroll through the timelines. From being a simple time-consuming to a social media addiction. It’s up to you to decide whether to allow it or not.
1-Interact with real people more often.
it’s much healthier to go for a walk with your friends than to stay inside chatting with them on social media.
2-Why are you scrolling down the newsfeed?
According to recent statistics, teens spend up to 9 hours a day on social platforms and the average adult spends nearly two hours on different social platforms. It’s more than we usually spend interacting with family or eating.
3-Know the gap between social media life and your real life.
it’s very important to see the difference between the real image and the one they try to create on social media.
Rayan Mokhtari says: Social media is dividing us in our own households. In fact, it has managed to divert us away from those close to us, it has taught us that we need validation from others who have no real effects on our lives, and we were stupid enought to believe in that and consider it a way of life. Social media has caused severe problems especially amongst the younger age groups such as: anxiety, depression, addiction and the list goes on and on…
However, there exists a myriad of measures that one can use and take into consideration in order to not fall victim to this whole social media “trap”:
1- To only believe in news coming from authentic sources such as your local media channel or governmental websites.
2- Click links with caution because some may be harmful. This is often how hackers find out about where you live since they collect data from you such as your IP adress whenever you access a link that they have control over.
3- Be careful about what you share, any confidential credentials should never be shared online (this includes: where you live, where you study, your age and so on and so forth…)
4- Always keep in mind that what you see online is most often not what you will see in real life (this is due to people using in app modifications to make themselves look like someone they most definitely are not).
5- Do not message back strangers and people whom you don’t know, because for all you know it could be a 30 year old sitting behind a screen trying to get you kidnapped.
6- Use social media in manners in which you can benefit from, such as promoting or starting on your business, etc…
7- Remember that negative people will always be there to make the worst of your day, so move on and let them be.
8- Be yourself and love yourself. Keep in mind that as long as you are using social media, you will be influenced. Hence, stick to your beliefs and thoughts and do not go with the flow.
To conclude, we have to understand that we live in a very devisive world and social media plays a big part in that. Hence, knowing how to deal with whatever it may present the individual with is a must and should be taught in schools so the younger generations are aware that they have the option to either become the product or the customer.
LILIA HALFI says: People must know how to use technology , they must use it when they have a probleme and a short time so that eyes can stay safe or they can use it some times. Technology has also benefits but people don’t know how to use it without technology a lot of things will be hard to do if people knew how to do it it’s will be better
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Rime El Badaoui says: Social media was in the very first created to make the communication life easier between people, but it seems that now the greatest social media companies are using the human for their own benefit, they are using our addiction, which is a disadvantage for us, for their own benefit and advantage. I could say that social media was the best way to perfectly destroy some person’s life. However, no matter how much times we saw that this phenomenon has a really dangerous outcome on the human bring, it just seems like we are glued to social media and we can not stay one day without it. But since there is a solution for every problem, here are some solutions that could slowely detach you from using social media.
1.Try to limit your social media usage when it comes to the exams period: We all know that we need to study really hard to make sure we don’t fail our exams, so at least when it comes to that period we need to limit the time spent on our phones.
2.Try to decrease slowly your screen time: In many phones these days there is an option that will give you the estimation of time you are on your phone evry single week, wo each time that estimation comes out, you could try to decrease it at least 15 minutes less, if you don’t have that option you can simply count how much you were on your phone that day or just estimate it.
3.Try some activities, wether in the inside or the outside: Having a lot of activities in your day can make your day even more fun. Hence, when you will take your phone, it will seem really boring.
Drawing to a close, social media may be a tool to make communication much easier, but it also destroys one’s life so slowly that the person wouldn’t, because they are too blinded by it.
Rime El Badaoui says: Social media was in the very first created to make the communication life easier between people, but it seems that now the greatest social media companies are using the human for their own benefit, they are using our addiction, which is a disadvantage for us, for their own benefit and advantage. I could say that social media was the best way to perfectly destroy some person’s life. However, no matter how much times we saw that this phenomenon has a really dangerous outcome on the human being, it just seems like we are glued to social media and we can not stay one day without it. But since there is a solution for every problem, here are some solutions that could slowly detach you from using social media.
1.Try to limit your social media usage when it comes to the exams period: We all know that we need to study really hard to make sure we don’t fail our exams, so at least when it comes to that period we need to limit the time spent on our phones.
2.Try to decrease slowly your screen time: In many phones these days there is an option that will give you the estimation of time you are on your phone every single week, each time that estimation comes out, you could try to decrease it at least 15 minutes less, if you don’t have that option you can simply count how much you were on your phone that day or just estimate it.
3.Try some activities, whether in the inside or the outside: Having many activities in your day can make your day even more fun. Hence, when you will take your phone, it will seem really boring.
Drawing to a close, social media may be a tool to make communication much easier, but it also destroys one’s life so slowly that the person wouldn’t, because they are too blinded by it.
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Mohammed Elguerrouj says: In the recent decade, technology has known a huge rise in its users. People have become very attached to their devices and can’t get away from them. This has caused a plethora of problems between people and nations. Social media, devices and video games and play an enormous role in changing our lives without our knowledge and affect us in a bad way. So, how can technology change our behavior? And how can it affect us?
Firstly, the most dangerous problem is social media manipulation. In fact, social media manipulate our emotions, change our way of thinking, and because the fake news is spreading 6 times more than the right news, society became more polarized, and we are all clueless. social media platforms watch, track, and record what we do. As a consequence, they know everything about us but people are unaware of the defects of social media. In addition to that, after the appearance of social media, society knew the raise of mass chaos, hacking, loneliness and depression. When social media appeared, people start thinking about what others say about them. Before posting anything on social, they take a long time thinking if they should post that picture because if it doesn’t please others, they will not post it. Moreover, when you search for something on Google, they give you the answers on the basis of your location and interest. For example, if you type climate change is you are going to find different answers based on your location and interest.
Secondly, social media addiction. In the last years, social media has become a life essential. It’s difficult to find someone who doesn’t use social media platforms. Due to this addiction, young people and adults have some problems related to their work and studies, psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. Also, some people are bullied so they lose their confidence, or they hate their appearances. As a result, we will face selfie dysmorphia. Those young people will want to change their appearances by doing some surgeries. Moreover, social media addiction leads also to technoference, families become more separated and the interaction is decreasing. For instance, parents use their devices for nine hours per day on average, especially during family activities such as meals, playtime, and bedtime. Those times are the most important time of the day to be with your children. In other words, If you don’t take care of them and ignore them, they will become naughty. Children need their parents to build their personality, so if the parents aren’t involved in their lives the children will become lonely and they will struggle without finding someone to rely on
Finally, Parents addicted to games at pathological level can have host of destructive impacts on the family. In fact, video games have become a several billion dollars a year industry. It has reached all genders and generations. Parents have become more addicted to video games than their children. This can have a bad influence on the child’s raising. For example, parents who are addicted to video games are most likely to be less supportive, more punitive and have harsh interactions between their children and them. They might be distracted in their parenting too. In addition to that, video games can be pathological and have a lot of threatening towards the person. For instance, depression, anxiety, display poorer social competence and increased attention problems are the main consequences that an addicted person can face. Furthermore, video games have been compared to behavioral addictions such as gambling. According to “WHO”, they are considered as a mental health disorder. Being male is a risk factor for pathological gaming. Not only that but also women are more interested in video games than before.
To conclude, no one can ignore the benefits of social media but at the same time; we have to pay attention to what we are doing. So that we will not be manipulated or addicted to social media and we face it flip side because that’s the most dangerous part of it.
Mohammed Elguerrouj says: Alaeddine Benheddi and Elguerrouj Mohammed
Mohammed Elguerrouj says: In the recent decade, technology has known a huge rise in its users. People have become very attached to their devices and can’t get away from them. This has caused a plethora of problems between people and nations. Social media, devices and video games and play an enormous role in changing our lives without our knowledge and affect us in a bad way. So, how can technology change our behavior? And how can it affect us?
Firstly, the most dangerous problem is social media manipulation. In fact, social media manipulate our emotions, change our way of thinking, and because the fake news is spreading 6 times more than the right news, society became more polarized, and we are all clueless. social media platforms watch, track, and record what we do. As a consequence, they know everything about us but people are unaware of the defects of social media. In addition to that, after the appearance of social media, society knew the raise of the mass chaos, hacking, loneliness and depression. When social media appeared, people start thinking about what others say about them. Before posting anything on social, they take a long time thinking if they should post that picture because if it doesn’t please others, they will not post it. Moreover, when you search for something on Google, they give you the answers on the basis of your location and interest. For example, if you type climate change is you are going to find different answers based on your location and interest.
Secondly, social media addiction. In the last years, social media has become a life essential. It’s difficult to find someone who doesn’t use social media platforms. Due to this addiction, young people and adults have some problems related to their work and studies, psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. Also, some people are bullied so they lose their confidence, or they hate their appearances. As a result, we will face selfie dysmorphia. Those young people will want to change their appearances by doing some surgeries. Moreover, social media addiction leads also to technoference, families become more separated and the interaction is decreasing. For instance, parents use their devices for nine hours per day on average, especially during family activities such as meals, playtime, and bedtime. Those times are the most important time of the day to be with your children. In other words, If you don’t take care of them and ignore them, they will become naughty. Children need their parents to build their personality, so if the parents aren’t involved in their lives the children will become lonely and they will struggle without finding someone to rely on
Finally, Parents addicted to games at pathological level can have host of destructive impacts on the family. In fact, video games have become a several billion dollars a year industry. It has reached all genders and generations. Parents have become more addicted to video games than their children. This can have a bad influence on the child’s raising. For example, parents who are addicted to video games are most likely to be less supportive, more punitive and have harsh interactions between their children and them. They might be distracted in their parenting too. In addition to that, video games can be pathological and have a lot of threatening towards the person. For instance, depression, anxiety, display poorer social competence and increased attention problems are the main consequences that an addicted person can face. Furthermore, video games have been compared to behavioral addictions such as gambling. According to “WHO”, they are considered as a mental health disorder. Being male is a risk factor for pathological gaming. Not only that but also women are more interested in video games than before.
To conclude, no one can ignore the benefits of social media but at the same time; we have to pay attention to what we are doing. So that we will not be manipulated or addicted to social media and we face it flip side because that’s the most dangerous part of it.
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