Abstract
In January 2019, we counted 3,256 billion social media users, this number is continually growing, and shows us the important part of social media in our life. We must ask ourselves: Are they useful tools to use in our life, in our work, or should we fear them in order to protect our life?
Extract
[...] Thanks to social media, young people have access to information in a playful way which corresponds to them. As an example, during the last French presidential election, candidates had the opportunity to pitch their program on Snapchat. In addition, social media are sources of information which can be provided by "Influencers" a new job created by social media. They are paid to talk, and post about a new place, a product, a trend in order to earn money. They found their strengths in their followers and viewers. Nevertheless, social media are also very controversial. [...]
[...] Cyberbullying is used mostly by young people between 11 and 17 years old, this is very difficult to prevent and avoid, because in most cases, parents can't control what their children are doing on the internet. In addition, we assist to a new form of "cyberbullying" which can affect older people. For example "sextorsion" where someone extort money or else by blackmailing people usually from webcams. Moreover, another event exists which is revenge porn, where angry people published private video of their ex in previous sexual intercourse in order to humiliate them. [...]
[...] What Are the Consequences of Social Media? In January 2019, we counted 3,256 billion social media users, this number is continually growing, and shows us the important part of social media in our life. We must ask ourselves: What are the consequences of these social media? Are they useful tools to use in our life, in our work, or should we fear them in order to protect our life. First of all, we know that social media are everywhere, you cannot have a day without hearing from Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat and so on? [...]
[...] In fact, more and more companies, when they hire someone organize an inspection of your social media. That is to say that companies want to know everything about you, and they don't want to hire someone who posts drunk pictures of himself, or its political or religious opinion and so on? Then, social media can have a negative influence on your life regarding on what you post and what you show. To conclude, social media are definitely part of our lives, it is very difficult to avoid them. [...]
