Audience Analysis

Place of Residence (barangay,town\ Brgy. San Joaquin, Tinambacan District

Ethnicity Filipino

Age Range No age limit

Educational Background Elementary to college graduates

Spoken languages English and Vernacular Language

(Waray - Calbayog and Bisaya)

Type of occasion Awareness of using social media

Educational institution San Joaquin National High School -

Main Campus

Time and venue 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. - SJNHS covered

Topic : The Positive and Negative Impact of Social Media

Purpose : My purpose is to inform that using social media has a positive and
negative impact to our life.

Writing Pattern : Causal

INTRODUCTION
Good Day my dear classmates specially to are gorgeous teacher Mr. Marjon M. Pajardo before
I start my topic allowed me to introduce myself I'm Mark Anthony Sagayap and I well present
my topic about " The Positive and Negative Impact of Social Media", before anything else what
is social media?

According : (Unknown 2021)

Social media is a web - based platform which helps us to share ideas, thoughts and information
among the communities. It gives us quick communication of contents like article, news ,images
and videos etc.

Social media is an integral part of everyone’s life today, especially today's generation. It
impacts them both positively and negatively. It is easier to get information in social media sites.
In fact, it has changed the entire idea of reading books, newspapers and magazines . It allows
us to be updated on what happened in our surroundings.

Social media has made communication easier. Nowadays we can not waste our time in
communicating our love one's by sending letters. But now with the help of social media
everything got so easier. We can communicate live by video call or any social media platforms.

BODY
People not only started to use this for communicating but also these platforms give them
access to the outer world, and so social media is used for many different ways now. We will
discuss the examples of how social media is useful for people these days and has become an
important part of our lives.

So now let's talk about the positive and negative impact of social media

Social media has become a part of everyone’s life that can’t be ignored. Social media has both
positive and negative impacts not only on youth but also on elders and children. Let us see
some of the positive impacts of social media:

Positive impacts:

Making friends has become easier with these social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and
many more social media sites. in the olden days it was a bit tough to make friends unless and
until one has a personal interest in going out and making friends. Later after in the decades
mobile phones helped in connecting and improving conversation with people. And now the
exploration of social media sites sprang up and it has changed the whole idea of making friends
on online. We can make unlimited friends worldwide and chat with them without any time
limit. This can be considered as one of the best advantages of having social media. We can
connect with friends whom we missed out.

Social media it can also use to search our special someone by using social media dating apps.

Everybody is becoming so busy with their lives that they don’t even have time to communicate
with their family members. Our time is getting thinner with busy work schedule and family
commitments. So, Social mediia sites give us a chance to communicate in a speedy and effective
manner. These sites will allow us to live a life that is unhindered.

NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

It can affect the students communication skills:

It can become addictive:

When a person gets addicted to a particular thing, then they are unable to do without it. This
can be very detrimental to any student who depends solely on social media to learn. Some
students may not even pay attention in class because they know they can always use social
media to get any information which can become unhealthy since they will not be able to do
without it. This addiction can also have an adverse effect on the student’s self esteem and
confidence since they can easily replace the real interaction with their teachers and colleagues
with the use of a social media app which can hinder them from gaining the confidence to relate
well with people in real life.With the extensive use of social media by people all throughout the
world, we know that it has greatly affected not only the current technology we have now but
our lives as well.

So let’s talk about the causes and effects of social media these days.

According to: ( 2021 Prasanna)

Cause
People not only started to use this for communicating but also these apps give them access to
the outer world, and so social media is used for many different ways now.

Social media is now also used mainly to promote brands, earn money and showcase their
products to the world. Many companies try their hands in social media to promote their brands
to the world where they can’t reach.

Many people who like to dance, play music, sing, or show some other art, they get into social
media too. With the time they keep on uploading their art on social media and once they grow
their followers or subscribers, they can monetize their page or channel and start earning out of
it. Many brands approach good influencers online. They pay them to talk about their products.
Once they become a good influencer on social media they get good sponsorships and money to
promote any brand online.

With the change in time social media is growing rapidly. We have many applications growing
every day with some good knowledge and some bad influences. Main social media applications
are facebook, twitter and instagram. Social media is affecting the world in many different ways.
Earlier social media was formed with an idea to find and communicate with new people or old
friends. But with change in technologies social media was used by different people for different
ways to spread news or rumours, to promote brands, to earn money online, to create content
or to make videos etc.

Effects

Mostly the main users of social media are teenagers and these teens are the ones who got affected and
got addicted to social media. Social media, on the one hand shows a good world to people but on the
other hand it destroys the mental peace of mind. More and more people every day are trying their
hands on social media and getting lost in it. Sometimes social media influences people in such a way that
they become a different personality in real life.

People are getting so addicted to social media that they only connect with people online but it’s a fact
that they have lost the ability to connect with people in real lives. They have lost confidence in
themselves. 75% of the population using social media are teenagers. Out of them many of them are
getting themselves in stress, depression, and anxiety. Social media shows a good part of life but never
shows the bad part of life. Many teenagers think that why cant they be a good model with a good body
or good face? Why can’t they have a talent for dancing or singing? If they can’t find the answers to this
question they feel so bad, get themselves into depression and stress and destroy their lives.

So everything in the world comes with good and bad. So social media also has a good and bad influence
on people. Many just use them for some good deed and many use them for bad deeds. Always try to use
social media minimally. My suggestion will be to always try to influence more and more people with
your talent and always try to get influenced by good influencers. Every individual is different.

CONCLUSION

Social media has both good and bad impacts on thier user. It is vital that information on the
internet must be used and shared with responsibility. As beneficial it is, it can be harmful as
well if not used wisely. Individual responsibility is key within a regulated set of rules. Youth
today must be educated about how to use it and taught about the positive and negative
impacts of their actions.

With so many platforms of social media giving more harm than good for in stance
cyberbullying, addiction and mental health problems (stress, depression, ). We as youth can
make a difference by controlling the usage of screen time on our phones for a better self.
Social media is will continue to be harmful, unless something is done about it. The power it has
over people is dangerous and often goes unnoticed. Our life became more convenient because
social media is a very useful tool for us in our time today, it could help us to improve our life.
Youth should practise using social media smartly by remote usage using recommended apps, so
social media will become a good change for us. Parents should pay more attention on
controlling children devices and social media according to their ages.

I Encourages young people to use social media in a responsible manner. Since many people are
increasingly using technology to bring harm to others, such as through cyberbullying, which
may cause the mental health of those targeted by such acts to deteriorate. That's why I want
to promote a healthy social media community and spread awareness about social media’s
harmful effects on a person’s mental health.