Discussion Text: Pros and Cons of Social Networking for Students

Nowadays, social networking is used by most people in the world. They use social networking to connect and communicate with their friends, their relative, and even their teacher or lecturer.

Students who are using social networking will get many advantages because social networking is not only used for communication purpose only but also knowledge that is shared in the internet every its hour. And there are some advantages from using social networking. First, social networking users share among themselves day in and day out, giving and receiving information at rapid speeds. This information is more than funny cat videos. They share views and opinions; tips and tricks and among students, helpful information for classes. Their ability to access, analyze, retain and share information is skyrocketing and they often don’t even realize they’re developing these skills. Second, social networking anyway helps students in interacting with one another and share ideas.  This helps in improving student’s creativity because they can share their creative original work like poetry and film to their friends or other people. The last, students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and customizing content, and thinking about online design and layout.

On the other hand, social networking has bad impact for students. Social networking is like drugs that are makes students addicted. Students will always access their account in the internet such as facebook, twitter, and even instagram almost every day. That will make students lazier and less focus on their lesson in school. Social networking also brings harm than good for students because students who use social networking sites are prone to social isolation. Social networking can exacerbate feelings of disconnect especially for youth with disabilities and put children at higher risk for depression, low self-esteem, and eating disorders. The "passive consumption" of social media like scanning posts without commenting is related to loneliness.

From all of the fact about advantages and disadvantages of using social networking, students must choose appropriate sites that will helps their study and try not to addicted to the internet. Just keep on students mind that as a younger generation they have to smarter to choose what the best for them and what positive knowledge that they can get from using social networking.