In the last few years, social network media have spread widely all over the world and are used by... more In the last few years, social network media have spread widely all over the world and are used by various users for several purpose. The impact of social media can be good on teenage but if we have a closer look on the real impact of social media, it is running the carrier & future of the students. Today billion people across the world have their profile in social media networking. The social media website are like linkedine.com, facebook, twitter, orkut, whatsapp, continuously distracting students from their studies More and more students are shunning newspapers, books and magazines and consider social media as the best platform to find latest happenings, trends and new information, says a survey. According to the survey conducted by Fortis Healthcare, more than 74 per cent of students think that social media is the best platform for information, facts and latest happenings. " Social media has a far-reaching impact on the minds and behaviour of youth today. Their lifestyle choices, likes and dislikes are being fashioned by what they see on online and electronic media, " said Dr Samir Parikh, head of the department of mental health & behavioral sciences at Fortis Healthcare. " A key concern is also that most students rely on social media for facts, information and knowledge as compared to books and magazines, " Parikh added. Reading different kinds of materials goes a long way in making students creative and imaginative. However, the survey that involved 1,350 students, also revealed that apart from social media, celebrities and their activities also influence youth to a great extent. This survey comes right after a survey that pointed out that more than half the users get news from social media. The aim of this paper is to focus on the impact of social media on teenagers especially in rural India. This paper will also try to define social media, how rural development can be through Social Network Services (SNS) and various platforms that have succeeded on SNS while also looking at the practicality of these services. It is important however to define social media to not restrict the field only to SNS provided through the internet via Facebook, twitter, etc but it also diminishes the work done by many NGO's which have programs which also utilize the same idea of networking as Facebook or twitter. There also is a need to know the precise definition of social media, as it can also be looked at from a different perspective.
In the last few years, social network media have spread widely all over the world and are used by... more In the last few years, social network media have spread widely all over the world and are used by various users for several purpose. The impact of social media can be good on teenage but if we have a closer look on the real impact of social media, it is running the carrier & future of the students. Today billion people across the world have their profile in social media networking. The social media website are like linkedine.com, facebook, twitter, orkut, whatsapp, continuously distracting students from their studies More and more students are shunning newspapers, books and magazines and consider social media as the best platform to find latest happenings, trends and new information, says a survey. According to the survey conducted by Fortis Healthcare, more than 74 per cent of students think that social media is the best platform for information, facts and latest happenings. " Social media has a far-reaching impact on the minds and behaviour of youth today. Their lifestyle choices, likes and dislikes are being fashioned by what they see on online and electronic media, " said Dr Samir Parikh, head of the department of mental health & behavioral sciences at Fortis Healthcare. " A key concern is also that most students rely on social media for facts, information and knowledge as compared to books and magazines, " Parikh added. Reading different kinds of materials goes a long way in making students creative and imaginative. However, the survey that involved 1,350 students, also revealed that apart from social media, celebrities and their activities also influence youth to a great extent. This survey comes right after a survey that pointed out that more than half the users get news from social media. The aim of this paper is to focus on the impact of social media on teenagers especially in rural India. This paper will also try to define social media, how rural development can be through Social Network Services (SNS) and various platforms that have succeeded on SNS while also looking at the practicality of these services. It is important however to define social media to not restrict the field only to SNS provided through the internet via Facebook, twitter, etc but it also diminishes the work done by many NGO's which have programs which also utilize the same idea of networking as Facebook or twitter. There also is a need to know the precise definition of social media, as it can also be looked at from a different perspective.
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