Effect of Social Media on Youth
What time can be more beautiful than the one in which the finest virtues, innocent cheerfulness and indefinable longing for love constitutes the sole motives of your life?"
These words, once said my Leo Tolstoy are true till today and will hold gravity, till time immortal.
In this era, where everything has left the physical entity and is transformed into digital media, it is hard for any section of the society to stay away from the social giant.
We can't deny the fact that social media has a profound influence on the mindset of the youth of the country and of the world. The youth of any nation is the future of that nation. Thus, it becomes very essential for the country to take necessary measures, in order for the country to gain ground.
The kinetic possessed by the young generation, can make the country blossom and thus could thrive on fruits of labor.
However, the social media giants have actually caused some serious adversities in the lives of the youth. Up till a certain level, the application of social media is fine but when the usage crosses the arbitrary line of action, then there is a genuine need of the hour to control it.
Because of social media, young children have multiple options with respect to almost everything at their disposal. It becomes really essential to determine what is beneficial for them and what not, as the commodities are many but the users are limited.
We can read in newspapers and on social media as well, the atrocities bestowed by the social media on the young and tender minds of the youth.
There are many such incidents which drag us into the importance of the immediate action regarding the limitation of social media on the future of this nation. One of them includes the very recent boy's locker room incident.
The dreadful incident showed us how fatal the addiction of social media could be, not only to the users but also to the social surrounding,to elders, younger friends and the list goes on**** and on.
The biggest disadvantage of social media in accordance to me, is the huge wastage of time. Time is one of such virtues which once wasted can never be retrieved back. The time used in surfing the social media can be very well channelized for the overall development of the mind and soul of the individual and for the betterment of the nation.
The youth is the potential of this country and this youth, if not considerate towards their own growth, could be the greatest threat to their own country and it's countrymen.
All the sublime emotions that are endowment to the human race, can not be learn and taught by the digital media, in the absence of the generous elders.
The simmering hostility that gets incorporated in the minds of the youth can destroy their career growth and the opportunities for them to reach the pinnacle of success.
The tender approach to affection gets slaughtered by the lustrous and evil eyes of some monsters, and the innocent and vibrant lives fall prey to them. This the basic requirement for women safety to limit the usage of social media because it may cause severe atrocities.
The young minds need guidance and support and if the parents are not capable enough to provide them with that, they will search for guidance in social media and, the probability of getting the wrong guidance greatly surpasses that of receiving the right one.
The media works at the speed of light and thus we are connected so closely that even the wrong ideas, news and messages get imparted so well and effortlessly tearing apart the very basics of knowledge and grasping the tender minds with wrong beliefs.
The world needs men with action and not merely with ideas. The world wants doers and not dreamers. Idea without implementation is worthless. Social media didn't teach our children this very virtue of hard work. The social media celebrities can never ever replace the traditional setup of teaching. The teachers can readily understand the thirst of the young mind and feed them with proper and thorough knowledge of kindness, compassion, ideology, hard work and the list is endless.
The idea is not to dawdle but to take the right measures in order to ensure a better future and a generous life for the young individuals and not to merely shut down their social media handles.
The fire blazing in the youth needs to be channelized. The potential possessed by them can change the world for the better, but before it is our utmost important duty to make them realize the adverse effects of social media .
The omnipotent mind is the key of any profound life. It is in the hands of the youth to create future of themselves, their country and their countrymen.
Asna Rashid
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