If you looked back decades ago, you would see that social media didn’t have such a huge effect on the youth, but nowadays, social media is almost part of everyone’s life. You might have seen the majorly of students using such social media platforms for different purposes, but ever since the pandemic hit us, most of us have started using social media. According to the statics, more than 82 people will use social media platforms in 2021. And these numbers gonna increase in the future. As you can see in the topic, we gonna talk about the role of social media in student’s life.
What Is Social Media?
Social media is an online connecting platform where people connect with their friends, family and more like them. All this takes place over specific applications and websites that provide such platforms to grow’s social circle. People often think social media is all about posting pictures and updating the status of one’s life. But these days, social media is widely used for sharing innovative ideas, information related to carrier, and mental peace; these days, news spreads faster through social media platforms. Communities across the world form their network over these social media platforms. If you check the statics, then according to the research among all the social platforms, WhatsApp is a widely used application among all.
Role Of Social Media In A Student’s Life
Again if you look at researchers and statics, you will find that around 95 per cent of students have access to electronic devices like mobile phones and computer devices. In the digital era, social media has become a necessity for marketing and communication and as educational platforms. We all have seen the phase of COVID-19 and lockdown; during that time, all the educational institutes were closed, and everyone had this social platform only where students could interact. So you can say social media is a platform to become a platform where you can get quick information related to anything.
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Again if you look at researchers and statics, you will find that around 95 per cent of students have access to electronic devices like mobile phones and computer devices. In the digital era, social media has become a necessity not just for marketing and communication but also as an educational platform. We all have seen the phase of COVID-19 and lockdown; during that time, all the educational institutes were closed, and everyone had this social platform only where students could interact. So you can say social media is a platform to become a platform where you can get quick information related to anything.
Educational Benefits
You have seen people saying the online method of studies is more effective than traditional classrooms because of the 24*7 availability, which gives students access to learning all the time. Also, social media offers both students and teachers a platform to interact freely. Students also get more exposure to get in touch with teachers around the globe by expanding their horizons. Also, due to social media, teachers also got more excess to their students, that is how they can express their knowledge more easily.
Easy Sharing And Excess
Due to social media, sharing information has been easy, and in the era of social media, everything is just one click away. Thus students easily can get useful information, projects, study material, practice paper, assignment help and all the other helpful details they require regarding their studies. Hence they can also share the same information with their fellow students too. Also, on social platforms, you can find everything from class notes to study materials, video lectures, etc. the best part of social media is unlike the classroom system, social media is free for everyone to use.
Online Classes
During quarantine time, we all have seen how classes were conducted, which proved to all of us that you do not need to fly thousands of miles. These methods come into the role at times like pandemics and long-distance learning. And social media became a new norm that helped students further to connect to their teachers and students at times like these. Indirectly; you can say social media has brought classrooms to everyone’s house.
Generate Awareness
There was a time when you needed to be an activist to raise your voice and awareness regarding something. But in the digital era of social media, it all is pretty easy; if you have a valid point, you will get support from the majority. So you can say students while scrolling their social media feed, gain new information every single day. They learn about everything from current affairs to general news. Any big news does not take minutes to flash on social media.
Bring Creativity Out
Due to social media, multiple students are able to showcase their talent and art. Also, those who aren’t comfortable get motivation from others, which helps these students in their personality grooming. Posting good photography, video editing, etc., is also an art; while looking for new things, students often generate new hobbies which help them channelise their free time and energy into good things.
Usage Of Social Media
So let’s see what statics say is the reason behind students using social media in such a considerable amount:
- There are around 79.7 per cent of students who use it to obtain new information.
- Around 74 per cent use social platforms to stay in touch with their friends.
- Fifty-five per cent use it in order to facilitate work.
- 447.1 per cent use these social platforms to stay in touch with their family mates.
- and last but not least, around 43.6 per cent use it for chatting purposes
The above-written statics are rough calculations, but you have an idea of how much social media plays a role in a student’s life.
The Final Thoughts:
Social media has good and bad effects, but it depends on you as a parent to keep track of your child’s activity, and as a student, you should focus on the good and informative part of this platform. But it is important to have exposure to social media because it’s not only a trend but the need for future social interaction, which has multiple usage and benefits. There we hope the above article is informative for you.
Originally posted 2022-07-07 08:32:14.