Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
- Napoleon Bonaparte 丨 French military and political leader.
Intro :
The basic idea of NewsPapers was to create a community to share ideas, thoughts, opinions, and general interests of peoples with the community. In the late 20th century the way of communicating was drastically changed, with the introduction of technology-based social media platforms.
Since then many platforms evolved such as Facebook, Google, Linkedin, and others. In the 21st century, this large cooperation has reserved many shares in the country's policymaking, internal issues, community issues, political shaping, and foreign relations. Many countries have created laws to govern these technological giants in terms of user data protection, privacy policy, criminal and civil aspects, user-generated content, etc.
India is the biggest market for these social media giants in terms of user potential, with nearly 70 crores internet users.
The Indian government has come up with a new set of rules and regulations to regulate social media platforms, messaging services, OTT platforms, and news portals. These regulations are called the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (Rules).
History :
The history of printing goes back to 220 AD for cloth printing, which appeared in China. Although printing, as well as paper, first appeared in China, it was in Europe that printing first became mechanized. Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg introduced the first movable type printing system in Europe, which has revolutionized the way of printing. By the ninth century, printing on paper had taken off, and the first extant complete printed book containing its date is the Diamond Sutra (British Library) of 868. By the tenth century, 400,000 copies of some sutras and pictures were printed, and the Confucian classics were in print.
The ease of printing makes publish the first Newspaper in 1575 named as 'the Relation aller Furnemmen'. In India 'Hicky's Bengal Gazette' was the first English-language newspaper published in the year 1780. Later many newspapers in regional languages published which sets the course of freedom moment for independent India.
The 20th-century witnessed many technological advances. The first recognizable social media site, 'Six Degrees', was created in 1997. It enabled users to upload a profile and make friends with other users.
Content :
The Social Media industry is a multi-billion dollars sector. There are Many Forms of Social Media includes photo sharing, blogging, social gaming, social networks, video sharing, business networks, virtual worlds, reviews, and much more. Even governments and politicians utilize social media to engage with constituents and voters. But the good things also carry some ill effects. Let us understand them in simple words as follows.
Appreciation -
- Building engaged communities :
- Social media is taking a role in defining areas for engagement and mobilizing individuals for civic action. It allows anyone the opportunity to spread social causes and participate in digital activism on various issues.
- It lets people share fun, interesting, and informative content. It gives businesses a way to engage with customers.
- The Influence of Social media is being used in ways that shape politics, business, world culture, education, careers, innovation, and more.
- In countries like India, Online Social Media can help to eradicate Old-Fashioned Traditions such as child marriage and sacrifices.
- Social media increases impact and knowledge of world events :
- Social media can be a vehicle for doing good. Giving every man a chance of making an impact in the community is very crucial. . It exposes them to essential issues not only in their community but all over the world as well.
- Social media outlets provide students with a platform to share their creativity and their ideas with a neutral audience and get an honest response.
- Today the youngsters use social media platforms to share their opinions and concerns about issues all over the world. Like the youngster running the climate impact campaign all over the world.
- Social media can help students learn essential job skills :
- In the era of increasing mechanization, jobs are shrinking sharply. But with that, the demand for skilled workers is increasing.
- According to CareerBuilder's 2016 social media recruitment survey, 60 % of employers use social networking sites to research job candidates.
- Many social sites such as YouTube, LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, and much more helping people to acquire new skills.
- Utilize social media to spread social awareness and kindness :
- People on Social Media can search for new information, explore new ideas, express themselves the way they want to, and connect with others all over the world. Social media can be a great platform for them to start campaigning for their rights and the rights of other people.
- Social media serves as a powerful tool for people and movements to share their stories, reaching new audiences across the globe.
- Social Media can be utilized for Coordinating band activities, fundraisers, and creating awareness of various causes.
- Platform to showcase technological savvy and creativity :
- Peoples today live in a revolutionized smartphone era, in which Wi-Fi and social media have become impeccable survival ingredients.
- The new technology such as Video Conferencing, Visual effects, VR, Artificial Intelligence can help you showcase visually not just your products and work but also your branding.
Criticism -
- Cyberbullying :
- While social media makes it easier to meet new people and make friends, it also enables cruel people to tear into others with little effort.
- These online attacks often leave deep mental scars and even drive people to suicide in some cases. And as it turns out, cyberbullying doesn't just affect kids. Adults can become victims of online abuse, too.
- Unfortunately, in India, there is no specific law that addresses 'Cyber-bullying'.
- General Addiction :
- Social media can be more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol. It has a powerful draw for many people that leads to them checking it all the time without even thinking about it.
- At the end of the day, social media sites want to keep you scrolling for as long as possible so they can show you lots of ads and make more money. Because of the attention economy, these sites need your eyes on them for as long as possible.
- Although it is not a popular social issue in India, In China they have opened special centers for counseling to social media addictive peoples.
- Depression and Anxiety :
- Spending too long on social networking sites could be adversely affecting your mood. In fact, chronic users are more likely to report poor mental health, including symptoms of anxiety and depression
- Social media lets you see the carefully selected best parts of everyone else's lives, which you compare to the negatives in your own life.
- Comparing yourself to other people is a sure path to anxiety, and social media has only made this easier to do.
- FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) :
- Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is a phenomenon that was born around the same time as the rise of social media. Unsurprisingly, it's one of the most widespread negative effects of social media on society.
- FOMO is just what it sounds like: a form of anxiety that you get when you're scared of missing out on a positive experience that someone else is having.
Conclusion :
India would become the most populous and most internet user nation by 2030. Social Media is the growing revolutionalize sector and with which it is the most concerning sector too. The western world has already made a draft to govern this technological giant in a responsible way. Indian policymakers can lead in this way or create their own plan regarding the future of Social Media platforms in India.
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