A power pint slide on Effects of Social Media

1. Social Networking Effects
Presented By:- Group Alpha
Semester: Spring 2018
Course: ENG 113
Group Members:
 Tahmid Bin Sajed Khan (181-15-11328)
 Emtiyez Ahmed Rony (181-15-11062)
 Md. Mostafizur Rahman (181-15-11064)
 Shrijon Deb Tushar (181-15-11303)
 Mehedi Hasan Maruf (181-15-11065)
Department of CSE, DIU
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2. Introduction:
 Social networking is the use of internet-based social media programs to make
connections with friends, family, classmates, customers and clients.
 Social networking can occur for social purposes, business purposes or both
through sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Classmates.com, google
classroom etc.
 Social networking can also help one's business through social contacts by
making connections through individuals, often through social media sites such
as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn , Google+ etc.
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3. Some Popular Social Networking Platforms:
 The following Top 5 Social Networking Platforms are arranged in order of
popularity :-
 Facebook
 YouTube
 WhatsApp
 WeChat
 Instagram
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4. Statistical Ranking:
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5. Mobile Platform:
 More than half of Bangladesh’s one population is under 35 years of age and is
at the forefront of mobile phone revolution.
 For 2017 the number of mobile phone users is forecast to reach 4.77 billion.
 The number of mobile phone users in the world is expected to pass the five
billion mark by 2019.
 In 2016, an estimated 62.9 percent of the population worldwide already
owned a mobile phone.
 More than 50% of youth in metro city prefers Whatsapp/Messenger over SMS.
 Increased irrational use, prank calls, unwanted message/interaction.
 Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp handle 60 billion messages a day.
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6. Some Facts:
 Bangladesh has 80 million Internet users, on an average, Bangladeshi web
users spend 26 minutes online each day.
 Age group of 15-24 are the highest number of social media users, on an
average Facebook is visited atleast thrice a day.
 67 percent of the teenagers are friends with strangers!!
 Cases of Cyber bullying, Fake Profiles are increased in a huge number.
 Thoughts of the youth are being manipulated with increase in use of websites.
 The internet has 3.5 billion users.
 There are 3.03 billion social media users.
 A new social media account is created every 15 seconds.
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7. Social Video Statistics:
 Facebook now sees 8 billion average daily video views from 500 million users.
 Snapchat users also sees 8 billion average daily video views.
 78% of people watch online videos every week, 55% watch every day
 It’s estimated that video will account for 74% of all online traffic in 2017.
 300 hours of video are uploaded to Youtube every minute.
 People now watch 1 billion hours of YouTube videos every day.
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8. Negative effects:
 Teens who use Facebook more may have psychological disorders, including
antisocial behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies.
 Can be Distractive. People check Facebook/Whatsapp very frequently.
 The Desire to Compare: We compare ourselves to others in terms of looks,
travelled destinations, shopping sprees, friends and so on.
 Radiation: Phone calls, internet over phone, even idle phone has a lot of
radiation around it.
 Eye Problems: Prolonged use of display screens may weaken eye sight.
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9. Negative effects (Continued):
 Addiction: Internet shopping, online chatting can be addictive.
 Effect on health: Sitting all day in front of laptops/computers may disturb
body metabolism.
 Reduction in physical activities.
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10. Positive effects:
 Helps in conversation around the world.
 Data, information can be exchanged easily.
 Money over SMS can be saved by using whatsapp.
 Information can be directly sent to large number of people easily.
 Helps in avoiding boredom.
 A local Businessperson may expand his business over websites.
 Helps in making friends and meeting new people.
 Helps in seeking new job offers.
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