14 August 2022
Social media is very effective platform in different means and it is double edged sword that has it’s positivity and negativity, before the social media platforms become more available to the public everything that was presented to the people had to go through censorship, certain policy and discipline, the news and other programs were edited only by professional persons who intended to present decent content that can become a long term legacy, any presenter who cross over the strict censorship of public press laws was disqualified and low-graded, due to this strict policies the public press used to express very disciplined contents, the misleading of the media through news and other programs was very minimal and the spread of inaccurate news had never been close to what it is today.
EXCESSIVE USAGE OF THE SCREEN
There are millions of channels in All different platforms of social media like Facebook and YouTube, the desire and the goal of almost every influencer in social media is to gain attention instead of focusing on the quality of what is being presented to the audience, this attention seeking behavior leads to increased usage of the media and the more time you are on the screen will increase the risk of depression, social anxiety and the fear of missing out (FMO) which can damage our brain enormously, all such kinds of mental issues gradually makes the person a psychopath.
The famous figures in
social media are at higher risk of the mental issues that I mentioned in above because
of the fear of missing out that is caused by the constantly checking of their
posts turns them mentally disturbed individuals who only strive to entertain their
followers with fake life style and the consequence is exasperating.
The average person spends
3 to 5 hours on their phones which is tremendous amount of time and it is
growing roughly 13% annually, there are 4.480 billion active users on social
media in 2022.
According to Common Sense
media report nearly half of all children at the age of 8 and above have their
own tablet devices and spend around 2 – 3 hours on the screen
The increased time kids
spend on the screen disturbs their sleep and other brain developmental aspects
such as learning, understanding and physical activity, on the other hand it
also misleads them by misinforming the children with explicit Contents which are
not always exclusive for kids due to the lack of age restriction contents in some
of the social media platforms.
Misleading
From November 30 to
December 31 2021 a survey was conducted by the university of Minnesota faculty
of journalism 2,500 people were invited to participate the survey and more than
1,500 members of the US news media completed the questioner,
Among the findings 90.7
percent of respondents said the role social media companies play in delivering
the news results is a misleading, while 86.5 percent said social media
companies have too much control over the mix of news people see. Some 79.3
percent said social media has a mostly negative impact on the journalism
industry, and an overwhelming 94.3 percent of respondents blamed social media
for spreading inaccurate news.
The ability to spot fake
and inaccurate news is very low especially among the teen aged people, and
there is no one who is held responsible for this because the social media gives
full right to anyone to express his/her view.
Hate speech
Although Social media is
good platform for giving voice to the voiceless people it can also be used to
oppress and discriminate the minorities especially in my country Somalia there
is Huge bone of contention between the major tribes that Stigmatize each other in
social media especially in Facebook and Tik-tok. The massive spread of tribalism
and disgracing each other in tribe wise damage the feeling, dignity and morals
of some people which accelerates racism and hate speech among the society.
In some countries Social media
is a tool used to add fuel to the fire of Inter religious conflicts and
cultural discrimination, the media takes major role in erupting violent social
stigma that can destroy the unity of the society.
Spoiled contents
The thrilling and the excitement
it gives while creating Tiktok contents can encourage some to create shocking challenges,
I recently came across a bunch of videos that are intended to respond to a challenge
in Ttiktok which is really very shocking, some young teen are posting video of
dogs eating cereal from their mouth after pouring milk into it while the cereal
is in their mouth, such kind of videos have million views and such videos are
spreading intensively on the internet while dog’s saliva contain some Infection
that can harm the human, one of these infections is the bacteria called Capnocytophaga which contains the
saliva of Dogs that can spread to the human through biting, scratching or any other
close contact of the Dog’s saliva.
On the other hand, there are
some very famous tiktok stars in Somalia who always post videos that explicitly
show their intimate and erotic body parts with seductive and sexy body
expression and some have opened channels which are exclusive for twerking with
tight clothing whereas in our Islamic religion women should cover all their body
parts apart from face and palms as mentioned in the Quran women should lower
their gaze and guard their modesty as mentioned in the following verse
And
say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their
modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what
(must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their
bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, [a list of
relatives], [household servants], or small children who have no sense of the
shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw
attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together
towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss. 24:31