Social Media in the Philippines

Social media in our country

 Nowadays, we spend our time using our smartphones and of course most of us are using social media. But what is social media? On oxford dictionary, 
social media are websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

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 1. What are the benefits of social media in the Philippines?
— The benefits of the social media in our country is it helps complicated things easier or precise. It connects us to to the world; to people such as our friends & families, to the news because it makes us updated all the time. Social media can also makes us to be a better person. Because it helps us to express ourselves & to showcase our talents. For example, vlogging, covering songs & dance, writing & etc.

 2. What are the issues or challenges involving the social media in the Philippines?
— One of the issues are the cyberbullying. Many people are getting bullied in online world. They got bash & hates from different of people because of particular reasons. Another issue is getting addicted to social media. Most of us filipinos are addicted with social media some of them feels like they can't live without it. They were glued on them and worst things happens is they feel isolated. They got anxieties & insecurities that leads to depression.

3. Describe the impact of social media to the youth.

— It has a big impact. Like what i said earlier, some people feels like that they can't live without social media and most of them are the youth. Most of the youth are using social media apps such as Facebook, Twiter, Youtube, Snapchat, Instagram & more. The problem is some of them are addicted to it. And the worse thing is they lead themselves to danger. They isolate themselves and not being socially active in the real world. Sometimes they feel bad about themselves because of what they are seeing in those said apps. They get jealous of the others lives that makes them insecure & anxious. So as a youth, we need to balance using social media. It is okay to use social media but not too much. Because too much is always bad. Social media can help in the way of being connected to the world but it has disadvantages that we need to avoid as a youth