1 SCHOOL OF ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET STUDENT DETAILS Student name: Huỳnh Kim Bảo UNIT AND TUTORIAL DETAILS Unit name: Academic English Tutorial group: Individual essay Lecturer or Tutor name: Gabriel Ryan Student ID number: Unit number: Tutorial day and time: 21000803 Mon, Tue, Thur 15:30-18:45 ASSIGNMENT DETAILS The attractiveness of social networks to young people makes them more selfTitle: conscious and self-centered Analyze this statement Length 1200-1500 Due Date : words date: 2/1/2022 submitted: 2/1/2022 Home campus (where you are enrolled): WSB DECLARATION I hold a copy of this assignment if the original is lost or damaged I hereby certify that no part of this assignment or product has been copied from any other student’s work or from any other source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment I hereby certify that no part of this assignment or product has been submitted by me in another (previous or current) assessment, except where appropriately referenced, and with prior permission from the Lecturer / Tutor / Unit Coordinator for this unit No part of the assignment/product has been written/produced for me by any other person except where collaboration has been authorised by the Lecturer / Tutor /Unit Coordinator concerned I am aware that this work will be reproduced and submitted to plagiarism detection software programs for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism (which may retain a copy on its database for future plagiarism checking) Student’s signature: Bao Note: An examiner or lecturer / tutor has the right to not mark this assignment if the above declaration has not been signed The attractiveness of social networks to young people makes them more self-conscious and self-centered Analyze this statement Huỳnh Kim Bảo Western Sydney University AEn-T321WSB-7 Mr Gabriel Ryan January 2, 2022 Essay Nowadays, technologies have been improved magnificently in the 21st century With the development of the internet, social media has become one of the most popular things On social media, people can find and share information with others, where sellers and companies can find their potential customers and young people can frequently receive personal influence images from others Furthermore, social media is becoming an initial thing in human life, and because the attractiveness of it more and more people will join in this social media environment This essay will discuss the attraction of social media to people, especially young people, and the consequences of the effect of social media on people People use social media in many forms, such as transmitting information from one to another or getting inspiration for working, daily life, and goals from other people Social media has more than two billion active users, nearly one-third of the world's population (Statista, 2021) That has enhanced and consolidated the popularity of social media in today's world People use social media to communicate with their friends, family They share their daily life experiences with people through images and videos There are famous social media platforms to share memories, such as Facebook, youtube, Instagram, etc Besides sharing memories with others, people can find many things on social media, from trends, news to fashion, styles Therefore, social media has attracted a tremendous number of people using every day Not only more people use social media, but people also use social media more frequently than in history In 2012, people spent an average of one hour and a half using social media (Statista, 2021) In the next eight years, people spent an additional one hour more using social media add up to a total of two hours and a half One of the most popular uses of social media is personal influence Individuals usually upload their images about appearance, relationships, traveling, fitness, etc People who see these influence images may have motivation and inspiration to achieve their goals Besides personal influence, social media offers people many entertainments methods For instance, people usually see a funny video clip, a funny story, or meme images on social media These methods create for the viewer a pleasure time using social media and attract them to use it more Therefore, social media is an attractive place for people where it can take a lot of time, and people not even notice The attractiveness of social media can cause many negative and positive effects on people, especially young people The attractiveness of social media to people can have some consequences, which may affect young people In today's world, the number of people using social media is remarkable, and the major are young people When using social media, there is numerous information that has not been censorship With the massive network of information around the world uploading on social media, people can not control and validate all the data Therefore, young people can be affected negatively by misleading and unrestricted information on social media (Ngonso, 2019) Besides unchecked information, young people can be affected by personal influence images from other people People on social media usually see pictures such as appearance, relationships, food issues, etc These pictures can form a young people's mind about the standard of everything Social media is an efficient tool to transmit and reinforce many social-cultural messages (Garcia et al., 2012) Young people who use social media frequently usually have negative emotions when seeing other people's influence images For instance, a student who usually receives an average or below-average score sees other students' achievement in the study with excellent assessments on social media The student's feeling, who received an average score, may be affected and generate a negative effect on its mental health Besides the impact on personal's results in the study or work, young people may suffer from eating disorder habits Social media effectively transmits and forms beauty standards images, where millions of people share their results of work out via many platforms These images cause many people to misunderstand their values and try to change their body shape by changing habits in eating Without researching and following the wrong methods in eating, people can receive a bad result which may affect their physical health and conditions Therefore, people using social media should pay attention to what they see on social media It can unconsciously affect our mental and physical health by watching images and videos without any assessments of the information on social media However, there are some positive effects of the use of social media Social media is a place where people can share and receive new information, knowledge When using social media, numerous people have a similar interest in music, sports, books, etc These people will create a community on social media where they can share their hobbies with others With this advantage, people can have more leisure time using social media to enhance their hobbies and be open-minded Having people with the same hobbies and communicating with them is generates lots of positive effects for mental Besides, people should pay attention to the credibility of the information and be a person who knows how to select data on social media If people stay conscious of the images they see on social media, they can avoid pessimistic effects All the body pictures that social media generate are not the norm of beauty, which comes in various sizes and shapes (Nierengarten, 2017) People can avoid self-esteem when knowing social media has much invalid information With the numerous users, social media is a tool for fast accessing new trends People can be up to date about trends through social media where within minutes, people can find all the latest news Using social media to acknowledge trends is possible with many sources with high credibility But there is both positive and negative news on social media People can recover faster from the stress of negative information by exposure to positive news on social media (Longpre et al., 2021) Therefore, using social media can help people reduce the pressure from work and study by watching positive information People can improve their emotions and attitude toward things that upset them To sum up, people can gain lots of data and have a leisure time with all the positive by using social media In conclusion, social media is a place where people can share and find what they need or lack in daily life However, there is some dangerous potential of using social media, such as the negative emotions that affect people's mental or physical health by exposure frequently to personal influence images The unchecked information on social media can influence people to misunderstand things and mislead their awareness about the correct information On the other hand, people can have lots of leisure time using social media If they can raise their awareness about 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