How to be safe online!

STAY SAFE ONLINE

Staying safe online is easy if you follow these simple steps:

1. Privacy settings: Privacy settings keep people you don't know from accessing your personal details like where you live and your phone number. People who don't use their settings are able to be viewed by anyone in the world, you ma think why they are important so here is an example a girl who didn't put her privacy settings was viewed and then followed by a older man and then she  was so scared she called the police.                                                                          
2. Personal info: DON'T post personal information on the internet, If this is done people will potentially be able to find out your number,address,and anything you post about yourself, in some situations you can end up being bullied by someone you don't know because you have posted private information.Thing not to post are you address,phone number, school, email or other applications.                                                                                                                                      
3. Personal photos: Don't post photos of your self that are revealing or photos that show you doing certain things as people may look at these photos and bully you, a good rule to go buy is don't post anything that you wouldn't want your parents seeing as this will keep you safe.                                      
4.  Passwords: Keep all your passwords secure , this keeps hackers from posting lies and cyber-bulling you , if you don't keep passwords safe you are open to everyone and your account can be changed by any one at any time. An example of one the consequences for not keeping your passwords safe will be people posting lies and thing to friends and you will lose close friends       
5. Blocking: One way to keep safe online is by blocking people, usually on a website they will have  a block button,this button is to be used when someone is saying something which is making you uncomfortable , the worst thing you can do is continue to talk to this person as you will eventually become too scared to talk. Never give anyone personal pictures what ever they threat.                                                                                                                                                
6. Unsafe emails; If you have received an email or message with rude and unpleasent things DON'T reply just report the sender.If a message is sent to you saying download this for some sort of offer DON'T download as it may be a virus just put it into spam.

The advantages

1-Increased criminal prosecution because of social media

The police department began using Twitter back in 2011 to track criminals foolish enough to brag about their crimes online. 

2-Social networking creates new social connections

Statistics show that 70% of adults have used social media sites to connect with relatives in other states, and 57% of teens have reported making new friendships on social media sites.

3-Students are doing better in school

This is an interesting statistic about the pros and cons of social media and its effect on students doing well in school. Students with internet access at a rate of 50% have reported using social networking sites to discuss school work, and another 59% talk about instructive topics.

4-Better quality of life

If you want to talk about the pros and cons of social media, take a close look at all the support groups on Facebook. Members of these groups discuss their health conditions, share important information, and resources relevant to their conditions while creating strong support networks.

5-Social media as a source of employment

Job sourcing has gone modern thanks to social media. Sites such as LinkedIn are a major resource that 89% of job recruiters take advantage of when looking to hire potential employees

Now the disadvantages

1-Social media and the news

Much of the news information that people read about comes from social media websites, and that figure estimate is around 27.8 %. This figure ranks just under print newspapers at 28.8%, greater than radio’s figure of 18.8% and far outpaces the figure for other print publications at just 6%.

2-Too much misinformation

With the advent of the web, people started to create their own websites and blogs. While many of those blogs were just basic diaries, a few of them were about topics like health and politics while others were how to blogs.

Many blogs have turned into rumor mills, spreading misinformation that people tend to believe just because it’s on the web.

3-Pupils spending too much time on social media sites have lower academic grades

Here is another argument about the pros and cons of social media as it pertains to students. Statistics show that pupils using social media too often tend to have GPA’s of 3.06 compared to GPA’s of 3.82 for pupils who don’t use social media.

An even scarier fact is that students who use social media tend to score 20 % lower on their test scores then their counterparts.

4-Social media sites to blame for lost productivity

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are a direct cause for lost productivity at the workplace. In a survey 36 % of people said that social networking was the biggest waste of time in comparison to activities like fantasy football, shopping, and watching television.

5-Social media is the cause for less face to face communication

One last discussion about the pros and cons of social media is a lack of one on one communication. In a 2012 study families who reported spending less time with one another rose from a level of 8% in 2000 to 32% in 2011.

The study also reported that 32 % of the people in the survey either were texting or were on social media sites instead of communicating with each other during family gatherings.