Effect Of Social Media
You should spend 40 minutes on this task.
Many people believe that effect of social media on both individuals and society has been negative. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Social networking sites, for instance Instagram, facebook, are thought by some to have had a detrimental effect on individual people as well as society and local communities. However, in my opinion, while I believe that such sites could prove to be beneficial to people, have turned out to have a larger negative impact.
With regards to individuals, social media has had a mixed impact on each individual. Let us begin by looking at some of the positives of social media. Firstly, people of different countries are brought together through sites such as facebook whereas before the development of technology, people were limited to their intermediate circle. Secondly, it allows room for interaction amongst like minded people. For example, people often create communities like writer’s or technician wherein they can share the information, useful for all.
Turning to the other side of the argument, social media also had its negative effects. The most common being the fact that people are more likely to interact with their peers online rather than building real life relationships. Furthermore, society is becoming increasingly disjointed and fragmented as people spend more and more time online with people they have never met face to face and who they are unlikely to meet in the future.
Overall, although social media has brought people together, it also has in some sense created unseen differences. The only possible way to get the best out of it is travel the middle way.
Hi. I wonder if you mean the following:
A. Intro: ..have turned out to have larger negative impact on the society
B. Should you have more arguments for the negative impacts than positive effects on people since you mentioned in the intro that sns have larger negative impacts
I look up to your essays because of your strong arguments. I just want to clarify it because im confused. Please let me know. Thank you.
* i meant B. More arguments for the negative impacts on the society than positive effects on people.
Could I have one argument for positive effects on individual and 2 for negative effects on the society?
Hey Lexi,
Yes, at the end of the day, it entirely depends on what you are standing for in the essay. Make sure you don’t say you think there are positive impacts in the introduction and end up saying everything negative in the essay.
Regards,
IELTS BAND 7 team
Hey Lexi,
Since this is an agree/disagree type of essay, yes, if in the introduction you have said you agree to the negative impacts more, in the main essay, there should be more of the negative impacts of the social media. However, since it is “to what extent” if there are some positive impacts that you feel, they should be given as well.
Hope it clarifies your doubt 🙂
Thanks for the model essay ????
But I am not sure of getting band score 7 for this essay????
Thanks