• Social media aids the spread of hate groups.

Social media facilitates cyber bullying

Negative social
media use Social media can entice people to waste time because a survey of internet users aged 16-64 found that the
average daily time spent on social is 1.72 hours, which accounts for 28% of total time spent

Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information because 64% of people
who use Twitter for news say that they have encountered something they later discovered wasn't
true, and 16% of twitter news users say that they had retweeted or posted a tweet they later discov-
ered to be false.

Social media enables the spread of unreliable and false information.

Effects of negative
social media

people who use social media are prone to social isolation.

Criminals use social media to commit and promote crimes because gangs use the sites to recruit
younger members, violent crimes and threaten other gangs.

The Christian identity a faction of the supremacist group Aryan nations uses social media to re-
cruit members.

follow your local politicians and candidates.

Healthy social
media use

Go viral with your message

social media helps people who are socially isolated or shy connect with other people.

Crowd source ring" and crowdfunding on social media allows people to collectively ac-
complish a goal.

organize a local service project. spread the word out what's already happening.
Examples of healthy
social media

Social media is good for the economy Because face book add $227 billion and 4.5
million jobs to the global economy in 2014.

Social media can help disarm social stigmas because the sticks and stones campaign uses twitter.
Social media allows for quick easy dissemination of public health and safety information
from reputable sources

social media allows people to improve their relationships and make new friends.
Benefits of healthy

social media helps empower business women.

social media

Social media sites help employees and jobseekers find work because 96% of recruiters use social
media in the recruiting process.

colleges and universities use social media to recruit and retain students. 96.6% of four-year institu-
tions use Facebook to recruit students, 83.4% use twitter and 79.3% use YouTube.