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unethical use can be harmful !!!!

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social media is very useful but harmful also

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Social media has always been the place where people talk, but with people being isolated, it has become the only place people talk. Because of this, it is undoubtedly the most important channel for brands to focus on right now.

With people spending more time online, social platforms are the perfect place for brands to connect with their audiences. There has never been a better time to capitalise on building relationships with their audiences.

To do this, brands can:

Increase their social presence during the lockdown. People are desperate for new, fresh content — so give it to them!

Check in with your audiences without trying to make a sale. Focus on how they are feeling and show you really care.

Encourage engagement and respond to comments as soon as possible. Since audiences are online for longer than usual, it’s a great opportunity to converse with them; but only if you respond quickly.

Optimise your content for SEO — find the right keywords and utilise them in your digital and social content for maximum exposure.

kajananthan,617151788

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Amidst this Covid-19 lockdown, many of the people have switched to the increasing use of social media websites and other apps to pass on their spare time. It is no longer a hidden fact that the usage of social media websites such as Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, and WhatsApp have unnecessarily surged high than routine. Physical activities such as running, walking, jogging, etc. have now been replaced by social media activities such as virtual fitness classes, continuous newsfeed browsing, and video chats.

Health anxiety, depressive disorders, somatic complaints, anxiety, insomnia, agitation, etc. are distress calls associated with the compulsive use of social media and/or the internet. Furthermore, social media has become a common mean which might lead to marginalization, associated stigmas, communalism, hatred, violence, etc. Domestic violence against women has also seen a rising influence amidst this Covid-19 lockdown phase.

Yet, in such times, social media has benefitted individuals with myriads of advantages. Firstly, it has allowed people to stay in touch with each other and share information about physical and emotional well-being. It has enabled us to spare time and re-connect with our lost contacts right from the comfort of our homes.

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What Is Social Media?

Social media is a computer-based technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information through the building of virtual networks and communities. By design, social media is Internet-based and gives users quick electronic communication of content.

Why do we need social media?

Why is social media important? Social media is important because it allows you to reach, nurture, and engage with your target audience — no matter their location. When a business can use social media to connect with its audience, it can use social media to generate brand awareness, leads, sales, and revenue.
During a time of social distance and limited contact with others, social media became an important place to interact. Social media platforms are meant to connect people and helped the world remain connected, largely increasing usage during the pandemic. Since many people are asked to remain home, they have turned to social media to maintain their relationship and to access entertainment to pass the time. During the pandemic many challenges spread across social media, potentially to link individuals to one another and to bring entertainment of the individual's attempts. Furthermore it increase in the use of distance learning and social media for educational and communication purposes.
The study findings indicate that the increasing use of Facebook (FB) for professional purposes improves students’ communication and collaboration during distance learning courses. High activity on FB and LinkedIn (LKND) is important for communication with educators. In line with engagement theory, active participation in distance classes and high assessment of the online tools used positively influence the processes of communicating and collaborating among students.. It is a quick way for people to get to know each other, even if they're living across the world from one another. So, we can get lot of uses by social media during this lockdown.

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Firstly, I like to say covid-19 virus is the trending miracle changing point for the world.

Since March 2020, the world has been locked indoors due to the ongoing covid 19 pandemic.
Amidst the covid 19 lockdown many of the people have switched to the increasing use of social media websites and other apps to pass on their spare time. It is no longer a hidden fact that the usage of social media websites such as facebook,instagram,tiktok twitter and whatsapp unnecessarily surged high than routine.

Physical activities such as running ,walking,jogging ,etc.have now been replaced by social media activities such as virtual fitness classes,continues newsfeed browsing and video chats.
Health anxiety ,depression disa ders,somatic complaint  anxiety ,insomnia ,agitation ,etc are distress calls associated with the complusive use of social media and / or the internet furthermore ,social media has become a common mean which might lead to marginalization ,associated stigmas,communalism,hartred,violence tec.

At least I like to say,
All social media help to us for freshly during these covid  19 lockdown period...

W.P.T.Sewwandi
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, those in lockdown have embraced social media like never before. Since people can’t hang out with their colleagues , clients and prospects in real life, they’re connecting virtually  on every platform possible. During this time of social distance and limited contact with others, social media became an important place to interact. Social media platforms are meant to connect people and helped the world remain connected, largely increasing usage during the pandemic. Since many people are asked to remain home, they have turned to social media to maintain their relationships and to access entertainment to pass the time.
The prevailing situation has brought another aspect of social media into light recently. That is social media marketing. Many people have turned to social media as a platform to market their products and services and it has proven to be very promising for emerging entrepreneurs to establish their businesses. This also helps circulation of money in a period where economy of the country has seemingly receded. All in all social media has become somewhat major economic platform as well as an entertainment platform.
M.P.M.Moraes
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Covid-19 pandemic has affected for every field and sectors all over the world. In this lock down,  social media became a great way to communicate and stay connected  with each other while even without  any physical connection.
There has been a huge increase of number of people, who spend there most of time in  online, reading news, watching videos and using social media platforms.
As an undergraduate student, I did 98% of my studies in online method and still doing. In my point of view, use of social media is very helpful for us as students during this lockdown. It is a great platform with lot of learning resources. We can access to them without using any hard effort and also we don't need to spend lot of money to use it. Except that we can use social media to maintain our relationships, for our entertainment and also as a promotional  tool  for business. As an example, we can do most of interesting activities like playing games together with our friends , watching dramas and movies etc.
As well as use of social media too much can distract people from there main intentions. Addiction to use social media is really harmful because it will gave us lot of dangerous side affects. It is better to use it by knowing all the limitations.

Anuradha Nandasena - 220262285

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According to me,
Social media has both advantages and disadvantages. But during this pandamic situation we get lots of advantages from social media.
During Covid-19, the world discovered that social media is the great way for individuals and communities to stay connected even while physically separated.
With the advant of social media, not only we learning the latest news updates, we also using pltaforms like zoom, ect to provide education resources to the dtudents and platforms like facebook, instagram, twitter to provide personal and business updates.
Also we have some disadvantages by using this social media. The main disadvantage of the social medai and its roleis spreading fake nees and facts.

E.R.V.WIMALASENA
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My critical learning experience is online learning .

Listing lecture  : when we doing face to face to face it was helped to me a lot but when doing in online i could not concentrate it

Reading books:  Books of our every subject it is very help full but doing online reading  i could not feel  that subjects

Complete assignment : in every subject have assignment or projeCt it will help for to understand our subjects.

I take do assignment . It is helped to me lot.
When I do the assignment i will search in Internet,books ,or discuss of our friends .I could get clear idea about that subject and also my doubt will be clear when discuss about assignment .

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During the covid-19 pandemic, social media have become very popular and it was one of the main information provider to people.
With the sudden lockdown it helps to educate about this pandemic situation and give idea about the precautions need to take.
With this pandemic and the consequences, improving mental health and overcome mental stress and fear of the people was one of the most important task.
According to the experience I had during this period social media has encouraged people to use their time to do something they love.
Some people started gardening, painting, cooking, may be starting a new youtube channel, freelancing and many more.
With that people had good mental health according to my feeling social media has given high influence to this.
even though people forced to stay at home and need to keep social distancing in these days social media platform have connected people and supported to aware about the pandemic.
S.A.M.N.Manupriya - 520270160

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With the lockdown, became a big change in the lifestyle of the people. All interactions between people were limited and they had to spend time at home. In such an era, social media has become an essential service today.
In the time of social isolation, social media has been a great help in maintaining close relationships with others. It has also been used on social media to reduce people's stress, to take their leisure time and to find entertainment. Thus social media also plays an important role in raising awareness about the covid-19 epidemic in the world today and the current situation in the country.
However, due to the lockdown, the use of social media such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, Tiktok, Youtube, Instagram in the world today has increased abnormaly. As a result, it has been found to adversely affect the mental and physical health of many people.

K.A.D.S.Jayalal - 717142813

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According to my point of view, social media has almost become an essential platform in the modern society. Because most of the people interact on social media especially during this pandemic situation. So it's pretty easy to bring a new brand, new business or whatever thing towards people through a social media platform, and also social media has become the main income source of some people such as YouTubers, social media consultants, page admins, etc. And also People could learn about new things through social media.
However, everything has advantages and as well as disadvantages. We can take above mention facts as several advantages of social media. When we talk about disadvantages i must say that it's on our hands either getting advantages or disadvantages. If we didn't use social media platforms efficiently we would end up with nothing. For examples, some people are using fake accounts on social media platforms like Facebook to do some inappropriate things, and someone could use these platforms just to timepass. it's good to use social media to relax after a tough time but if it goes beyond the limit, will end up with nothing. if that person a student might cause to failed an exam or if that person is an employee might cause to lost his/her job. So we should aware how to use social media and control social media but don't let social media to control us.

K.D.K.N Kaushan - 320274539

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With the advancement of technology today we can see different types of social media platforms in the world. Many people around today use social media. Of these Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram are famous platforms.
Countries around the world, unfortunately, fell victim to covid-19 diseases and countries were lockdown as one remedy for it. People had to stay at home for days, weeks, months.
Because of that reason, in my opinion, people get using social media more than before. As time went on everything started to do through social media. People started working online, students started studying online, got essentials goods ( vegetables, foods, medicines etc) online, exchanging messages with loved ones etc. Also, people got help from social media for entertainment, find useful information, for spent their boring lockdown days. All of this happened on social media platforms. More than ever. This is an epidemic, so it's good to do things through it.
I think this was tempting because it was easy to use. Also, we can see the advantages and disadvantages here. If we can see only the advantages of this and used it properly, social media is a good and very useful platform for everyone.
R.M.T.A.B. RANASINGHE - 116951346

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My idea about the use of social media during lockdown.

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My idea about the use of social media during lockdown.

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Social media became an essential location to engage during a period of social distance and restricted interaction with people. Social media platforms are designed to connect people, and they have helped the globe stay connected by significantly boosting usage throughout the epidemic. Since many individuals have been ordered to stay at home, they have resorted to social media to preserve ties and find amusement to pass the time.

M.M.G.M.Bandara-416950055

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Social media platforms are meant to connect people and helped the world remain connected, largely increasing usage during the pandemic.During a time of social distance and limited contact with others, social media became an important place to interact.
However, social distancing has forced lifestyle changes for many people, which put a strain on mental health.many people are asked to remain home, they have turned to social media to maintain their relationships and to access entertainment to pass the time.
For COVID-19, social media can have a crucial role in disseminating health information and tackling infodemics and misinformation.

420262870 - G.V.A.P.P.Vithanage

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COVID-19 is an epidemic that has affected the entire world at an unexpected moment. When the disease was first diagnosed in late 2019, it was thought to exist in only one country. The growth of social media over the last decade has been phenomenal. The advent of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram has helped us in many ways to communicate better. In difficult times like an epidemic, the need for social media to move information quickly from one place to another is unavoidable. For example, when a complete lockout was announced in March 2020, people were unable to recover from the trauma for some time, and social media platforms largely helped them to know what should and should not happen.

(W.B.S Fonseka - 320258906)

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The growth of social media has been phenomenal over the past decade. The advent of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram has been helping us in a lot of ways, especially to communicate better. In tough times like a pandemic, the need for social media is inevitable in order to pass the information from one place to another in a quick manner. For example, when a complete lockdown was announced in March 2020, people were unable to come out of the shock for sometime and it was the social media platforms that helped them to a large extent in knowing what would function and what wouldn’t during the lockdown.
( A.S.H Fernando - 716951197)

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During these lock down season most of the people spend their time with the social media. Some people are addicted to watch the TV. But, nowadays we can see that the television hasn't broadcast useful programs. Not only that but I also over use social media I think.(D.G.M.N. 419220056)

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Before the lockdown i traveled or spend the most of in outside . I met my friends, relative physically and i enjoyed my life .That time i spent some of time for using social media.
In after the lock down everything has changed .Everything need to do in online .
And i could not go anywhere . I spend most of time in social media.  Firstly i enjoyed the social media because new content . I could see how other Country peoples lifestyles . It is different perspective when we look a world face to face.
But when I got addicted to use this social media ,  stay away from family i could not speak properly with my neighbours also . It makes me the laziness .

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Nitharshini

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Social media platforms are among the most extensively utilized information sources in the world; quick and inexpensive internet access, as well as a vast number of registered users, make them one of the simplest and most successful means to transmit information. Whether it's a sporting event, a sickness, or a natural disaster, the overall response is usually a bigger hunt for information.

A notable example is the peak of information searches on the Internet and social media platforms in China, which occurred 10-14 days before the peak of COVID-19 cases, demonstrating that searches on the Internet and social media networks have a proven association with disease incidence.

Social media platforms have also proven useful for the general public to maintain communication with friends and family in order to prevent isolation and boredom, which have been linked to anxiety and long-term suffering, and have therefore become an important recommendation for reducing isolation at home.

(J.Kaushalya - 519217260)

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According to my opinion ,during this  pandemic situation Social media has become  necessary part  of our life, because our all activities are done using social media such as ordering foods cloths medicine and goods etc. also as the students we learn via online through social media with video conservations, Today Social  media is important from nursery education to higher studies. All lessons are done via social media so anyone can participate and learn .Moreover we can share our ideas with friends, neighbors and relatives using social media during lockdown. also employers work from home via social media without not going to offices then everyone can save their time and save lives. Because time is not wasted for transportation and not interacting with others face to face etc.          ( M.M.C.Umayangani)  

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According to my opinion ,during this  pandemic situation Social media has become  necessary part  of our life, because our all activities are done using social media such as ordering foods cloths medicine and goods etc. also as the students we learn via online through social media with video conservations, Today Social  media is important from nursery education to higher studies. All lessons are done via social media so anyone can participate and learn .Moreover we can share our ideas with friends, neighbors and relatives using social media during lockdown. also employers work from home via social media without not going to offices then everyone can save their time and save lives. Because time is not wasted for transportation and not interacting with others face to face etc.          ( M.M.C.Umayangani)  

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Social media is very important to us during this pandemic situation. Everyone stay at home in this time. So we do our all works using social media. Workers work in online. We do our studies online as students. Social media is the best communication media in this pandemic situation. We can communicate and get important information in short time. But it has some dangerous side. Sometimes some people are sharing fake and impolite details through social media. It is the major problem in this time. As mentioned above both of advantages and disadvantages are happening through social media in this pandemic situation.

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Social media is very important to us during this pandemic situation. Everyone stay at home in this time. So we do our all works using social media. Workers work in online. We do our studies online as students. Social media is the best communication media in this pandemic situation. We can communicate and get important information in short time. But it has some dangerous side. Sometimes some people are sharing fake and impolite details through social media. It is the major problem in this time. As mentioned above both of advantages and disadvantages are happening through social media in this pandemic situation.

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Anuradha Ranasinghe - 119213730