한국외대 ESSAY. SNS의 장단점

For the past few decades, it has been generally argued on whether or not SNS, Social Network Services, gives benefits to people. Some people might insist that SNS give people negative influences in terms of people getting addicted to SNS and being exposed to useless information often posted on their or their friend’s SNS account; nevertheless, other people might think that SNS is greatly beneficial to people because it allows them to contact with each other in a short time no matter where they are. However, I think that SNS give more positive effects than negative effects. Actually, I have some reasons to support my idea which I will explain and develop as specifically as I can in the next following paragraphs: communication   To begin with, SNS allows people to communicate with one another by just posting their status and sharing their ideas. Through globalization, the world is rapidly becoming a mammoth network. Official language, English, is being used to communicate in official meetings such as the G20, and in national groups such as the United Nations (UN). Furthermore, individuals in one part of the world can contact another person in the other side of the world by just clicking on a button. SNS offers contact in many ways such as images, videos, live chatting, live video chatting, status updates and sharing. Through all these methods, it is possible for the world to view and share trendy fashion as well as thoughts that makes the whole world a lot similar to each other. Some people might argue that media such as the news, magazines or radio carried the role to spreading information from the past until today and also insist that they are the most efficient ways to spread words. Nevertheless, it is not a hard thing to notice that internet has grown to be the fastest network that our world have ever experienced and thanks to the development of smart phones, viewing information on the net has suddenly accelerated. In my case, I keep in touch with my friends across the sea through one of many SNS called Facebook. It is a very unique SNS that provides contact and relation with other people by showing friends of a user’s registered friends that the users might know.    To continue with, SNS is an effective way to share ideas. On the web, we can post our own ideas and insistence of a phenomenon or political situation. All the fields including politics, economy, culture and even entertainment are all becoming integrated to each other and furthermore, through globalization, all of them are becoming closely related with other countries. In politics, politicians such as Sung Jae Gi (1967, 08 08~ 2013, 07, xx), who was the leader of the United Men, often used SNS such as Twitter as a means of spreading his words through updating his status, sharing links of videos, posting his own videos or even images. In economy fields, many companies advertise their products to all the users using particular SNS sites with comparatively less money than on air. Actually, I had bought some useful products advertised in Facebook. Psy, a singer from Korea who became famous because of Gangnam Style, made use of You Tube and became popular even without noticing. Yet, some people might disagree with my idea since they consider SNS as a way of threatening information to spread. They maintain that explicit materials are shared and posted by users without any limits. However, it is not a hard thing to figure out that online polices work hard to arrest the people who posted harmful information and they block threats as soon as they find it. Consequently, SNS is a safe way to share our ideas and obtain information.  As a conclusion, SNS can be used not only for communicating with people but also for sharing ideas with the world. Through its rapid internet base, people can easily talk and share their current situation from another part of the world and anyone can post his or her ideas on SNS to make a better world. As long as the internet polices exist, I am strongly convinced that SNS is a useful means of communicating and sharing ideas.