User:Kritika Rajbhandari/sandbox

Introduction
Social media is all the rage in the world today. There is almost some kind of social netwroking connection for everyone these days, with the smart phone and internet industry on the rise, people spend more time staring at their phone screens. Social media has become one of the largest global communication channels with various networking sites having millions of active users from all around the world.

Impacts
It's undeniable that the Internet and Social media has brought the world closer and made communication rather easier,but it can't be ignored that it's creating an addiction among a lot of people especially in the millenial generation. More and more research has been published in the recent times about people using their phones more than normal. A 2016 study by Nielsen Social has stated that an average adult spends a quater of a day on social media in a week. This growth in social media usage has reduced people's interatction with the real world, nature and actual human interactions. It's brought to life various terms such as Phubbing  which means avoiding the interactions in your company in favor for your phone. A very serious concern Social media has raised in the recent times is the cahllenges that go viral. There are some challenges done like the Ice Bucket Challenge to spread awareness about the Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease. Whereas other challenges such as the Kiki challenge that have caused many accidents among alot of the people.