Question

Do you think the time that South African youth spend on social mediacan affect their relationship? Give 3 reasons for your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes, South African youth spending time on social media may affect their relationship.

Explanation:

The youth in South Africa are similar to any other youth group around the world. Spending too much of time in social media platforms will have an adverse affect on the social lives of the youth population.

Three reasons why spending too much of time in social media will affect their relationship are:

(i) Lack of physical activities: One can stay connected in social media and the rest of the world within the four walls of the house. Too much of social media will reduce youth's participation in physical activities which are very necessary in establishing social relationship with people.

(ii) Social media influences: Most youths spend a lot of time in dating apps and other social meeting apps that they start to compare themselves with other people. This leads the youths to imbibe a superior-inferior complex.

(iii) Lack of developing social interactions: Youths who spend most of their time in social media may find it hard to interact with people face to face. They get so used to chatting through texts that verbal interaction becomes hard for them.