How has social media impacted American culture

Direct communication has lost its value in American society with people concentrating on interacting through the social media. The Internet provides dating apps which do not require people to meet physically. Social media addiction is, therefore, developing addiction especially to young adults, especially in decision making. Social media is currently of great impact on the modern American society affecting people’s perception toward relationship and also facilitating cyberbullying as discussed herein. Most of the current relationships are developed online with no physical meeting, which would be considered as the lesser impact of social media in our society. This is the main cause of cyberbullying as personal life is shaped on the basis of social media. “It occurs among individuals whose relationship is characterized by power imbalance” ((Stonard, et al.

The social media and real-life balance are developing as a major problem among young adults. It is even becoming hard for the family to come together and discuss matters patterning them due to social media effects. Cyberbullying and negative feedback from social media always lead to negativity and low self-esteem among youths. Many teens get themselves in social media relationships with negative perspectives or motives as they think they are right. “Studies shows that since more teens are involved in online sexual relationships, it put them more at risk for unhealthy or abusive dating behavior” (Stonard, et al. Major impacts associated with online bullying are depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts among individuals. Some online relationships have negative impacts from the partners which may lead to account deletion.