Benefits Of Online Social Networking

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Even though online social networking gives benefits toward improving the quality of the workers’ life, issues and problems still occur if it is not used properly. Such issues related to quality of life influenced by social networking at working places are the issue of confidentiality, integrity and threats to the privacy and security of health information. With the existence of social networking platform, the way people socialize among themselves has also changed drastically. Communication is done in a leisure way, anytime and anywhere and it happens to affect people’s daily routines too. It has raised many questions about the long-term consequences of the development of online social networking use with the existence of smartphones that …show more content…

Sometimes, a worker can spend more than 8 hours per day sitting in front of their computers while doing their works and also browsing the Internet. This is because Internet can become too addictive to someone if they are so into it. This can affect their health condition such as irritation of eyes caused by staring too long at the computer screen, back pain, waist pain, migraine or cramp. For someone who is too dedicated to their working places, there is a tendency for them to neglect their health condition by forgetting health responsibilities by not taking lunch and break and refusing to take a break. This can be worse if the workers use the Internet for too long as this addiction can lead to eating disorders, high blood pressure or even heart problem. For someone who is working too long, this can be a dangerous situation for them because the factors can cause to mild sickness and some of the workers might be admitted into the hospitals. This can decrease the level of someone’s quality of life in terms of health …show more content…

They are too dependent on the use of social media and interacting with people from the Internet that they don’t think there is a need to socialize with people around them. This can affect someone’s personality and other people might stay away from someone who spends way too much. Isolation might happen to this type of people as they tend to separate themselves from the real life situation. This can be one of the reasons why someone’s quality of life can