Social Media debated - Anurag Joshi & Sakshi Valanjoo

Good morning to one and all present over here, I am Anurag Joshi of XC and I am going to speak a few words on the topic:

SOCIAL MEDIA: A BOON

Connectivity is probably the biggest factor that promotes an individual to get involved with social media. Even if I am in India I can be in contact with my friends wherever they may be.

It is beneficial for old people too, as senior citizens can be in contact with each other without disturbing the other members of the family.

Recently a terrorist named as Shahbad was encountered by our Indian army. When he uploaded his video on YouTube, his last location was traced by our army and then he was encountered and killed. Now India is not like as it was in the past, it is developing with a great speed. We have launched a project named as ‘I in the sky’. This means that India is the only country after USA that has its own independent GPS system. Though this system can’t be used by local people it can be used by our Indian army. So social media helps the army to keep a track on terrorist activities at the borders.

E-Commerce gives an individual a wider spectrum or a varied dimension related to the price, quality and rating of a product.If the customer is not satisfied by the product, he/she can send back the product or lodge a complaint and the amount paid is refunded into the account immediately.

Our P.M. had launched a blog named as ‘NaMo India’. With the help of this blog one can be in touch with the P.M. and problems faced by the citizens are resolved efficiently.

Social media is also beneficial for the Upliftment of the villages. We all know that education is at the root of economic development and social media goes to the roots of India and educates the village folk. Farmers are taught innovative agricultural methods, effective use of fertilizers and seeds to enable them to get a surge in their profits.

Slowly we are observing a change in the attitude and the mentality of the people. Earlier the people didn’t respect women, but after reading messages and opinions on social media related to the girl child or gender equality we have started becoming broad minded. Every incident that happens is discussed. It is due to social media that the Honourable Prime Minister was able to successfully launch and bring into effect Demonetisation and the Voluntary Income Disclosure Scheme. India is marching towards becoming a Global Leaderand one of its allies is the Social Media.

So social media is helping us in the all- round development of the nation so according to me Social media is of a Boon to Society.

III THANK YOUlll

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SOCIAL MEDIA IS A CURSE TO SOCIETY

Good Morning to the respected judges & my dear friends.

My name is Sakshi Valanjoo & I am here to oppose my friends’ view. I believe that social media is a bane to the society.

I oppose my friend’s view about E-Commerce.

E-Commerce sites may dupe an innocent customer. It is difficult to ensure security & privacy of online transactions. Delays & wrong deliveries are frequent issues in E-Commerce. A customer had ordered Nikon DSLR and do know what he received? Instead of Nikon DSLR, he received Patanjali Soaps.

Recently, there was a case wherein 6 victims suffered from cyber bullying. It is a way of bullying someone by using electronic forms of contact. Through cyberbullying one can misuse the electronic information & mass media to harass & devastate people. It includes sending threats & obscene messages. The problem is that there is very little distinction left between the real& the virtual world anymore. Victims suffer silently from low self-esteem, depression & suicidal tendencies. A recent case concerns Varnika Kundu. She was kidnapped & assaulted by 2 stalkers late at night. Certain perverted individuals embarrassed her on social media by posting false pictures of her with the stalker.

Teenagers, are the most affected by addiction of social media. They spend hours everyday, updating their status and stories, uploading pictures, chatting with friends & what not. There is a desperate desire to check & share messages continuously. Therefore the focus becomes the digital world & a person becomes less engaged in the physical world of relationships. Health problems is one of the greatest issues created by social media. It leads to wrong postures, neck pain , vertebrae disorders, damaged eyesight, disrupted sleep & so on. Social media can put a company’s reputation at risk and easily ruin someone’s credibility. In December, 2013, a Lacoste employee lost his job for posting the confidential agreement on Instagram.

I also disagree with my worthy friend’s opinion on Anti-Terrorism. Terrorist organizations depend upon the open media systems of democratic countries to create pain & instill terror. They release threatening videos of beheading & such atrocities. The same connectivity which my worthy friend was extolling had proved to be disastrous to our country in the Taj Attack.

Online games are very attractive & addictive. Irritation, isolation, migraine, fatigue are the effects of these online games. The life-threatening game ‘Blue Whale’ includes dangerous levels & has struck terror in parental minds. The last level is to commit suicide & Harpreet Singh has been the first Indian victim.

Considering all the negative aspects of social media, I firmly assert that it is bane to society & must be curtailed.

THANK YOU.