Social networks: advantages and disadvantages

It is difficult to imagine the modern world without computers, information technology and the Internet, because they have already managed to occupy a special place in the life of every person.

Social networks are very popular.

Today, almost 96% of the world's population have access to social networks. By the number of users in the first place Facebook - about 1.5 billion. Scientists estimate that the minimum time a user spends on a social network is 3 hours, while he visits his account at least twice a day.

The advantage of social networks is:

- social networks provide an opportunity to communicate with colleagues, relatives and friends living in different cities and countries, as well as make new friends

- social networks can be used as a tool for self-development

- along with this, social networks can help during the learning process.
Disadvantages of social networks is:

- Due to the abundance of entertaining, superficial and often unnecessary garbage information, the time spent in a social network is significantly increased

- The downside is that a person loses the skill of real communication, because I’m used to chatting online.