Positive Effects of Social Media

     While being aware of the negative effect of social media, there are numerous positive effects it has on children and adolescents in accommodating the learning process. Social media is a good way for students to make connections with people with similar interests and goals. It encourages students to engage with each other while expressing and sharing creativity.  Social media can facilitate students in developing leadership skills, from low-level planning and organizing to activities that promote social change and democratic engagement. Social media not only teaches students how to interact with others, it teaches them to use basic and complex functions to do so (Baker, 2013). The process of using social media engages learning at a higher level by giving students the ability to assess, analyze, retain and share information without realizing they are developing these skills (Stylus Press, 2011).