The impact of social media on the young generation in Bangladesh

Abstract

Social media is a source of mass communication all over the world. Social media platforms have a growing importance in our lives since they are the places where we “showcase” our living experiences. They also reflect a variety of dimensions regarding our position in the virtual and physical social life. Social media is an online platform which people use to build social networks or social relations with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. Social networks have a significant influence on these younger generations. The fact that social networks are now an essential component of people's digital lives is becoming increasingly clear over time. People are open to adopting different lifestyles because of technological advancements. Consequently, a considerable proportion of teenagers are checking their friends' and family's status changes and tweets pertaining to their social media accounts on their laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The moral values of Muslim youth today, however, have been called into question by several negative effects of social media, including those that encourage moral decadence, such as depression, anxiety, catfishing, bullying, terrorism, and criminal activities, such as character assassination, media violence, nudity, and pornographic films and videos. Bangladeshi Students, while seeking and concentrating on the web, get pulled into utilizing online networking locales and occasionally they overlook why they are using social media. Sometimes students are not able to deliver their work in the specified time frame as their time is wasted. Another issue due to social media effect in Bangladesh currently it has been observed that many students are moving away from Islamic culture and are attracted to western culture. The problem arises when the users of social media commit cybercrimes besides using this only as a tool of communication in Bangladesh. Based on these facts, the main objective of this study is to analyse the impact of social media on the young generation in Bangladesh. The study employs a qualitative approach and makes use of secondary and primary data, secondary sources such as journal articles, books, magazines, and different websites. The researcher collected primary data through a sample questionnaire, interview from 323 samples from public University students, located at Dhaka city in Bangladesh. Finally, solutions to demoralization and de-realization can be realized by involving ideas and collaborating with the government to generate innovative rules such as media literacy and many more. As much as the reviewer’s knowledge is concerned, societies are using social media in religious institutions, political meetings, in academic settings in the classroom while teachers are even teaching. In general, Bangladesh Muslim society from the root level to the government all need to work to save our culture from this media, especially unethical attitude of Facebook.

Key Words Facebook, Islamic culture, young generation, social media, Bangladesh.