Comparative Analysis on Social Media and Its Positive and Negative Impact on Sri Lankan Culture

Abstract

Social media are computer-mediated technologies that allow the creating and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. Now a day’s social media has been the important part of one’s life from shopping to electronic mails, education and business tool. There are many forms of social media, including blogs, micro-blogs, wikis, social networking sites, photo-sharing sites, instant messaging, video-sharing sites, podcasts, widgets, virtual worlds, and more. Social media plays a vital role in transforming people’s life style. Social media includes social networking sites and blogs where people can easily connect with each other. Since the emergence of these social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook as key tools for news, journalists and their organizations have performed a high-wire act.