Sehba Jamal
The world is going through very tough days and facing lots of difficulties due to the outbreak of coronavirus, which is also known as the COVID19 outbreak in china last December. Slowly or gradually, it reached the rest part of the world and kept the world under lockdown. In these tough days, the only social media is helping people around the globe, and it is the medium that helps in connecting people and updating each other. A driving force full of information social media playing an important in this situation. People are getting information with the help of social media about the symptoms of this disease and also getting help in knowing the ways through which they can protect themselves and their families from this deadly virus.
Social media have both pros and cons; this all depends on us how to use this medium in productive ways rather than harming society by promoting and sharing malicious and hateful content related to anything. Social media is a web 2.0 Interactive force that helps in flowing information to the people in a few seconds and provides lots of information to the people through their various social networking sites. Due to the outbreak of coronavirus, not only one city or state or a country but the entire world is under lockdown, which is spreading its wings to every part of the world and affecting people in large numbers.
The sudden outbreak of this pandemic force government to take the strict decision of nationwide lockdown. And during these tough days when you have nowhere to go, just stay at home, then there are only social media which is helping you and always ready to help you in any manner. From entertaining you to anything, social media contains lots of stuff inside it all needs you to explore and enjoy. Social media is one of the best medium to share news nowadays. Social media educated people about COVID19 and making them aware of it.
No doubt, social media is one of the essential and full of right and wrong information available on it. These days, when our country needs positivity and motivation, we have witnessed many wrong information that has been circulating all over social media related to anything. Many people shared and believed whatever the information they receive on their social networking sites. They shared that news or piece of information without checking its authenticity.
Being a responsible citizen we need to keep ourselves updated, and away from spreading wrong information especially when we are already living in the tensed situation, we all should act maturely by understanding the seriousness of the environment and help the country and to each people who are working hard in fighting with this deadly virus by not sharing any information which has no authenticity and helps them in maintaining peace and harmony in the country and our surroundings and keeping the people away from being a victim of false information or news.
Social media is not only for entertainment but also for helping those people who are doing work from home. It is also providing work to those people who are in need and also supporting vulnerable classes. Employees who are working from home as their companies asked them to do, and they are extending the hands of support to their companies without complaining. There are many schools, colleges, and universities that started their online classes to complete the leftover syllabus of the students and helping them in their studies.
Today, we all are not in many ways but completely relay and dependent on social media for everything. Essential to non-essential items, everything is available online to keep people away from the social gathering and helping people in motivating people for social isolation and .social distance as it is the need of the situation. We all know social isolation or social distancing is the only solution to keeping ourselves safe and healthy. Social media keep us updated about the pandemic, which helps us in keeping ourselves motivating as staying at home is not only necessary but is very important to save lives and by doing this, we are extending our support to the government in fighting with this pandemic. Due to nationwide lockdown, social media is the only way that helps in connecting us with friends and family members who stuck and stranded at their places because this virus not locked us only but also stopped all the services, including transportation. So, for our social media is the only way that keeps us in connecting with them and also gives us a feeling of security in a real sense during this tough time that they all are safe and doing well.
Social media has always been essential and close to us since it comes into existence, but during corona, it becomes the life of people. Social media changes our perception, our way of interaction, and, most notably, our lifestyles. Covid19 made us completely digital because we can’t step outside of the house even in need, and that’s how directly or indirectly, choice, or by force, we have to live and deal with it.
We all know how social media is helping us in different ways so, we should also positively use this medium by spreading fruitful information, which allows people to get information who are unknown to this virus. And even by helping the people who have no money to eat and facing the worst days of their lives during this pandemic through various online sites and NGOs which are working for them, who are deliberately in need and are vulnerable. By observing the situation, we all should act and work collectively or sincerely for the welfare of the society, community, and for the nation rather than spreading false information to the people and making the situation tensed. Because, in the end, we all have to live and work together for the development of the country.
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