It has become ingrained in our culture: Social media networks have risen from latest trends to digital luxuries to day to day necessities in less than a decade. On college campuses, students use platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to connect with friends, to collaborate with classmates and to correspond with professional contacts. So what would happen if these services were taken away?

Everyone is connected to one another in this vast network generated by the Internet. This electric independence is inherently dependent upon the Internet. It illuminates the lives of thousands of people by spreading knowledge internationally. In the past, the communication and free sharing of thoughts among people were restricted by long distance, nationality and/or religion. Now, even these barriers cannot stop the flow of information and knowledge. The new world of social networking allows free sharing of thoughts.

Humans are social animals. We always like to remain is some group or another, and we prefer to follow what this group does. As of 2015, the world's largest social networking company, Facebook, has 1.5 billion active users, and the number of users is increasing every year. About 78 percent of these people are college students. Students love to spend time socializing. Social networks provide them with freedom to do whatever they want -- to upload what they want and talk to whom they want. Students like to connect and make new friends.

The most important things in a student's life are studying, learning good habits and gaining knowledge to become a person with moral character. Today, as we see in various situations, this optimal learning process is seriously jeopardized by students becoming entrapped by social networking. Considering all of the pros and cons, it is necessary to develop certain regulations over the use of such social networking sites, especially for college students.

Students should develop ability to analyze how much time they want to spend on social media.