I. General Introduction Of Whatsapp Messenger
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android and other smart phones. WhatsApp Messenger is also a cross-platform mobile messaging application which allows you to exchange messages without payment like SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia Symbian too! Those phones can all message each other because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan, 3G or WiFi, that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and keep in touch with friends and family.
As we can see that, WhatsApp Messenger is improving and updating to replace the function of SMS. The main concept of WhatsApp Messenger is to be as simple as possible to be use as a messaging app. At first, WhatsApp Messenger is a free app to download and use. Many users of smart phone will sign for data plan to connect internet, so they will need of a messaging apps with just connect to internet and it is free at the cost. But for now, user just can enjoy free cost apps at the first year then user have to pay for the upcoming years. Although new user have to pay for this app, but it is still popular among all messaging app.
WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android and other smart phones. WhatsApp Messenger is also a cross-platform mobile messaging application which allows you to exchange messages without payment like SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia Symbian too! Those phones can all message each other because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan, 3G or WiFi, that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and keep in touch with friends and family.
As we can see that, WhatsApp Messenger is improving and updating to replace the function of SMS. The main concept of WhatsApp Messenger is to be as simple as possible to be use as a messaging app. At first, WhatsApp Messenger is a free app to download and use. Many users of smart phone will sign for data plan to connect internet, so they will need of a messaging apps with just connect to internet and it is free at the cost. But for now, user just can enjoy free cost apps at the first year then user have to pay for the upcoming years. Although new user have to pay for this app, but it is still popular among all messaging app.
The Founder of WhatsApp Messenger Brian Acton and Jan Koum, both were the former employees of Yahoo! And is base in Mountain View, California. As of September 2013, Whatsapp Messenger is the most globally popular messaging app with round 600 million users. Followed by the another communication app created by China, WeChat with around 438 Million users and Japan’s LINE roughly around 400 million users, so that we can see that Whatsapp Messenger is still the most popular mobile messaging application among others .
II . Advantages Of WhatsApp Messenger
1. NO HIDDEN COST
Whatsapp Messenger will not limit your text message like SMS. SMS will limit the number of text and if over it will charge you for another cost. For anyone who had downloaded the application, user can use it to chat as much as you want and if possible you can send million of messages to your friends and family.
II . Advantages Of WhatsApp Messenger
1. NO HIDDEN COST
Whatsapp Messenger will not limit your text message like SMS. SMS will limit the number of text and if over it will charge you for another cost. For anyone who had downloaded the application, user can use it to chat as much as you want and if possible you can send million of messages to your friends and family.
2. GROUP CHAT
Certain things you might need to gather some of your friend and discuss about it, by using Whatsapp, you can create a group chat whereby we can add some of your related friends into the group and so that user are able to discuss and plan well with your friends. You do not need to find a time that suitable for everyone to have a gather and discuss.
Certain things you might need to gather some of your friend and discuss about it, by using Whatsapp, you can create a group chat whereby we can add some of your related friends into the group and so that user are able to discuss and plan well with your friends. You do not need to find a time that suitable for everyone to have a gather and discuss.
3. NO INTERNATIONAL CHARGES
If you wish to chat with your friend that live in different country, there will be no pesky international SMS costs as long as they installed Whatsapp Messenger in their phone or tablet and you can start chatting without worrying about high cost phone bills. Because it is totally free.
If you wish to chat with your friend that live in different country, there will be no pesky international SMS costs as long as they installed Whatsapp Messenger in their phone or tablet and you can start chatting without worrying about high cost phone bills. Because it is totally free.
4. SAY NO TO PINS AND USERNAMES
Now days many application requires user to enter their PINS or password in order to let the apps back to life, and why we need to bother having to remember yet another PIN or username? So WhatsApp works with your phone number, just like SMS would, and integrates flawlessly with your existing phone address book.
5. NO NEED TO LOG IN/OUT
By using Whatsapp there will be no more confusion about getting logged off from another computer or device. With push notifications WhatsApp is ALWAYS ON and ALWAYS CONNECTED and ALWAYS WORRY FREE !
6. NO NEED TO ADD BUDDIES
Whatsapp Messenger integrate your address book and your contacts who already installed WhatsApp Messenger will be automatically displayed on your Whatsapp contact list, we no need to add any of your contact number in your address book to Whatsapp contact list all over again.
7. OFFLINE MESSAGES
If your device suddenly dead because of flat battery or even if you miss your push notifications, WhatsApp will automatically save all your messages offline until you bring your devices back to life and retrieve them during the next application use.
Now days many application requires user to enter their PINS or password in order to let the apps back to life, and why we need to bother having to remember yet another PIN or username? So WhatsApp works with your phone number, just like SMS would, and integrates flawlessly with your existing phone address book.
5. NO NEED TO LOG IN/OUT
By using Whatsapp there will be no more confusion about getting logged off from another computer or device. With push notifications WhatsApp is ALWAYS ON and ALWAYS CONNECTED and ALWAYS WORRY FREE !
6. NO NEED TO ADD BUDDIES
Whatsapp Messenger integrate your address book and your contacts who already installed WhatsApp Messenger will be automatically displayed on your Whatsapp contact list, we no need to add any of your contact number in your address book to Whatsapp contact list all over again.
7. OFFLINE MESSAGES
If your device suddenly dead because of flat battery or even if you miss your push notifications, WhatsApp will automatically save all your messages offline until you bring your devices back to life and retrieve them during the next application use.
8. SHARE LOCATION
You can always share your current location with friends and family wherever you are by just one push button on the Whatsapp Messenger, so it is easier for you to give someone an accurate location if they would like to know how and where are the exact location that you are currently at.
9. CUSTOM WALLPAPERS
We can always set our favorite wallpaper as your chat background, and it will be nicer if we can see the picture that we like appear in our Whatsapp Messenger. Sometimes we can put some positive quotes of picture as wallpaper so that every time chatting with friends, you can have some motivation to remind you to be more optimistic.
II . Disadvantage of Whatsapp
1. DIFFERENCE OF DEVICE
As we can see that, is impossible that everyone in this world own themselves a smart phone, and only smart phone can supporting this apps, however we still need to use SMS to contact those who do not have WhatsApp application or those who do not have a smart phone. Although many user using WhatsApp Messenger but maybe some of them prefer WeChat, Line, Kakao Talk and other messaging apps. In this way, we have to use SMS to send our message too or we have to install other apps.
You can always share your current location with friends and family wherever you are by just one push button on the Whatsapp Messenger, so it is easier for you to give someone an accurate location if they would like to know how and where are the exact location that you are currently at.
9. CUSTOM WALLPAPERS
We can always set our favorite wallpaper as your chat background, and it will be nicer if we can see the picture that we like appear in our Whatsapp Messenger. Sometimes we can put some positive quotes of picture as wallpaper so that every time chatting with friends, you can have some motivation to remind you to be more optimistic.
II . Disadvantage of Whatsapp
1. DIFFERENCE OF DEVICE
As we can see that, is impossible that everyone in this world own themselves a smart phone, and only smart phone can supporting this apps, however we still need to use SMS to contact those who do not have WhatsApp application or those who do not have a smart phone. Although many user using WhatsApp Messenger but maybe some of them prefer WeChat, Line, Kakao Talk and other messaging apps. In this way, we have to use SMS to send our message too or we have to install other apps.
2. LIMITED ACCESS
Whatsapp will only work if we have the internet connection whether WI-FI, personal data like 3G or 4G, or with personal hot-spot. Even if we purchase data in our phone, when we having connection problem, the message cannot go through to the person we want to send the message to. If we did not realize the message did not send through, we may waiting reply without knowing our message failed to send. So we can see that we still need to use SMS if we do not have any internet connection around us.
Whatsapp will only work if we have the internet connection whether WI-FI, personal data like 3G or 4G, or with personal hot-spot. Even if we purchase data in our phone, when we having connection problem, the message cannot go through to the person we want to send the message to. If we did not realize the message did not send through, we may waiting reply without knowing our message failed to send. So we can see that we still need to use SMS if we do not have any internet connection around us.
3. RENEWAL FEES
For older user of WhatsApp Messenger they can enjoy this application for free the whole life, but unfortunately for new user of WhatsApp Messenger have to pay for renewal fees for Whatsapp application every year for USD 0.99 and is around RM 3.50. Although company of WhatsApp Messenger giving some discount if user pay for five years but this would decrease the user of WhatsApp Messenger if they feel that it is not worth at all. Then, they may install some messaging apps which is free for whole life. End up, the circle around user using another messaging apps but not WhatsApp Messenger.
4. PRIVACY PROBLEMS
If you forgot to set the privacy that available in WhatsApp Messenger, anyone who added your contact number can view your profile picture, status and last seen. Because WhatsApp Messenger does not need to approve friend request like Facebook, so anyone could see your profile if you set your privacy as everyone can view it.
III Impact to the society as a whole
For older user of WhatsApp Messenger they can enjoy this application for free the whole life, but unfortunately for new user of WhatsApp Messenger have to pay for renewal fees for Whatsapp application every year for USD 0.99 and is around RM 3.50. Although company of WhatsApp Messenger giving some discount if user pay for five years but this would decrease the user of WhatsApp Messenger if they feel that it is not worth at all. Then, they may install some messaging apps which is free for whole life. End up, the circle around user using another messaging apps but not WhatsApp Messenger.
4. PRIVACY PROBLEMS
If you forgot to set the privacy that available in WhatsApp Messenger, anyone who added your contact number can view your profile picture, status and last seen. Because WhatsApp Messenger does not need to approve friend request like Facebook, so anyone could see your profile if you set your privacy as everyone can view it.
III Impact to the society as a whole
Nowadays, Whatsapp Messenger is giving a large impact to our society as the technology grows. Of cause, it is giving positive and negative impacts to our society. One of the positive impact of Whatsapp Messenger is it allow user to stay connected with their friends and family no matter where they are. Whatsapp Messenger can be use at anywhere as long as it is connected to internet. User can share their messages, images and audio to their friends and family. So, user can stay connected with anyone which had installed Whatsapp Messenger in their smart phone. User will not lose contact easily with anyone.
Besides that, the positive impact of Whatsapp Messenger is able to share information easily and faster. Whatsapp Messenger provided group chat for maximum 50 contact, user can share the important information such as the minute of next meeting, date and the preparation of meeting in the group chat without sending one by one using SMS. The responder also can give respond in the group chat to let the leader know their problems and thinking. And everyone in the group can see it can be as prove.
Last but not least, by the help of Whatsapp Messenger business man can also promote their new product of company to their friends and family members. And it will save a lot of time and money instead of keep on distribute flyers to strangers, and business man can also ask their family member a favor by helping them promote or we call it forward the message that sent by him to others so that they will be able to get know that the present of the new company or products in this market. And this way is good and more efficient.
Besides that, the positive impact of Whatsapp Messenger is able to share information easily and faster. Whatsapp Messenger provided group chat for maximum 50 contact, user can share the important information such as the minute of next meeting, date and the preparation of meeting in the group chat without sending one by one using SMS. The responder also can give respond in the group chat to let the leader know their problems and thinking. And everyone in the group can see it can be as prove.
Last but not least, by the help of Whatsapp Messenger business man can also promote their new product of company to their friends and family members. And it will save a lot of time and money instead of keep on distribute flyers to strangers, and business man can also ask their family member a favor by helping them promote or we call it forward the message that sent by him to others so that they will be able to get know that the present of the new company or products in this market. And this way is good and more efficient.
Nothing in this world is perfect from every corner, as Whatsapp Messenger gives negative impact to the society too. One of the negative impacts of Whatsapp Messenger to the society which is we will rather just saying ‘hi’ in the phone but not trying made some effort of visiting people. Whatsapp Messenger can let us share everything including videos, so we will often building relationship through a smart phone. We will become lazier and lazier to build relationship with our own effort since the present of Whatsapp Messenger. This is an unhealthy phenomenal to our society now days.
Secondly, the present of Whatsapp will also cause people to become a ‘Keyboard Warrior’. Well what we mean by a ‘keyboard warrior’, it means that someone who only know how to criticize or comment about people’s bad things in front of their phone or computer but they will become a coward when they are requested to give a speech or presentation on the stage or in front of the class. This is because you can just start chatting with anyone if you manage to get someone’s phone number and so you will be able to text someone without their approval and slowly it will affect others private lives.
One the other hand, nowadays the society, country and world is focusing on how to make things become more simple, easy and effective. So, here comes a problem. If everyone is heading towards this issue, will they use a proper grammar and vocabulary in their conversation? The answer is definitely a NO. All they want to do is deliver out the message to others as fast as possible so they will use all those short form word in their message and without caring that whether the receiver will get what they trying to deliver the message or not. They will use all those short forms like OTW for the word On The Way, IMY for I miss you, ILY for I love you, BZ for Busy, TMR for tomorrow, GTG for got to go and so on. And this issue will become a serious problem in future time especially for those youngsters.
One the other hand, nowadays the society, country and world is focusing on how to make things become more simple, easy and effective. So, here comes a problem. If everyone is heading towards this issue, will they use a proper grammar and vocabulary in their conversation? The answer is definitely a NO. All they want to do is deliver out the message to others as fast as possible so they will use all those short form word in their message and without caring that whether the receiver will get what they trying to deliver the message or not. They will use all those short forms like OTW for the word On The Way, IMY for I miss you, ILY for I love you, BZ for Busy, TMR for tomorrow, GTG for got to go and so on. And this issue will become a serious problem in future time especially for those youngsters.
IV Impact to the high education student in particular
As we know nowadays, technology giving a lot of impact to everyone. We believe that most of the high education student owned a smart phone and they will install Whatsapp Messenger to communicate with their friends and family.
The positive impacts of WhatsApp Messenger to the high education student which is they can have discussion of assignment easily. Students no need to find a suitable time and place to gather every group member to discuss about the details of the assignment. What they need to do is they just need to install the apps after that create a group chat and name that group chat with whatever name you want and then discuss every detail in the chat room. So that every member in the group chat is able to share their opinion and thoughts in that particular group. Even though if they had forgotten about the details or information, they can scroll back the conversation and get the information or detail again to continue their group assignment.
Secondly, the world is always full of love everywhere. Because many people is showing their love to others everywhere, as a higher education student they got limited ways to show their love cause if they are not in the classroom then they will be at the school. As conclusion they will just keep walking around the school compound. By the help of Whatsapp we can show our love to other by just text your love one anywhere you go, and is totally privacy save. During exam month they can also show their love to their friends by sending them a motivated video clip or maybe a picture that might impress and inspire them and make them keep moving forward, the receiver will feel warm and feel being loved by his friend or even lecturers! So this is a good and healthy way to encourage people too.
Thirdly, is impossible that everyone around us is full with passion and dare to make friends with anyone. Some of high educated student might be a personality introverted person, and by the help of Whatsapp it will help students getting of shyness. This is because through Whatsapp , they can just send a text to a person whom they wish to make friend with and this is the first step to build their self confidence.
Whatsapp Messenger also giving negative impact to the high education student which is they will waste money to buy data plan to stay connected in Whatsapp Messenger. As we know that teenagers love to chat around with their friends, but Whatsapp Messenger need internet connection only can access. So students have to spend extra expenses to pay the phone bills. For the poor students who cannot afford the expenses, they will try to work part time. This may disturb their studies throughout the years of studying.
Next, the negative impact of Whatsapp Messenger to high education student which is disturbed their study time. Nowadays, teenagers love to chat and share their sadness or happiness to their friends and family. As long as student’s smart phone connected to internet, the message notification can pop up once student receive message, this may disturb the quality time of study, student cannot focus on doing assignment or studying because they have to reply the message in WhatsApp Messenger.
Lastly, Whatsapp Messenger giving a negative impact which is rumors can spread very fast in their social circle. Although Whatsapp Messenger can share information but if in negative way, it will become a negative impact among the high education student. The rate of student suicide cases is getting higher and higher because some rumors spread very fast through the messaging apps. Teenagers are hardly to withstanding the rumors spreading in the school because everyone will discuss about them.
Reference
1. WhatsApp INC (2014) Reference regarding the general introduction of Whatsapp retrieved from http://www.whatsapp.com/
2. Rinaz (Producer) (2011 Feb 1) What is WhatsApp? Podcast Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvkzLj32Ifs
3. Retrieved Oct 3, 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp
4. Tyler Durden (2012, June 18) Why we don’t sell ads retrieved from http://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads
5. J Yeboah (2014) The Impact of WhatsApp Messenger Usage on Students, vol5 no. 6 retrieved from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6WAWIvYePA4J:iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/download/11241/11555+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=my
Thirdly, is impossible that everyone around us is full with passion and dare to make friends with anyone. Some of high educated student might be a personality introverted person, and by the help of Whatsapp it will help students getting of shyness. This is because through Whatsapp , they can just send a text to a person whom they wish to make friend with and this is the first step to build their self confidence.
Whatsapp Messenger also giving negative impact to the high education student which is they will waste money to buy data plan to stay connected in Whatsapp Messenger. As we know that teenagers love to chat around with their friends, but Whatsapp Messenger need internet connection only can access. So students have to spend extra expenses to pay the phone bills. For the poor students who cannot afford the expenses, they will try to work part time. This may disturb their studies throughout the years of studying.
Next, the negative impact of Whatsapp Messenger to high education student which is disturbed their study time. Nowadays, teenagers love to chat and share their sadness or happiness to their friends and family. As long as student’s smart phone connected to internet, the message notification can pop up once student receive message, this may disturb the quality time of study, student cannot focus on doing assignment or studying because they have to reply the message in WhatsApp Messenger.
Lastly, Whatsapp Messenger giving a negative impact which is rumors can spread very fast in their social circle. Although Whatsapp Messenger can share information but if in negative way, it will become a negative impact among the high education student. The rate of student suicide cases is getting higher and higher because some rumors spread very fast through the messaging apps. Teenagers are hardly to withstanding the rumors spreading in the school because everyone will discuss about them.
Reference
1. WhatsApp INC (2014) Reference regarding the general introduction of Whatsapp retrieved from http://www.whatsapp.com/
2. Rinaz (Producer) (2011 Feb 1) What is WhatsApp? Podcast Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvkzLj32Ifs
3. Retrieved Oct 3, 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp
4. Tyler Durden (2012, June 18) Why we don’t sell ads retrieved from http://blog.whatsapp.com/245/Why-we-dont-sell-ads
5. J Yeboah (2014) The Impact of WhatsApp Messenger Usage on Students, vol5 no. 6 retrieved from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6WAWIvYePA4J:iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/download/11241/11555+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=my