What is your
perception of social media, do you think it is a fad or the biggest shift since
the Industrial Revolution?
Social Media defines who we are, and the era we live in as a whole today. It seems every person you meet nowadays is connected to the internet in one way or the other. It's an incredible advancement for our planet due to the great connectivity it brings to our civilization. In my opinion, social media has completely revolutionized the way we communicate, and for the better. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube; They've all completely changed the way we live, do business, and make friends. But I also believe that social media has impacted our social skills. These days people aren't as apt to pick up a phone and call a friend because they could just text them, or send them a message on Facebook. I also believe its increased socially awkward teens with more people spending most of their free time in front of a computer. It also takes away alot of the privacy of others with the ability to find pretty much anyone you want. This can be a scary thing for some people who don't want the public having such easy access to them. Not to mention anything you write online is backlogged into online private archives. That history will always be there as long as the internet exists. With all of that said, I still wonder sometimes where we would be without social media. The answer may lie in history as these things didn't exist back then. But with our generation so accustomed to being online, losing it may lead to just a little bit of outrage. Without all the negative aspects in mind; social media has made our world more tech savvy than it's ever been. Nearly everyone we know seems to know how to use a computer effectively. If anything; most people at least know how to use Facebook or Twitter. Things have definitely changed, and even with the few cons social media has; it's still one of the most positive things to come into existence in the last decade.
