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.
I agree with you nick; it would be a completely different world for us if social media did not exist. And everyone is on the internet in some way, which makes it very easy for anyone to find whoever they want. This can be a concern for parents with younger children because kids as young as seven or eight years old are on face book. Kids this age do not always understand how to be safe while online. Since social media is only going to become more popular schools should change their curriculum to accommodate the changing times, especially for younger children. This could be offering classes in school to teach children how to use social media safely and what they should and shouldn’t post on the internet for everyone to see. Social media can be a great thing if it is used properly but it can also cause irreversible damage to yourself in the long run because things you post as a child will still be there when you are an adult.
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ReplyDeleteI am in favor of your blog and people are addicted to social media because its has become so advance and real. Every new which is to heard by news channels are posted in these sites .People are really needy of social media.
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