Social Media is a phenomenon that has changed the world, a simple idea that became a trend, and then turned out to be the most important way to communicate on the individual, corporate and governmental level. It is one of the fastest and easiest ways for people to share and receive information. Social Media dramatically transformed the approach to how people are able to communicate amongst one another. Social Media websites are widespread, it is astonishing to know that recent statistics show that: “73% of online adults use social networking site” (Hampton, Goulet, Rainie & Purcell, 2011, introduction paragraph). Through Social Media websites, which are numerous today such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Keek, and My Space, individuals are now able to share each single detail of their lives by a click of a mouse. The social media has caused a radical positive change in the communication field, because it eliminated all borders and barriers of communication and eventually turned the word to a global village, where individuals are able to interact and respond to each other in an easy, intelligible, and convenient way.
To begin with, one of the most important advantages of social media is the increased interactions with family and friends living away from each other. Now contacting your father, sister or friend living away from you is no longer a complicated process. You do not need to wait for the postal worker to collect your letter from the mailbox and get it shipped to another continent, or exhaust your pocket with high cost telephone bills anymore. Alternatively, you can now make an audio/video call using Skype, post a picture through Facebook to share a special moment with your family and friends, and start a conversation w...
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...ng people creating several pages on various Social Media websites and an event on Facebook inviting people to participate in the street demonstrations and ended with the fall of the two repressive regimes.
To sum up, Social Media became an important part in our lives. It made us more exposed to the world and increased our self-confidence. People can now express their persuasions with total freedom through the social networks. It is an amazing technology that made the human interaction easy, handy and fast. I think that social media is of a great benefit to the humanity if people used in the right way.
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Today’s generation in America is widely affected by social media, but the real question that millions want the answer to is what is the real impact? “76% of American adults online use social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, as of July 2015, up from 26% in 2008. On social media sites like these, users may develop biographical profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research, and share thoughts, photos, music, links, and more. ” Social media has been the cause of countless problems, but also the solution to numerous issues which is why it is so hard to decide if it is more helpful than it is a burden or vise versa.
In Conclusion social media plays a role in our society today.We can not function with out it. Social media has also open up the doors for many subjects and ideas to be heard. Like the topic of genetic testing, will it eventually be our downfall? What will a human be defined as if we continue to allow it to happen. Things to think about next time when your on your social media profile.
What is social media? According to Merriam Webster, it a “form of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” “While the Internet has always allowed individuals to participate in media not only as consumers but also as producers, the social aspect of media did not flourish until the 2000s (Media Convergence).” Social media is perceived negatively primarily through the eyes of older generations simply because they did not have the advanced technology we do in this day and age. Social media has been described as one of the worst things that has happened to society but I disagree. I believe that social media is beneficial in the way
First of all, the use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter connect people and the world closely and conveniently. Technology
Social media has contributed to the society in many ways in such a way it is helpful in changing it to a better one such as: 1. It is highly useful during natural disasters and calamities to exchange information: During disasters most of the people didn’t have power, but some of the cell networks and wifi towers were operational. People use Facebook to communicate with their loved ones to ensure their safety and well-being. For example, the Super Storm Sandy 2.... ... middle of paper ...
Compare the two sides: There are a couple positive aspects that social media brings into communication but most affects are negative. Sure it gives an easier and quicker form of catching up with one another, but soon this is going to turn into the only thing people do. Everyone is soon going to cut out the face to face interactions and emotional connections with each other because technology is forming a simpler way to do things. Simpler is not always the right way.
Indeed, using media allows people to communicate wherever they are in the world. Nowadays, people are travelling more often, for business, vacation or studying. In these cases, using social media can help reaching people on the other side of the world and keep contact with them. For example, international or abroad students can stay in contact with their families daily, by emailing, calling or texting them through apps on their smartphones. It is instantaneous; it is free and a lot more convenient than waiting weeks before to receive a letter from home. It also helps for international businesses. Indeed, it is sometimes complicated to reach companies based in another country because of the different time zones. In that case, communicating through mails become a quick solution to exchange information, at a low cost and
Social media has nothing but negative effects on people’s minds. Social networking can become very addicting and people can get wrapped up in the drama and excitement of the cyber world. It would only improve our society today if social media never existed to our knowledge. Our society today feels so connected with social media that it interferes with our lives making every task even harder with the temptations.
The most important advantage of the use of social media is the online distribution and sharing of knowledge and ideas among the different groups of people. This online sharing of this data also promotes the increase and improvement in the communication skills among the people. The online tools and technology has not only mediated communication in countless ways, but also the ways people communicate and even the ways they talk and think about the communication are changing as a result. Also, social media has the potential to change the character of our social lives, both on an interpersonal and also at a community
Social media is a controversy topic in today’s society. Some people think that social media destroys human interaction and real life human relationships. While others think that social media is a bless to humanity. Social media makes human interaction much more convenient and much faster than real life human interaction, it makes globalization a reality, it gives a chance for introverted people to express themselves, and it also benefit develop international relationships whether its business or social.
m. and Ellison, N. B., 2008). The use of social media has great impact on people’s daily lives. According to Pew Research reports, social media has affected work, politics, communications, communities, people’s level of stress, and people also use it as a way on getting information on certain things such as healthcare, dating, and parenting information. From the following article, the use of social media and its reasons are age differences, gender differences, socio-economic differences, racial and etnic similarities, and community
Social media is used by many people, young and old around the world as a way to communicate. Our lives have become so busy that it is difficult to maintain family and social relationships. “They use social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. On these sites users create profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research and share thoughts, photos, music, links and more” (Social Networking). With the use of social media you can be friends with all sorts of people without actually seeing or knowing them. “In many ways, social communities are the virtual equivalent of meeting at the general store or at church socials to exchange news and get updated on friends and families” (Cosmato).
Social media is becoming the most important and influential technological advancement in our country since the internet was created in the 1960s. For the longest time people were only limited to e-mails to make communication to one another and there were no large scale social media sites available. However, the internet started taking off in the early 2000s as new generations started bringing to the table new and more advanced ideas. Facebook was invented in 2004, where people were able to connect with whoever they wanted throughout the world to communicate and be able to share anything. On their
The social media is one of the most common means of communication and pretty much of knowing anything and everything around the world these days, and it is growing very rapidly. It changes and affects each person in a different way, or ways. Some may argue that social media has a bad influence on children and young adults, while most people see that the social media has a more positive effect on them than a negative one. Social media is basically the new way of keeping in touch with everything and everyone, and of even strengthening bonds between each other. This essay will argue that social media has improved communication between people, and has also improved the means of communication between them.
In the end, social media provide a way of keeping in relations with friends, also allow many companies to reach a large number of costumers and to be more productivity. At the same time, media are changing the ways in which we communicate and interact with others. Social media is a very interesting thing in our life. It was made for the free exchange of lots of information all around the world without boundaries but we have to know well how and why to use these media.