Haig Social Media Summary

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Haig explains that Social media was positive in respect of the initiation of The Arab Spring, good for bringing like-minded people together and even saw some of its much-maligned potential for anonymity as a good thing to help people with mental health problems to open up. He adds that he has made friends with people online, and has even tested out ideas of storytelling, summarising that social media is the answer to a problem.

His attitude to criticisers of Social Media stems from negative people's reactions that there are dangers of excessive internet use. Haig viewed their claims as being reactionary especially whenever there was something new or different.
Implying that they do not see the need for change. His attitude was further reinforced …show more content…

Why, should there not be a god for the internet?

The image implies a new religion, whether the information derived from the internet is fake or real, people are being affected in their daily lives? It is down to what is believed and what the belief is being used for.
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The language used in this article is balanced more towards the sufferers and potential users of technology, this article is warning of the dangers happening now and for the future, there is also a requirement of the providers of technology platforms to recognise the problems. These are potentially the main intended readers of this article.

Haig has successfully explained his point of view in respect of the issues raised, that internet and technology especially with the use of Social Media are affecting the mental health of its users.

There are issues in respect that Internet giants such as Facebook or Instagram should share some of the corporate responsibility of the problems they are creating provision of these Social Media …show more content…

His language reaches most concerned with the article when he states," we need to ensure we are still the ones using the technology, and that technology is not using us". (p16)
This article has been formatted and structured in a methodical manner, Haig's argument is effective and has been leading from the article's commencement by describing a balance of everything that the internet is, from its positive aspects to its negative sides, the article slowly brings momentum to Haig's argument building to a crescendo of the overwhelming issues Social Media causes towards health

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