Informative Essay: The Benefits Of Social Media

Before social media existed, people communicated by telephone lines and radio signals (Drew Hendricks) Telephone lines and radio signals enable to communicate at long distances (Drew Hendricks). In the 20th century technology became more advanced (Drew Hendricks) In the 1940s, computers were invented. Scientists and engineers worked together to create networks (Drew Hendricks). This leads to Internet. CompuServe developed in 1960’s. CompuServe was the first internet service that allows you to exchange emails. (Shea Bennett) It also allows you to share files and access news (Drew Hendricks). CompuServe was easy to access because computers were common in 1980’s (Drew Hendricks) This lead to social media.

The very first social media was Six

Degrees. It was created in 1997 (Drew Hendricks). Six Degrees, it allowed users to upload a profile picture (Drew Hendricks). And, you can also make friends with other users (Drew Hendricks). After Six Degrees was invented, other social media started to launch such as Myspace, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc (Drew Hendricks). Justin Timberlake was confounded by Myspace and it inspired other websites such as Facebook (Keith Terrel). Facebook was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin and it was supposed to be used for only Harvard students (Saskia Whelan).

They are three ways social media benefits our society.

Social media helps you to connect with your relatives and your friends. It allows you to communicate your family and friends in long distances. It also improves your relationship with your family and friends and It keep you in touch with your family and friends. Most of the people they learn their news from social media. People learn everything from social media because social media is so fast with updated news and information. Social media helps our education. Most of the students they need social media to access their school work. Social media help educate students. They used for educational purposes and discuss educational topics on social media. Youtube videos upload mini lessons on specific topics and

subjects.

They are three ways social media does not benefit our society.

Social media doesn’t really have unreliable and false informations. They make false rumours about someone. Social media such as blogs have misinformation people seem to believe everything what’s on the blog just because it’s on the website. People waste their time doing social media. Some people spend on social media for hours and these days you don’t really learn anything from social media. Usually people who spends a lot of time on social meida they tended to have lower grades.Social media are not that helpful because it usually contains gossiping. Cyberbullying is the biggest problem in social media. Most of people who got cyberbullied are most likely to suicide or be

depressed.

In the future social media will grow rapidly. Companies are trying to make new online tools that consumer will like (Kevin Kelleher). Mire platforms are showing up where people can upload to stay connected and get paid (like youtube). Some are charging people to use more features.