In modern society, social media has become one of the biggest outlets for negativity. While there is plenty of positive material to be found, celebrities, news companies, and ordinary people seem to have no problem flooding their news feeds with negative content. From bad days, to global catastrophes, and even cyber bullying, the digital world is not always a very kind or happy one. However, there are some people out there who strive to post uplifting thoughts and try to foster positive interactions betwixt users. One such user is Stephen Amell. Known for his role as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on the hit CW television series Arrow, Amell utilizes Facebook in a way that is meant to bring smiles to people’s faces. His page is filled to the brim with a variety of positive content and …show more content…
However, Stephen Amell tries to provide his fans with comfort and uplifting thoughts. One of the best examples of this occurred on December 2, 2016. Richard T. McLamb Jr. posted to Amell’s Facebook page asking for help and support for his two month old son who was preparing to undergo open heart surgery. Stating that he is a Christian man who believes in the power of prayer, McLamb humbly requested any support his family could receive. Amell’s sharing of McLamb’s post truly emphasizes the actor’s altruistic personality in a variety of ways. Actors are busy people, but Amell, at 9:00 pm when he could be doing other things, showed genuine concern and asked his followers to send some love to the McLamb family. One could further infer that Amell is considerate of religion as well. He respects McLamb’s beliefs and encourages others to send some love towards the struggling family, whether it be through comments or reacting to his post. The recurring theme of the post is that Stephen Amell is truly a kind person, who loves to interact with his fan base and shows genuine concern for the well-being of
The audience can empathize easily with Sue and the death of her youngest and this allows the audience to understand the usefulness of Facebook “friends”; however, Dailey’s shift to present the other side of the argument with Bugeja’s forward truth of the flaws in online social networks. Bugeja convinces the reader that reality provides a more intimate level of support that the virtual world can never offer. Dailey could have ended the article on a stronger note that Facebook “friends” only serves as an additive to friendships to reality. In reference to Henry Adams infamous quote, Facebook “friends” cannot be made but built from existing
She recalls a disagreement that took place on Facebook between her and a close friend over a few comments placed on her timeline. Wortham describes how she felt embarrassed over the pointless argument. She discloses “I’m the first one to confess my undying love of the Web’s rich culture and community, which is deeply embedded in my life. But that feud with a friend forced me to consider that the lens of the Web might be warping my perspective and damaging some important relationships” (171). Introducing her personal feelings and perspective of how she feels Facebook is taking over her own emotional response online weakens her argument. Wortham reasons that others feel the same as she does. She says, “This has alarmed some people, convincing them that it’s time to pull the plug and forgo the service altogether” (171). Wortham does not bring in other testimonies of those who feel the same as she does, therefore the readers are only introduced to her personal
In this paper, I consider the growing role of social media in presidential politics during the current era. The research questions the extent of the political impact of social media on the president and his communication with the public. It is necessary thus to examine the properties that make social media an attractive tool to use, the different ways the president interacts with social media, and both benefits and limitations of using social media as a platform for communication. As a result, it is essential to make conclusions regarding the nature of the relationship between social media and the presidential politics.
Social media has affected people negatively because people depend on social media more than their brain .Which does not bring any benefit to them .Our society has come from being very social to antisocial over the years. Many people don 't interact with each other anymore .We search, post ,tweet and snap not even knowing who we are sharing are information with . In his article “Mind Over Mass Media ,” Steven Pinker writes about the amount of knowledge and power social media is taking away from our brains .College students and high school students are likely to use social media to do their work assignments.Social Media is slowing taking the place of boosk and many other ways people learn. Therefore, I agree that social media is taking the
Social media has changed the way people communicate with each other and in turn, has affected our ability to empathize in both negative and positive ways. One of the most harmful consequences is the rise of cyber-bullying. Another negative issue has been the trend of trolling in comments sections of websites, chat rooms, and other online venues of communication. In spite of this, there have been constructive consequences due to social media such as the ability for family and friends to keep in touch on a regular basis. Because of social media, many people are finding support and resources to help them when they fall on hard times or experience tragedies like death and illness. Overall, social media is an exciting new world that changes as it grows and it will be up to society to utilize it for good.
conducted by Dr. Alice Good of the University of Portsmouth, the vast majority of Facebook users use the social network to lift their spirits
utilize social media websites causing their fans to feel “like they ‘know’ them through their
Every day we meet a lot of people have seen their behavior, listen to what they say, think about them, try to understand them. We feel that we not only see what color eyes and hair of a person, tall or not, thin or full, but also sad to him or fun, smart or stupid it, solid or not and so on. Over the past decade, social media has seen growth to the point where it is reflects in our daily lives and even the lives of those who choose not to use it. Anywhere we go online, there are always buttons to click so that you can share something on Facebook or pin it to your Pinterest account.
Popular culture embodies the beliefs, ideas, perspectives, attitudes, and images of various cultures. Popular culture is heavily influenced by mass media, key celebrity figures, movies and related entertainment, as well as sports and news. However, in the past decade, the Internet and social media has come to be a significant influence on pop culture.
“I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time –Betty White (“Betty White Quotes,” 2014, para. 1).” This quote can be interpreted to fit with several of the social media avenues that many people spend their time on. Day in and day out people post, tweet, share, and pin countless times throughout the world. These different forms of communication were first created for an easier way for people to connect with others. Yet now, so much time is spent on these social sites that it has warped the interactive part and is causing more damage than good. Many are growing a desire and are living for the amount of “likes” they can receive on a post or how many re-tweets they can generate. Instead of going to these outlets to participate in a partial portion of their social lives, people are filling that time with the technological aspect of communication. As White said, this can become an inordinate amount of wasted time and can ultimately grow into further damaging circumstances. These different social media channels can cause emotional harm through disparaging the relationship between friends, conjuring of a narcissistic personality, and the retrogradation of ones self-esteem.
It also acknowledges misinterpretation of tone of voice and misrepresentation of identities. Adolescents are focusing on the false images of what social media holds rather than experiencing it for themselves. The increased psychological symptoms -particularly anxiety and stress - have attached themselves to these actions, contributing to the damage it can cause to the user without realization of it. Users have also encountered these psychological symptoms while disclosing news about important life events. Facebook users have had negative feedback when they made public bad health news, causing much stress and a decline in quality of life; the analytical study conducted by Bevan, Gomez, & Sparks (2014) addressed the way users would take responses: “the unique nature of Facebook disclosures could be detrimental to well-being both if the news is shared and if it is not shared in order to protect users or because users do not believe that their friends will respond” (p.251). The power of sharing on social media takes over our ability to express our emotions in a positive outlet, due to the obsession with who and how their friends will respond to significant, shared news. Users do not realize the destructive effects that social media has produced; An accumulation of physical and mental health problems have an easy way of interfering on the idea of social media just being a getaway to communicate with
The impacts of social media on individual people have been substantial. In some instances, these impacts have been so significant that they change the lifestyles of some users (Lenhart, Purcell, Smith & Zickur, 2010). People are seen to change their perception of some aspects of life after indulging so much in social networking. Since these changes can be either positive or negative, the good and bad of social networking remains an issue that will forever stir debates across the world.
Furthermore, browsing sites such as Facebook may lead to low morale, as people begin to measure their self-worth with the amount of “likes” they receive. Ironically, although social media sites boast their ability to connect people, they mainly separate society even more as people become isolated behind their screens. Social media is damaging to a person’s life because it can lower self-esteem, isolate people from real relationships, and cause privacy concerns as marketers, employers, and school officials can view information posted online.
...the world to see. Though this may be great and all, it doesn’t equal out to the damage is does to people’s lives. There are so many bad people in this world; unfortunately they ruin social media by causing unwanted drama, and bullying. Without social media, we wouldn’t have to constantly check on there to make sure nobody was saying anything bad about that, or nobody was talking about this, and even to make sure nobody was talking bad about you.
Mass media and social media are technology all around us. They are ways of a mass communication that reach a limitless amount of people. Media has changed the way the world thinks. Mass media refers to TV, magazines, newspapers, pictures and Radio. Social media refers to any kind of internet logging like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google, amongst others. Mass and social media surround us and tell us what we should be or should do. This can lead to constructive behaviors or it can lead to the destruction of lives caused by how the media relays these messages. Ultimately leaving the diversity of people falling victim to mass and social media. Not one person can make that sole decision. Consequently, changing how people think. Consequentially, changing the way the public looks at presidential candidates.