The Importance Of Social Media

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Advancement of technology has allowed for the birth of new means of communication. It is more advanced than our previous types of media known as ‘traditional media, such as newspapers, radio and television. Social media, consists of the technology that makes up the Internet today. The general public relied upon print and electronic media to know what is happening throughout the world. Whether it is current events, movies or entertainment – it was never readily available to people like it is available today. The Internet allows us to, bypass borders and mix with the culture of other counties all over the world, without having a passport. Technology allows us to make new friends, stay in touch with current friends and find long lost friends and family within seconds if not instant around the country and the world, on cellular and android phones. The world becomes a much smaller place when you think about how the internet can unite the population of different countries. Herman, J. (2013, April) Types of Social Media: Retrieved from http://www.howto.gov/social-media/social-media-types, (adapted from What is Social Media?)
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter allow their users to share what is going on in their lives when it happens. Allowing for people to voice their opinion, show videos of special occasion or milestones in their lives and stay in touch with family and friends around the world and the country. Where a letter or a phone call might have otherwise been the means of communication. Facebook allows for you the user to share a chronicalized timeline of what is or has taken place in your life. Allowing for you to share pictures, comments and political views, while at the same time allowing people in your friends list to do the sam...

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...sswords due to their page being hacked. If this were to take place with a company using this type of media for advertising, it could have adverse effects on the product being advertised resulting in a loss of revenue. Whether or not to use social media for personal is up to the individual or corporation. Some people like my sister in-law refuse to make a Facebook or Instagram page because she does not want the world to know her personal business. She feels that people spend too much time on these sites, connecting with ex-wives, ex-husbands an ex- boy/girl friends that it causes too much drama in a person’s life that they might not otherwise have if they just left these social networking sites alone.
In conclusion social media like anything else has its pros and cons, it is what and how you choose to use it that will determine whether or not it will work for you.

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