Welcome to my blog! In this blog, I will be discussing social media and the negative effects it plays on our society. Social media has become increasingly popular and important to so many people around the world. There is no doubt that there are many positive effects, however, how many people think about the negative effects? What are the negative effects and how are they affecting you?
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Snapchat, Instagram, etc. are sites which enable users to share status updates, photos, videos, play games and more with others around the world using their computers or cell phones. Millions of people around the world are using some form/s of social media daily, if not several times a day. If you ask most individuals to name positive effects of social media, they will mention that it is a great way to stay connected to friends and family that are near and far, that they can reconnect with people that they have lost touch with, that it is a fun way to meet others around the world, and that social media allows them to connect quicker than ever with just a few simple steps.
However, if you ask the opposite question, and ask how social media has negative effects, there may not be many responses that one may be able to think of. Most of us just want to get online and see what others are doing or share something going on in our lives, however, social media has become an unhealthy addiction. So many people are wrapped up in posting status updates or photos onto social media that they are truly missing out at living in the moment. According to Maureen Henderson, contributor of Forbes Woman, “almost a quarterof Americans say that they’ve missed out on important life moments in theirquest to capture and memorialize them for social media.” (1). I believe we have all been guilty of this at some point in time but the question remains, why has it become so popular and important to share so much information on social media sites?
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