How Social Media Has On Our Society

Having recently read Janet Street-Porter’s article, Why I Hate Facebook, I could not help but respond, for I could not disagree more with the sanctimonious ideas presented. Within around a mere two thousand words, Porter manages to explain to the reader exactly how she acquires friends; aims numerous statistics, insults and examples of hypocrisy towards the reader; as well as expressing her blatant hate towards any social networking, and, more specifically: Facebook.

The intended audience for the essay is anyone who uses social networking media in their daily lives. This is shown by Pattakos’ concern regarding the negative effects it could be having on the lives of people who use these platforms. To this effect, the author queries whether this change in friendship will make them “more happy”, or if true friendship is now “dying away”.

Through Pathos, the reader is able to visualize how influential and powerful the social network, Facebook, has become in the population like for example on the quote, “Mark Zuckerberg, has even declared his quest to chart a social graph of human relationships the way the cartographers once charted the world” (438). With this, the reader is able to formulate the direction to where the author is going. We know that Mathias will direct her attention to the web site’s rapid reeling of people and convincement of its genuine human relationships connections. How will she direct it? What angle of vision she will take, we do not know yet. It is only obvious later on where her angle of vision is pointing. She tries to influence her disagreement of Facebook being a social network built mostly as a

Nevertheless, the use of social medias involves disputable risks in modern friendships. In effect, the rewarding property of virtual friendships diverges from the one of real-life bonds. Misinterpretations represent the main conflict in virtual ties (Bond 42). Most importantly, the intended

In today’s day in age almost everyone has some form of social media. Many people have more than one. Whether it is Facebook, Twitter or some other form. We all use it to express and communicate our thoughts and feelings about ourselves and the world. Because of this many people do not know how to communicate face to face anymore and many times even hide behind their keyboard. Keller (2013), Quotes Paul Booth an assistant professor of media and cinema studies saying “There has been a shift in the way we communicate; rather than face-to-face interaction, we’re tending to prefer mediated communication,” he says. “We’d rather e-mail than meet; we’d rather text than talk on the phone”. Other people such as Qualman (2011), believes that using social media to communicate does not have to be such a bad thing. He says that if used properly it can be a very effect tool in the business world. Because social media touches pretty much everyone in some way it is a good strategy for overall success or an organization. There are both positive and negative communication effects on social media. The goal of this paper is to communicate the negative effect of how social media is effecting communication.

            According to Deresiewicz one of the ways that social networks have shaped our identity is that, nowadays, people are willing and eager to conduct their private lives in public.  For instance, people comment about their personal feelings or their whereabouts not knowing of the dangers they pose to themselves. Anything posted on facebook, can be seen by anyone so long as he or she is your friend thus most people comment about their private lives not keeping in mind that not everyone is as friendly as he or she seems in social networking sites. According to Deresiewicz, the value of friendship lies in the space of privacy it creates and not based on secrets that two people share (Deresiewicz p.478). In reference to Deresiewicz, it’s also important to note that most people impersonate themselves while on social networking sites thus making us feel that we quite don’t really know the people we refer to us as being close friends.

Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube are web-based activities that provide individuals access to build a public or a semi-public profile within a confined system, connect and find users that they share a connection with as well as view and navigate the list of connections that are made by other participants of the systems (Boyd & Ellison, 2007). Social media is widely used by young adults contributing to about 84% of the total usage (Smith, 2011). Some of the popular reasons for widespread use of social media are staying in touch with near and dear ones especially with friends and family, making new friends, following famous politicians and celebrities and also in search of potential relationships (Smith, 2011). However as the use of social media becomes more widespread, we cannot help but express concerns over the effects that social media usage may have on our behavior. Over the past couple of decades, research has strongly linked social media usage with negative behavioral outcomes and is known to affect one’s overall well-being. This essay will begin by discussing some of the behavioral issues that result from social media usage, followed by criticisms of this argument. The recommendation will then highlight some ways by which the behavioural problems could be dealt with, acknowledging that self-monitoring and self-regulation are the main ways to tackle the issue.

Social media comes in many different varieties, but within those varieties there is one constant; hiding behind a computer screen. Social media allows people to not see the emotions of others when communicating with them. When humans do not see the reactions of others, and have the ability to hide behind the screen, it tends to be common for comments to be aggressive, uneducated, and/or rude. Arguments and debates have the ability to be civil, formal, and respectful of the opposing side and can end in a peaceful disagreement. Social media gives users the freedom to post things anonymously and without seeing the other people face-to-face, causing many fallacies to be used within debates online. Many people do not directly post their

Looking in the mirror and not liking what you see is extremely common, among teenage girls especially, but where does it stem from? Is it human nature to see oneself in a negative light? Perhaps it comes from something more tangible, such as one’s surroundings. Everyday, people are exposed to models and celebrities on social media living unrealistic and uncommon lifestyles. Why does everyone insist on striving for these absurd standards? Perhaps it’s because people, predominantly millennials, pride themselves on their ability to ‘accept everyone’ disregarding sexuality, gender, and size, yet they are constantly judging others whether it’s subtle or very evident. Although modern society is more accepting of different body types than in the past, there is still too much pressure on girls to have the ‘perfect’ body due to emphasis from media, pressure from peers, and American culture.

Thank you for your recent editorial titled “Hazards of Social Media” on your LinkedIn page on February 10th, 2016. It was very interesting to read your perspective on social media and its effect on society. Having an undergraduate major in Psychology at the University of Southern California and currently conducting research on social media usage at the Brain and Creativity Institute of USC, I have spent significant time researching the issue of social media.Though I agree that social media can be hazardous if not used effectively, I would like to point out a few flaws in your arguments. I will also state some of the major benefits of social media, along with substantial evidence to back up my statements.

The internet gained its fame over the years since it was created. It is used for various reasons; one of the most common reason is for the interaction with others from a long distance. Social media is often used to create these interactions with other people. We use it to stay in touch with friends and family. We also use it to keep us up to date with what is going on in the world today. The most significant driver of linguistic change in America today is social media. The English language changes rapidly in social media by usage of shortened terms and slang, imitation of others, and the amount of time spent on it only exacerbates these changes.

Over the years the view of marriage has changed. Society has constructed the views of what a marriage should look like and what roles should be played even who should be married. Today’s social media glorifies all aspects of marriage, from prenuptials to annulments as well as overdramatized weddings and divorces. Respect has been lost as there are more and more reports of infidelity and less privacy of family and home life. Marriage was something that was once significant and held in high regards has fallen victim to the social construction of a newly defined meaning. One aspect that has changed marriage is the cohabitation between two individuals. Cohabitation encourages premarital sex. Society accepts cohabitation and

Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter and many more. The social media platforms are endless, but one thing remains the same: social media has become an immense staple to the average person’s daily routine. While it is referred to as “social” media, it is actually making people less sociable. Many studies are claiming that it and technology inhibit real communication between people and makes them less aware of the conversations held in real life. In order to combat this downward trend, people would have to first notice this problem and then take action to restore wholesome relationships in their life. Solutions can range from parental involvement, to apps that restrict a

As a 16 year old schoolgirl, I love social media. As a daily user, my experiences have mostly all been positive. But then again, I would consider myself to be one of the luckier ones. Too many people I know, come out of a social media encounter, feeling a lot less confident prior to the experience. As human beings, we all need to feel connected, to have supportive, loving relationships and the approval of others. Social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and more, have all changed how we communicate and have given us endless ways of connecting with others. We only need to look at the usage statistics for these organisations to realize how popular they are; over 1 billion people are on Facebook every day. For many users,

It all started with social media, around since the 1960’s and started to thrive in the late 1990’s, that humans began to interact through cyberspace and changed human relationships forever. As the Internet grows to be further accessible to a number of households and public areas worldwide, the greater the immensity its aftereffects have on our lives as well. However, the more the Internet becomes habitual for humans, the more people become aware of the profound negative influences that come along with it. The more significant issues are that people become isolated, suffer from lack of communication, become confused about how to express their feelings, people become segregated based on their unique characteristics, and workers find it