Social Media And Its Impact On The Media

Suicide rates have increased in teens over the past few years. Along with suicide rates increasing, mental health of teens in general has been a widely discussed topic. A huge contributor to these issues is social media. Over the past couple of years, teens have been diagnosed with mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression at a much higher rate. These issues are prevalent for teens all over the world. The increase in diagnosis of disorders is largely due to the rise in popularity of many social media platforms.

The term ‘social media’ has become a broad-term to describe a large number of online systems that serve as a platform for the generation, and distribution of user-generated content. Social media creates a virtual social space, where a large number of users come together and interact with one another. These interactions can be either structured, such as responses that are moderated on blogs, semi-structured, such as a discussion between an extended network on Facebook, or unstructured, such as the anarchial functioning of Twitter.

There have always been waves of anxiety surrounding changes in media technology. In the 19th century, cheap newsprint and improved presses enabled partisan newspapers to dramatically expand their reach, leading many to argue how this compromised the effectiveness of the press as a check on power (Kaplan 2002). In the 20th century, as radio and television gained popularity, observers became anxious that these new platforms would reduce policy debates to sound bites and concentrate power in the hands of a few large corporations (Lang and Lang 2002). More recently, social media has become the focus of concern. Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, have dramatically different structures compared to previous media technologies and users can share content with no significant third party filtering, fact-checking, or editorial judgment. Anyone can create and share what they like and in some cases reach as many or more readers as mainstream media sources (Allcott and Gentzcow 2017). After the American presidential election in 2016, a specific concern has been the effect of false stories and so called “fake news” circulated on social media.

Man Kala Limbu Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2305-71013 10/29/17 Social Media and its impact on social media Social media is an important part of our life because greater impact on people today than ever before. It is not just used to share picture or connect with each other but it is also an important source of news, education as well as entertainment. Social media has been a platform to voice our choices, our opinion and interest. Due to social media, we are able to create a worldwide community. In just a few seconds; we can share information from one part of the world to the another part of the world. It is a rising trend and is being utilized by students, businessman, politicians etc. The things we share in social media are

Ten years ago, there was no Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube. Our lives did not revolve around a stream of status updates and social media. We 've seen social media evolve from a fad to a phenomenon in the way the world communicates. The Internet and social media have become so much a part of the lives of many. Mat Honan previously a senior staff writer with Wired an American magazine, published in both print and online editions in 2014, would report emerging technologies that affect culture, the economy, and politics. He wrote an article called “I liked everything I saw on Facebook for Two Days, Here’s What It Did to Me.” Honan wanted to see what would happen to Facebook if he liked everything even if he hated it. This was a test to see if there are negative effects of liking everything on social media. He also claimed liking is a way for businesses and ego-feeders to be successful. They can track their campaigns on Facebook by how many times it is liked. The more likes they receive the more successful they will be. Analyzing his article his purpose was to convince his readers Facebook has become about brands and messaging, rather than human interaction and Facebook’s robots decide what you can see in your feed. He uses personal stories and experiences to make Facebook users and the Facebook PR department believe his credibility. These appeals to ethos, combined with his humorous tone creates an effective argument that Facebook 's liking has become a serious problem

Social media has had a huge impact on the way that journalism is practiced and the way that the general public perceive news in the present day.

In this article, Malcolm Gladwell argues that in a network were loose ties are prevalent and Hierarchy is just a word, social media could never give what social change will ask for. He starts off by recalling the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, were groups of dedicated individuals challenged the status quo, with crucially, strategic activism that led to a true revolution. Mr. Gladwell illustrates that there are a few distinctions that show between traditional activism and social media. One being that social media is not a hierarchy, instead it is a network. Secondly, his more compelling argument that social media is built on “Weak –ties” which rarely will lead to the high-risk activism that is needed.

Social Media is an interaction between people where they create, share or an express their ideas and thoughts. It has also been defined as a group of web based applications which help in growing up the technological foundation of the internet. Social networking tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Google plus, BlogSpot, Youtube, Myspace and Wikipedia, and numerous additional technologies which can be considered as social media are changing the way of communication among the people across the globe. Some of the popular content sharing websites like YouTube, face book and Twitter have an option of upload, tag and comment for the users on different categories of content (Photos, Videos or Bookmarks). Human experiencing a vital part of interaction online through expansion of social media. Twitter has been a global communication tool in 2009 "Iranian Presidential Election

Participating in the creative world of media has been a tradition and a necessity for me since I was a young girl. Television channels like Nickelodeon, Disney, and MTV have become popular and innovative television channels that consistently develops creative and interactive ways to consume media messages. By watching broadcasting programs and television series, I learn something new or valuable that I can then impress upon to someone else. This connectivity and deeper understanding I have to television production and media have implanted my desire to pursue a profession Television and Entertainment Media industry. While other Millenials may view social media and television services as a way of relaxation or fantastical escape, I have

Traditionally, people used the Internet to simply expend content: they read it, they watched it, and they used it to buy products and services. Increasingly, however, people are now utilizing platforms–—such as content sharing sites, blogs, social networking, and wikis–—to create, modify, share, and discuss Internet content. This represents the social media phenomenon, which can now significantly impact how an entire movement is viewed worldwide. It’s difficult to comprehend in this day and age that social media could actually produce something positive and worthwhile, considering so much of the discussions are filled with arguments revolving around race relations, political ideologies, and violence. The social media phenomenon has people “plugged in” to twitter wars between celebrities, the latest political sound bites, and hashtags to use against one another (i.e #BlackLivesMatter vs. #PoliceLivesMatter). Yet, through the issues, there are social media platforms that promote positive expressiveness of one’s self worth and love. In relation to the body, the hashtag #EffYourBeautyStandards has created its own phenomenon within the realm of the internet. In times of body shaming, scrutiny, and being judged based off of a size on the back of a tag, or the color of your skin, or the lack of makeup one refuses to where, this hashtag promotes beauty acceptances and embraces the differences of every person.

Facebook, like most of the internet, is an excellent innovation that has become a part of our daily lives. It presents us with an opportunity to intermingle with a much broader network of people. You can form your own online individuality, while also learning how social media supports the creation of new relationships and communities. For the people who want to be entrepreneurs, it might be an introduction to business as you think of how to “promote yourself. Individuals with particular social identities or interests can connect with others, while someone who is interested in online games, can use to find friends with similar interests.

The art of social media, as of today, can be described as engaging, educational, and for some, addicting. For most people, social media is a convenient way to keep in touch with friends, family, and following celebrities by being able to receive constant notifications and alerts through the social site. Most can access these sites through computers, or more efficiently on a mobile device. It is also no secret that thanks to said devices, the public is easily able to have access to the latest trends, taking professional grade photos, or updating personal statuses. The technology today is only getting better, but how far could it possibly go? The rate at which social media is evolving, let alone technological advances, have not even began to

Social media is one of the most radical developments of the early twenty first century and has transformed the way people across the country and world interact with each other. Today nearly everyone gets updates instantly through services such as Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat at an unstoppable pace. Nevertheless, at the university level, notifications about news and current events are also being spread at this rapid pace.

Social media has largely affected us as humans. Today, social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter are reshaping the way we interact with one another. In the past, keeping up with the activities/events that were happening outside of a single individual 's city was much more difficult. However, with the birth of social media and evolution of technology, all of that has changed. One perfect example is the recent attacks on Paris, France. In less than a couple hours after the attacks, CNN and other cable news networks had reporters on the streets scouring for any available information. By morning the whole world had been been informed of the tragedy, and came together to show their support for France in their time of crisis.

Social media has become an essential part of life for many teens and young adults. With social media only getting bigger, it has grown to the point where it is effecting democracy. People have come to rely on social media as their source of news, which can be very one sided. If social media is the only source of news, it would dictate who the president would be every election. Twitter could have blocked Pro Trump tweets and only shown bad or misleading things if they wanted to. Some other things that could threaten 21st century American democracy are fake news articles, Trump’s tweets, and misleading “click bait” headlines.