Social Media And Social Networking

Traditional media has failed to live up to its fourth estate role. This has lead us to the question, can the more modern, social media, make up for the lack of success that traditional media has had in fulfilling this watchdog role for the people? Kemp’s rules of CIDRA1 apply to social media as they do with traditional media. Thus, we must determine what, if any, obstacles are present in preventing social media from completing this role. More specifically, do the five filters that Chomsky highlights apply to social media as they do to traditional media? Or does the fundamental structure of social media allow for it to accomplish a fifth estate role? I argue that social media is more effective at playing a watchdog role than traditional media. Social media is built on a platform that has the interest of working for the people in terms of freedom of distributing ideas and checking elite power in liberal democracies. Furthermore, “…traditional media formats are no longer the only politically relevant forms of media” (Metzgar, Maruggi, 2009, p. 149). The reason that social media can have higher success in acting as a watchdog role stems from one central theme: when it comes to social media, less of Chomsky’s filters lie between the person wanting to distribute an idea and the ability to have this idea delivered to the public.

The rapid use of social media can explain the growing trend of revenge porn occurrences (Wilson, 2014), as the advances in technology have transformed the way that sexual violence can be perpetrated (Mcglynn and Rackley, 2017). Due to the development in mobile phone technology that has become increasingly more intelligent and complex, cameras are included as a standard feature on most smart phone models, which allows people to share images and videos with ease in a matter of seconds. The technological advancements allow a person to take an incident image, distribute it and coerce a victim all via the use of one tool which makes it extremely accessible and convenient (McCartan and McAlister, 2012). In depth studies have focused on peoples

Social media has been a great tool that can be used for business and communicating with family across the world, but, the youth in America that have grown up with it in their hands seem to be having mental issues that could be more serious as they get older. Being raised in a generation where social media is so prevalent has shown to have negative affects when it comes to communicating to other individuals in their age group. Insecurities become more relevant because of lack of real life human interaction. Social anxiety is an issue that individuals have been dealing with from many years, however because of the online platform of social media individual are becoming lonesome and therefore unhappy and sad. Social media has changed the way we communicate to our friends and families across the world by giving us an online universal platform that anyone and everyone can use, however, by giving this online platform individuals seem to enjoy talking to others through a phone or laptop screen rather than in person face to face which has made social anxiety and insecurities a larger problem in the youth of our society.

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The emergence of the smart phone, and the age of social media has been similarly disruptive in its effect on American political and social life as the television. Like the television, it too has increased social distance, but for decidedly different reasons. The great irony about Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media is that the claim to bring the world “closer together” when in fact contributing to social isolation. This is because social media, created the concept of personalized news, which allows individuals to choose what information they receive. While at first this seems like a positive, and deserving of celebration, no more tyranny of the television owners, it actually is deeply problematic in that individuals tend to choose to receive all their information from like-minded individuals. As a collective, group tend to isolate themselves into their own echo chambers, because they do not want to be uncomfortable and have their ideas challenged. These polarized silos, occasionally referred to as safe spaces, limit public discourse and are very confining in nature, because people no longer confront others with different perspectives. It is in this modern world, of information bubbles, and confirmation biases understanding for those with different opinions has decreased. Rather than solving this system, thus actually contributes, to the oppression of religious, and racial minorities, as well as the economically disadvantaged because it is precisely this

Social media also known as electronic media has become ubiquitous for teenagers and has been exponentially increasing. Communication which once was in person or by telephone now can be done online without physical contact or connection. Adolescents spend countless hours of their lives attached to devices with the intent of communicating with others, sharing their daily lives, and acquiring new information, but neglect the other aspects of their lives by spending more time on social communication and social networking sites. The use of electronic media has made teenagers lack the desire getting outside their rooms, eating lunch beside the computer and repeating the schedule often can seriously lead on sedentary life. This sedentary life can affect mind and body. Adolescents who get stuck at sedentary life tend to eat more junky foods. The mind of teenagers escapes curiosities of forcing the body to take more quick calories which usually can be found in fast foods that are not healthy and become worst when the subject lack on movement and exercises. For example, children who spend many hours in the computer felt hungry and usually end up on ordering fast foods or pizzas. Their lifestyle can affect the desire of join in activities with others. Although, sedentary life has its own stages and usually tend to aggravate. Sometime adolescent who face this issue feels frustration among friend due to their inactivity and tend to close more on this sedentary life where they find

Since the launch of Myspace in 2003, the internet landscape has never been the same. Mirriam-Webster defines social media as “forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)” (Social Media, n.d.). Myspace was arguably the first significant social media platform, and it allowed users to share text, photos, videos, and web links. It did not take long for companies to join the new platform. Before long, companies were engaging with their market and communicating directly with their users.

Media plays a significant role in everybody’s life in modern day society, it consumes vast amounts of our time, entertains us, and even shapes our identity. Being such a powerful tool it could do a vast amount of good to help our world, but on the other hand it could cause extreme damage if mismanaged. What makes media so influential is that it captivates so much of our time making it possible to alter our views without us even knowing. Americans average an astounding 700 minutes per day viewing different forms of media from watching television to scrolling on social media. Women have been unfairly portrayed from the media by being focused on their body rather than their intelligence and character as a human being. From movies to news reports women seem to be given roles or discussed, because of their body image seemingly only to provide entertainment for young men, which just happens to be the primary audience most networks try to reach. By only giving roles to “beautiful women” that all look very similar we take away opportunities from others and create an unobtainable body standard that can be psychologically damaging to women and men. In the future if we promote media literacy and start creating more realistic media outlets that create equality for women it could make our world a much better place.

Social media has been around for about 40 years and is a huge form of communication today. Social media allows for an easy and direct way to connect with people all around the world, while never leaving the comfort of your own home. While most people use social media, it has been discovered that social media can be affected by gender. There have been studies conducted to discover if females use it more than males or if gender affects someones personality on social media.

Since the 1990s, the World Wide Web first launched, the internet has been very popular to everyone from babies that are 2-year old’s to 90-year old’s elderly people. The internet has created a new way for humans to interact in a much easier way than maybe calling someone on the phone or meeting them in person to discuss. Now we have social media such as Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and much more sites to meet and chat with people. These social media are easier to connect with your friends or coworkers that you don’t necessarily have their numbers. In college or maybe in high school you can send the paper that’s due the next day through email to the professor because you can’t make the class, before you would have to either miss a doctor’s appointment you had the next day or miss entirely the school day and get a zero on the paper for not bringing it in. But now we have this Social Construction that most people take for granted. Most people that have all these social media is because it is part of the Norms of this generation of the 21st century for a Social Group like this to all interact with some sort of social media like these.

With the development of advances in technology, communication through social networking has risen immensely. Communicating is not only less complicated, it is also relatively inexpensive. “Many teens in relationships view social media as a place where they can feel more connected with the daily events in there significant other’s life, share emotional connections, and let their significant other know they care” (Lenhart, Anderson, and Smith). However, the ease of access to social networking has allowed many adolescents to become overly involved. Networking has the potential to influence adolescents both emotionally and physically which in turn may lead to negative behaviors. An article from procon.org stated, “The use of social networking sites is correlated with personality and brain disorders, such as the inability to have in-person conversations, a need for instant gratification, ADHD, and self-centered personalities, as well as addictive behaviors” (ProCon.org). Essentially, social networking has rising negative influences on teens because of increased cyber bullying, lack of respect for personal privacy, and its addictive qualities.

Social media and social networking sites are a great tool for staying in touch with friends and family but they 've also become a convenient form of addiction. Almost everybody today has heard about Instagram. Its’ popularity is growing rapidly with already millions of active users. Instagram allows their users to share and exchange photos and videos in the most transparent and detailed way. As you can see, Instagram is a very simple service. Probably, it is the major reason for being so addictive and successful. I took on the challenge to detach myself from Instagram for a whole day. I choose Instagram because it is my most used social media application and the first social media account I check in the morning before I even get out of bed.

Have you ever heard of the contagious disease called social networking. Once you get a glimpse of any of the social media websites, you’re pretty much creating a custom made trashcan to throw your education in, a fire to burn your job into ashes, and the list goes on. Social networking is used in a way where students’ education is second from their list next to staying updated in friends, family, and even strangers’ life. With these habits developed, they bring it into their jobs like Mcdonalds or Burger King, if they’re lucky to get a job there. Now these days, all I hear from people around me talking about the most ridiculous news ever. When I hear these stories, I ask myself, “What happened to spending time on homework and studying or doing the job that was assigned to them? They pretty much said they did 24 hours worth of research on rumors about a person on social networking sites. Why?” It 's available around the world from places from the bathroom to the beach, but people are forgetting to look at how social media is changing and shaping their life in a dangerous way. I believe social networking is not beneficial and is used around the world for the wrongest reasons; hence the most reliable choice to make is to stay away or not use it at all.

Teens around the United States are all associated with social media and the Internet. Many years ago, before phones and computers were invented, simply going outside to play was a great way to spend time with friends and be entertained. Technology has evolved greatly since these days. Teens can communicate, post pictures, and search anything on the Internet nowadays. Although social media is a very big hit in this century, the real question is, is it safe? What does the use of social media and the Internet lead teens to do? Social media and the internet have caused teens to be violated and go missing, become addicted to drugs and alcohol, and even begin to have mental health problems due to cyber bullying. Teens need to be limited and monitored on all social media and the Internet to help keep them safe and away from the many bad influences it holds.

The advent of the Information Age linked people to one another, across vast expanses of geographic space through a simple home computer. While early home users paid per minute of access, the service providers quickly offered a set, monthly fee for access and continuously growing bandwidth availability to remain competitive as users started streaming videos, music, and live broadcasts. Along with entertainment and communication between people, the internet also offers never before seen access to the primary sources of historical narrative formation and a place for multiple voices to engage in shaping these narratives.