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Social Media Has Changed Society

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72% of all online US adults, visit Facebook at least once a month and Facebook adds 500,000 new users every day that’s 6 new profiles every second. Today I would like to argue that social media has benefited society. I feel passionate about the benefits social media has had on society because with every one spending an obscene amount of time on these sites, myself included. I would like it to have a positive impact on myself, and everyone that uses it, and so I have researched it ad nauseam. I think it is important that we spend a few minutes on this subject because in the article entitled Social networking sites and our lives, from June 2011, “74% of American adults online use social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, as of January 2014, up from 26% in 2008” (Hampton et al.). I shall argue that social media has benefited society because it provides immediate help during a crises, because it can be used to monitor mental health, and because it promotes positive change within countries. First I shall argue that social media has benefited society because it provides immediate help during a crises. When a calamity hits most peoples first instinct is to call there loved ones and ascertain their wellbeing but this can be detrimental to people who actually need help. The U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Volume 139 Issue 10 states that after a disaster “Cell-phone networks immediately become saturated, and those in need of help cannot

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