The Importance Of Social Media

Social media sites have taken over our lives in the past years. Social media plays an important role in our life today. Whether it is good or bad, over the past years social media is a rising trend in the world today. Everyone use social media, young and old. It is hard to imagine that we did not have social medial until 10 years ago. I am interested in this topic because I myself use social media every day, I have seen good things happen to people through social media just as much as bad things. I found myself checking my twitter page and other peoples page without even thinking about it. Sitting behind a phone screen or computer can be fun but also bad. People communicate all day every day through email, texting, phone call, and of course social media. Social media has a great impact on people today than ever before. Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter are becoming the most visited sites on the internet. These websites and apps allow people to easily share location, pictures, link, and messages with other people. Social media is being accessed by parents, students, businesses. It is being used by many different people all around the world for many reasons.

The January 23rd, 2013 Chicago Tribune Article written by Belinda Goldsmith, addresses the negative consequences caused by the world’s largest social media network. The central claim is that Facebook can produce “envy and triggers feelings of misery and loneliness according to German researchers” according to Goldsmith (2013). A report by two German universities found that “one in three people studied felt worse after visiting the site became more dissatisfied with their lives” than those who browsed but did not proactively interact. Goldsmith (2013)

In the article, “Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults”, research is conducted to understand the influence Facebook has on the well-being of its users. The two different components of subjective well being that is examined in the article is how people feel moment-to-moment and how satisfied they are with their lives. Online social networks are changing the way we talk, think, and feel about ourselves. Although it’s the world’s largest online social network, no research has been examined on the influence it has on the subjective well being of its users. Subjective well being is one of the most popular studied variables in the behavioral science sector. Not only is it about feeling good and satisfied with your life, but also, it has been proven to enhance health. But what does human health and Facebook have in common? The real question is “how does Facebook usage influence subjective well-being over time”?

Social networking sites are increasing as a communication tool of choice with 58% of individuals using social network sites at least once a week, an increase of 14% from the previous year. Notably, 100% of individuals surveyed under the age of 24 spend time online (Kowalski et al., 2006).

Hayes, van Stolk-Cooke and Muench (2015) suggest that age is a significant factor in exploring differences in how Facebook is used. This study looked at how participants utilise Facebook and participants’ perceived well-being outcomes. Data were collected via an anonymous survey that asked

Social networking can be a great way to stay connected with friends or anybody around the world; it creates a new medium for communication. Social networking makes socializing much more easier and efficient, in fact, social networking makes finding people with common interests, finding love, and finding job opportunities easier [12]. Most social networks include “instant-messaging”, which can make distributing information of work/social related topics easier [12]. According to Statista.com, about 2.34 billion people use social networks worldwide [7], and about 78% of people of the U.S population have social networking profiles [6], concluding that social networking is part of many peoples lives. Though social media can seem like just something positive, social media has many negative effects on its users. In a Forbes article, Dr. Primack of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine conducted a study with about 1,000 people between the ages of 19-32, to better understand social media habits[5]. With the results of the study, Dr. Primack concluded that most of that people that used social media for about 61 minutes per day showed“‘high’ indicators of depression”[5][8]; The depression of these social media users coming from the flaunting of their peers online, creating envy towards them for having better lives [5][8]. In the study the lead author of the study, Lui yi Lin, described how people using social media, are also vulnerable to

Social media allows for people to connect with individuals from various locations, backgrounds, and social statuses that they would often not interact with in person. Thus, social media creates a connected global society based on a so-called “culture of autonomy”, which is what Castells focuses on in ”The Impact of the Internet on Society”(2014). According to Castells, the culture of autonomy is the social structure that is present in society today. This culture consists of our society as being a global network, a new process of individualization produced by new forms of materialized economic activities, and a new desire to use sociability to find like-minded individuals. The internet has contributed to this culture of autonomy by combining online and offline interactions, cyberspace, and local space. With the creation of an online space, the internet was able to bridge the geographic and social gaps between different cultures of people (Castells 2014). This implies a shift from the concept of time and space bound community to new communities based on individual interests, values, and projects due to this networked individualism. In my incident, my liking of flea markets attracted another users liking of flea markets, creating a bond we would not have known of if social media had not been involved. Social Media, such as Instagram, is a prime example of the Internet contributing to this new culture of autonomy, in that they create shared experiences with lower emotional costs

Over the past 10 years, social networking sites, specifically Facebook, have gained millions of users. Since these sites are relatively new, there are not many studies involving human interaction on the Internet in regards to social networking sites. Facebook has many features, including photo sharing, chatting with friends, and posting status updates. These features decrease in-person communications while increasing total communication (McAndrew & Jeong, 2012; Ozmiek & Förster, 2017). While there may be benefits to unlimited online communication, it also has its drawbacks. One of the main drawbacks is a change in self-perception and self-esteem after Facebook usage.

Social media has become a huge part of our lives in and out of the workplace. In different situations, social media can be harmful or informative. Social media is used for many things especially for marketing, sharing, recruiting, networking, and helping with personal issues. Some of the most popular social media sites are Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Using social media for recruiting is also very important because if someone has an Instagram or Twitter that is filled with inappropriate posts your potential employer might not hire. In today’s world, something posted in the morning could end up being an international headline on the evening news channels. Even though there are bad things from social media it can also be widely used to spread knowledge and concepts. As civil engineers, social media should always be used responsibly and professionally in the workplace.

The 21st century has been dominated by social media and the most popular social networking platform is Facebook. With nearly 1 Billion users in 2013 and the expected 2 Billion users in 2017, Facebook reaches huge numbers of people and provides a place for social interaction not seen elsewhere (Bolton et al 2013). Do to this extensive network, Facebook has been a popular location for research on social interactions online and looking at how groups and identities are formed. Although the specific opinions and topics addressed in these studies are very spread out do to the multiple different angles to explore there are many similarities in studies done on Facebook. The two literature reviews that I found discussed and summarized the findings reported in multiple studies about different social interactions on Facebook. Aydin (2012) found that the majority of studies done on Facebook interactions involved looking at the posts on participants profiles and also administering a survey/questionnaire to gage the persons psychological state. Carlisle and Patton (20013) demonstrated this technique themselves when they analyzed political posts during the 2012 presidential election and their correlation to voter turnout. Both studies discussed how Facebook already has the information they are interested in, as it is a free posting platform, but, it was important to be specific in narrowing down what they intended to look at. This involved creating strict categories to look at and

In today’s century, technology has advanced in many ways such as making communicating with one another easier for everyone. No matter where somebody is, if they had access to these social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and so forth, then communicating with anyone, anywhere was possible. Not only that, it has also made it easier for people to meet anyone online along with making people a little more open by sharing their own personal life to people they have on social media and making it easier for people to expand their business with big companies. With that being said, many people think that technology and social media has played a big role in their life, but then, they also failed to realize that it also has its negative way of affecting our cultural behavior.

As we are aware, students use social media during their spare time. However, we live in a world today that social media can make a great impact on eLearning. Social media can become useful if educators know how to use them correctly. There are several social media sites out there that help integrate technology. While many educators get frustrated when students have their phones and other devices out, this is a perfect opportunity to take advantage of this and allow them to learn with their devices. “Social media can be a useful tool to use for educational purposes” (2016, para.1). Educators can create a Facebook group page for the class. It is important that learning remains fun. The educator can post something funny that will encourage students that learning is still important and can be enjoyable. If a student is absent one day, the educator can easily post notes and anything that was taught in class for that day. Creating threads has become very popular. This is a great way to start a discussion and students can interact with one another. Students can easily blog for points. Blogging is a creative way for student assignments. It should be encouraged. Pinterest can be utilized by pinning educational sources and youtube for a flipped classroom concept. These platforms can require work, but will be worth it. Being able to find the right learning tools to fit into an educators teaching methods is the key to success. It gives them a chance to take advantage

During these times, political information is very important our society but to our world. It shows us what is happening or going to happen to our society. Some people think they can only see and search for political information on the television, but now in these times we have access to everything to look and research political information, for example we can access information on the internet, newspapers, but most importantly social media,

American consumers spend on average five hours each day on their smartphones. Whether we’re checking emails, texting or scrolling through social media, most Americans are in constant contact with world communication.  Social media is described as the collection of websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contracts. Some commonly known communication platforms are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.  These websites are used to share photos, as a news source, to reconnect with friends, and to communicate instantly.

Poudel3 Sajani Poudel Sherry Sherifian GOVT 2305 07 Sept. 2017 A Social Media Social Media is one of the important technology of sharing information. Facebook, Twitter, Snap Chat, Instagram and so on are the popular social media for the information and entertainment. Social Media using by leaders is not only about entertaining people but also a best way to spread their personality, reputation and about their work for the country. It is also a good source to get a name and fame in a political career.