The Pros And Cons Of Social Media

In “Impression Management in a Networked Setting”, the reading focuses on how people and mainly adolescents project a type of fade on social media sites. The author states how many young people today are sad, but when on Facebook only take happy looking selfies and hide their true feelings, so they can get more likes from friends. And even how your social media profile page can make a good, or bad impression for a future employer; forcing teens to be more warry about what pictures, videos and reshares that are on their profile page. In the book, it goes into the scenario that teenagers

“People can take their time when posting information about themselves, carefully selecting what aspects they would like to emphasize (Gonzales 80).” By controlling what information and self-attributes to share with the online world, an individual may present an idealized version of self that would not align with societal perceptions in the face-to-face interactions. Furthermore, Gonzales notes that recent research in computer-mediated communications suggests that online self-presentations can alter self-perceptions (80). As Orenstein says, “I tweet, therefore I am.” The online presentations of self can become the reality, or idealized reality, of the

With evolving technology comes new types of social media, people have begin to question the internet’s effect on our mentality. It is a bit difficult to compare the pros and cons of social media, it has more to do with an individual’s experience.  Some could be having a horrible time due to social media, but others could be thriving off of it.  The more negative implications of using social media could be the way that we share our personal lives and how much of it we give to the public, regardless of social relationships, to consume.  Along with this, we are deeply impacted by what we see from others based on our viewing of what they share because of the ability to create falsified identities and unrealistic interpretations of who we are

One danger that is often overlooked by social networking users is social comparison. The phrase “social comparison” refers to the idea that people determine their own self-worth through evaluating and comparing themselves to others. This is especially prevalent on social networking sites. Users of social networking sites often strive to make their lives seem perfect. In order to achieve this, users will only post their “highlights” or positive points in their lives. One author states, "When you're on a site like Facebook, you get lots of posts about what people are doing. That sets up social comparison — you maybe feel your life is not as full and rich as those people you see on Facebook,” ("Social Media: Does social media have a positive impact on the world?"). However, it is not the fact that the users may unintentionally be posting only their highlights that could be potentially dangerous. Rather, it is the fact that another user may compare their own life to another user’s. For example, a user could be scrolling through a site and see another user’s highlights and begin comparing their own life to the other user’s. As a result, a user could start to develop a lower self-esteem. Their sense of self-worth may also be damaged in the process. This obsession of one’s self-image can have severe consequences such as feelings of depression or loneliness ("Social Media: Does social media have a positive impact on the world?").

With technological advancements come the evolution of social media and the role it has in a person’s life. Since Facebook was introduced, there has been an exponential spike in users (Kanalley, 2011). The average user has let social media take a negative toll on their life by letting it changing the way they regard different situations. I studied how social media affects our self-perception. People often separate their lives in two: their real self, the one that can take action; and their ideal self, the perfect identity they create on social media. When a person is unable to attain their ideal self it cripples their self-esteem. People see other users and competition and feel the pressure to look more superior to the rest.

In today’s century social media is the main way to communicate with people with people all over the world. It has become very popular... even more popular than a text or video message. Social media is a computer technology that facilitates the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via communities and networks. The variety of social media services that are currently available can help benefit businesses, introduce an event, or even help you find a friend, family member, or long lost soulmate. Some social sites even help you find love. However, there are many positive things that can come out social media but there are many negatives too.

Social media is the trend in modern society. Human beings have come to depend on social media as a functional unit in their lives. The first recognizable social media site was Six Degrees which was created in 1997 and allows users to interact with each other (Ellison et al. 211). Since then, various social media sites have cropped up and become popular in the world. With the development of this technology, come various effects and implications to the society. The phenomenon of social has been so impactful that it has come to define how human beings live and interact in the society. This, therefore, leads us to some discussions and soul-searching on the pros and cons of using social media in our day to day lives.

Social media has one of the highest influences on humans. It is obvious why; there are so many platforms from Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest just to name a few. Although for our grandparents had to write letters and wait for a reply Social media is instantaneous. The speed of which we communicate would seem like light speed for some older folks. Social media is a very entertaining and captivating pass time; that is why it is so easy to let social media consume so much of your time and focus. There are about 7 billion people on earth and there are 6.8 billion phones. Granted there are parts of the world with no cell service or phones, but a majority of the population has some sort of social media account. With something that is used by so many of course, there will be negatives and positives.

Social Media also known as Social Network Site (SNS) is a platform used by many for many years. As of 2017, there is around 2.4 billion social media users and over 20 popular social media websites. According to Grant (2016), What is an SNS? According to Boyd and Ellison (2008), there are three criteria that a website must meet to be considered an SNS. A website must allow users to “(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system” (boyd & Ellison, 2008, p. 211). These guidelines may seem to restrict what can be considered an SNS, however there are still literally hundreds of vastly diverse websites that are functioning as such.” (p.269). It is a way to communicate with others, network and befriend new people.

While modern technology has allowed individuals to remain connected every second of every day, it has caused people to be not enjoy and be affected by life. “Jack” is a social media star with over 60,000 followers across multiple platforms (Fishwick). Jack tells how he checks his profiles ten times a day, and he sees his life as good content for his followers rather than actually enjoying it (Baker). These are just some of the examples social media takes away from experiencing life. James Taylor (PHD) explains in his article “Is Technology Stealing Our (Self) Identities?” how in previous decades, one’s identity was mainly influenced from positive external sources like parents, peers, extracurriculars, and school. Now, more than ever, as people spend more time on technology, their identities are affected more by the negative influences of social media (Taylor). People like Jack care more about how others will view their profile rather than developing a self-identity based on who they are in real life. As people

I think that the social media system cannot simply make humanity more peaceful and happy. I say this for a couple of reasons. Social media just makes people have a chance to insult or expose others without much punishment, people can use social media for any way they want, including on dark subject like murder, etc., and it has shrunk the world down in such a way it is a social media village now. After reading the article by Nicholas Carr, I could tell that it would do all of this for social media. I immensely agree due to him making his point; social media can corrupt people. People tend to share more exposed information onto social media a lot, so it keeps people from liking others the more they know of them.

Social Media is absolutely useful tool for communication, there’s no doubt about that, but just like with any other tool, there are ways to misuse the medium. Social media’s strength and weakness lie within its popularity. With millions of user’s, some of which grew up using social media, there are going to be people who use it to their advantage, or at least try to. In the New York Times article, “Quit Social Media. Your career May Depend On It.” by Cal Newport, an idea is presented that using social media at all can potentially kill you future career.

Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, text messaging, and emailing, are just a few ways that people communicate through technology daily. Social media has made it simple for individuals to converse with each other instantaneously no matter where they are. While social media can be a good tool, it also has its cons. With the increase in social media popularity over the past century, social interaction has been negatively affected.

In today's world it's like we are all in a network state. Social media can play a major role in our lives through the way we portray one another. Not many people know this but many companies look through your social media before hiring you. I would want to know my employer personally before hiring them because at some point people on social media post about drug abuse and provocative images and comments. Your social media reflects off of you as of who you are as an intellectual person and not everyone on social media portrays themselves as a well spoken person. Colleges and universities are now going more indepth into looking at your resume. Why look at your resume when you are taught to only brag and talk about your positives on there when on social media you share your true thoughts and feelings. Although social media may have bad impacts on student lives there are some pros, for example for students the key to success is studying and most college students do their studying online.

Using social media can make you to gathering informatiopn from anywhere with easily you can find information about political, social, culture about some country is like to find your favorite clothes in you wardobe. Because every website news is always give the reader most to updating news from around the world.