How Social Media Hurting In Our Real Life An interesting fact that says, more than 350 million Facebook users suffer from Facebook Addiction Syndrome (Brown p.1)! It shows how the social networking sites like Facebook are taking control over our life. These social networking sites are virtual communities that help and encourage its user to share their personal information, making new friends and communicate with other users. However, its role is very questionable. There are many reasons to worry about it.
The essay concludes with the idea that there is a transformational current going on, and social media is not only changing the way we interact with one another, but it is also affecting our brains, having a psychological effect on us. DiSalvo’s studies and opinions about social networking sites are appealing and make a lot of sense, especially with the sudden increase of Facebook use in the recent years; I can personally say I agree with the psychological effects social networking, more specifically, Facebook has taken in my life. The style DiSalvo used in his argument and used to persuade the reader was the Toulmin model in which he uses claims of
It’s easy for a person to create a factitious profile and use these anonymous profiles. In Bugeja’s essay they say Facebook forbids such fabrications because of their “Terms of Service,” but is still possible for creators to create fake profiles that look real. Again, in his essay it’s stated that all you see on Facebook is an image. You don’t see that person face-to-face so identities are constructed and easily manipulated. Facebook is an interesting example of
Eugene Latona October 4, 2011 Pg 166 Question 3 Virtual Intimacy Virtual intimacy is referred to as an intimate connection over the internet or through a social networking site. Virtual intimacy has the innate ability to “cloak” others, and hide them from real intimacy. But, don’t be fooled, even online love has it’s downsides, according to Theodora Stites. Virtual intimacy allows for different kinds of interaction than in the offline world. One can beg the question, does a Facebook poke allow for the same type of emotion as a real life hug?
How is it beneficial to today’s way in life? Do these networks entitle privacy? Why/Why not? Is social networking safe?With much With much deliberation, this topic has become a very interesting argument.What people must understand is that social networking should not just be seen as an enemy but should be more focused on how it can also be a person’s best friend as well with communication/interaction. It is given in Clive Thompson’s, “I’m So Totally, Digitally, Close to You,” that “people are so often changed by the use of technology”(Thompson-p.168-177).
Most people find that looking things up on the internet is distracting because you are already on the web so why not check YouTube for a funny video, or update your status on the social network. Is the advancing of our technology worth the making us dumber as Nicholas Carr states in his piece, "Is Google Making us Stupid?" We are live in a technologically civilized society.
The problem with social media that was not mentioned in the article was the companies producing the social media. These companies want you to be addicted to their sites, so they make more money. The companies do research to make you addicted, this furthers the excessive use of social media. Social media and the College of Emotional Engineering, in the novel Brave New World, are similar in several ways. The College of Emotional Engineering is in the same building as the Bureaux of propaganda with a focus on emotional suggestibility.
Michael Nguyen/ Thach Nguyen GOVT 2305 – 73431 Professor Sharifian 2/9/2018 The Leaders and The Influence of Social Media During the decades, social media is becoming more popular and it is the tools which connect many people together. In addition, it helps people can catch up the new information, the life, the development of technique. However, many people do not know what harm it will leave and the consequences if they rely on it too much to show up their expression without thinking carefully. Especially, the political problems such cultural problems will affect seriously to the life if someone tried to forge something. First of all, social media such as facebook, twitter are the tools that help people to know the new information every day.
Conclusion 10.Reference WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA? Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. Social media differentiates from traditional/industrial media in many aspects such as quality, reach, frequency, usability, immediacy and permanence. Due to the increase in social media websites, there seems to be a positive correlation between the usage of such media with cyber bullying, online sexual predators and the decrease in face-to-face interactions. Likewise, media seem to be influencing kids' lives in terms of exposing them to images of alcohol, tobacco, and sexual behaviors.
In this modern society, almost all information can be found in the internet and it is easily accessible; therefore, some of the things in the internet may be censored to the user. Internet censorship should not be imposed as this will make the internet meaningless without the correct information given. Censoring makes information given to be inaccurate. Censoring of information may lead to a wrong image perceived by the public. A quote from text A quoted that “we suggest better education for policemen or clearer guidelines for use of force”.