We all know that society has been impacted greatly by social media. It has given us avenues all over the world. You can interact with some a world away, down the street from your house, or even sitting right next to you in the office. You see the good and bad of these sites everywhere you look. Depending on how you use it, it can be an advantage or a disadvantage. One of the major things I have seen talked about, is social media’s effect on socialization. On the plus side many think it facilitates face to face interaction. You are able to meet people online and start a conversation with them, when you might not have normally done so. By starting that conversation online it will become easier to continue it face to face at a later date.
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It has become a lot easier for people, especially the youth, to become involved in their counties politics. They are able to use Twitter and Facebook to follow candidates or to keep up with current events at the touch of a button. With more people being involved in politics, it has also increased voter participation. Voters are able to check websites and see when rallies are or when speaking engagements are listed. They are able to see these things and they are able to see them as the happen so they do not miss anything. With so many people having so much information readily available to them, it is quick and easy to organize people. You want to have a demonstration on Main Street? No problem. Put it on your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages and you will have given hundreds or thousands of people that message with one click. You are able to do something that would normally take months of planning, with emails and phone calls and meetings at one time. You have not only saved yourself all that time, but probably a lot of money as …show more content…
These sites make it so easy to post anything and everything and once it’s out there you cannot get it back. I have seen where people have posted that they were going on vacation for a few weeks and when they get back their homes are cleaned out. Criminals are using these sites as a way to stake out future jobs. It also makes it easy for stalks and pedophiles to gain access to their victims. You can be whoever you want on social media, so it is a lot easier than you might think to turn into a completely different person. Besides letting criminals into your life, social media can also affect your professional and educational life. Imagine you are on a weekend trip with your best friends, living it up, drinking just having a good time. You post all of your pictures to show everyone how much fun you had. Now imagine you go in for an interview and you nail it, you just know you are getting that job you have always wanted. Your possible employer checks everything, including your social media sites and decides that you just are not the right person for the job after looking at your pictures and posts. The same could happen for scholarships. I have read recently where students have lost scholarships over their social media websites. These sites make it so easy to post things that we do not take the time to see how dangerous this can
It has become a lot easier for people, especially the youth, to become involved in their counties politics. They are able to use Twitter and Facebook to follow candidates or to keep up with current events at the touch of a button. With more people being involved in politics, it has also increased voter participation. Voters are able to check websites and see when rallies are or when speaking engagements are listed. They are able to see these things and they are able to see them as the happen so they do not miss anything. With so many people having so much information readily available to them, it is quick and easy to organize people. You want to have a demonstration on Main Street? No problem. Put it on your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages and you will have given hundreds or thousands of people that message with one click. You are able to do something that would normally take months of planning, with emails and phone calls and meetings at one time. You have not only saved yourself all that time, but probably a lot of money as …show more content…
These sites make it so easy to post anything and everything and once it’s out there you cannot get it back. I have seen where people have posted that they were going on vacation for a few weeks and when they get back their homes are cleaned out. Criminals are using these sites as a way to stake out future jobs. It also makes it easy for stalks and pedophiles to gain access to their victims. You can be whoever you want on social media, so it is a lot easier than you might think to turn into a completely different person. Besides letting criminals into your life, social media can also affect your professional and educational life. Imagine you are on a weekend trip with your best friends, living it up, drinking just having a good time. You post all of your pictures to show everyone how much fun you had. Now imagine you go in for an interview and you nail it, you just know you are getting that job you have always wanted. Your possible employer checks everything, including your social media sites and decides that you just are not the right person for the job after looking at your pictures and posts. The same could happen for scholarships. I have read recently where students have lost scholarships over their social media websites. These sites make it so easy to post things that we do not take the time to see how dangerous this can