The Credibility Of Social Media

News sites are beginning to lose membership because of the growing amount of time americans spend their time on sites such as Facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat and other social media sites. some people believe that the sites are credibil towards media or news in general, but these sites are composed of multiple opinions that have nothing or little to do with the actual reporting from credible sources. From the internet anything can be forged information from photos to what some bloggers write about, and social media is a hotline to all the tampered images and facts / statistics about news and general information. In all seriousness, when people rely on information from social media sites they begin to diminish their principles and personalities. Ahmed Shahlaa from “ Gulf Daily News“ Claims “ Social media should not be used as a source of knowledge because it puts your Knowledge, Personality and Principles at risk “. With the internet gaining more of a foothold on the united states and the rest of the world, we should have the …show more content…
Even though there are good posts that give some insight to a subject or issue, it's all subjective information. Many americans use some type of social media and has become interlinked with the subjective information, and According to Moscaritolo Angela from “ PC Magazine “ she states “ According to a new survey from the allstate corporation & Natural Journal 60% of all americans think that the internet and social media make it easier for them to be well informed… Comes from a survey of 1000 people over the age of 18 “. If 60 % of the united states gained their information through social media, then more than 60 % of our country has false information and news that is subjective to the viewer. It's almost like a civil war