We can all agree that social media has revolutionized the internet and technology. There are hundreds of social media sites and app’s for your phone that change how you interact with the world. Social media puts all of the information we would ever need to know right in the palm of your hand. Whether it is world news about natural disasters in foreign countries, local news about a town hall verdict or your second cousin from Oregon who posted a picture of him eating a bowl of cereal. We all use social media to achieve different goals, but the main idea behind it is to connect everyone together. If you break down the words social media it translates like this, “Social” meaning society or the public and “Media” meaning the main means of mass
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If all Facebook user’s had the fear of missing out and knew that is was happening to them, not many people would use the site. Therefore, Facebook has to have some sort of positive purpose to draw people in. According to Business News Daily.com’s article there are, “7 Unexpected Ways Facebook Is Good for You.” The articles provides 7 examples of ways you would never guess that Facebook is good for you. The first example is it improves your love life. It talked about how people will friend someone after they first meet in person. If the two like each other one may message the other and soon a relationship is formed. Another way it is good for you it raises stock prices. If users are promoting a product on the site more people will share it and more people like it, which will increase the stock market value if the numbers of consumers are buying the product. The article talks about if stock market values rise the economy will increase and a better world my come to forwishen. The articles author Chad Brooks a Chicago-based freelance business and technology writer stated; “Facebook users spend an average of more than 15 hours a month on the social networking site. While there are plenty who caution against such intensive use — and there are a number of studies detailing the harm Facebook could potentially cause.” However, his article clearly indicated that there are those ways that Facebook could be good for you. He …show more content…
If you weigh the evidence there are a lot more people who claim Facebook is bad for you. However, I find it hard to believe that it can be bad. There are 1.49 billion users on Facebook and half of those users login in a day, their most be something good about it. Therefore, I think Facebook has a lot more good aspect to it rather than bad aspects. Again, if Facebook cause more bad events to happen, I think there would be a lot less users on the site. If you look at the first article with functionalist theory you will see the difference between the good and the bad of social media. A functionalist would say, the bad about social media would be the fear of missing out causes people to pay more attention to their Facebook. In return would draw people away from their own lives and place more focus on other people’s lives. That would ultimately talk away face-to-face interactions because you would already know everything about the other person. On the contrary, a functionalist would say, the good about social media is that it boots the stock market. If someone posts about a product of a local business other people might share that post. More people will see that product and go purchase the product. In return, will boost the company’s revenue and therefore help the business expand. All in all the functionalist theory can analyze both sides of the story. However, it is up to you, whether or not
If all Facebook user’s had the fear of missing out and knew that is was happening to them, not many people would use the site. Therefore, Facebook has to have some sort of positive purpose to draw people in. According to Business News Daily.com’s article there are, “7 Unexpected Ways Facebook Is Good for You.” The articles provides 7 examples of ways you would never guess that Facebook is good for you. The first example is it improves your love life. It talked about how people will friend someone after they first meet in person. If the two like each other one may message the other and soon a relationship is formed. Another way it is good for you it raises stock prices. If users are promoting a product on the site more people will share it and more people like it, which will increase the stock market value if the numbers of consumers are buying the product. The article talks about if stock market values rise the economy will increase and a better world my come to forwishen. The articles author Chad Brooks a Chicago-based freelance business and technology writer stated; “Facebook users spend an average of more than 15 hours a month on the social networking site. While there are plenty who caution against such intensive use — and there are a number of studies detailing the harm Facebook could potentially cause.” However, his article clearly indicated that there are those ways that Facebook could be good for you. He …show more content…
If you weigh the evidence there are a lot more people who claim Facebook is bad for you. However, I find it hard to believe that it can be bad. There are 1.49 billion users on Facebook and half of those users login in a day, their most be something good about it. Therefore, I think Facebook has a lot more good aspect to it rather than bad aspects. Again, if Facebook cause more bad events to happen, I think there would be a lot less users on the site. If you look at the first article with functionalist theory you will see the difference between the good and the bad of social media. A functionalist would say, the bad about social media would be the fear of missing out causes people to pay more attention to their Facebook. In return would draw people away from their own lives and place more focus on other people’s lives. That would ultimately talk away face-to-face interactions because you would already know everything about the other person. On the contrary, a functionalist would say, the good about social media is that it boots the stock market. If someone posts about a product of a local business other people might share that post. More people will see that product and go purchase the product. In return, will boost the company’s revenue and therefore help the business expand. All in all the functionalist theory can analyze both sides of the story. However, it is up to you, whether or not