In my opinion social media is great and has brought the way people connect with each other to a whole new level. That said I still think it has a lot of shortfalls. Children now grow up to be more antisocial than ever and while social networks allow the already popular and successful to thrive it punishes the socially awkward. Some forms of Social Media have amazing benefits to society however such as You-tube. I am one of the many that only gets their information from You-tube and Stumble, Reddit etc. However sites such as Facebook or twitter serve very little purpose and I think they are going to be the cause of many issues in the newer generation. These issues range from attention span to obesity to plan inability to communicate in the workplace. Honestly how can you get a job when you text and IM more messages in a day then you speak. Yes I grew up with it, yes I can say I have been drawn to the addiction of Facebook. You can learn to moderate the use of these websites. I've seen people that can sit and stare at Facebook for hours just to see if someone will update there status or post something of warrant. These people in truth could be doing much more productive things such as listening to the lecture (as not to bother their classmates later with questions or doing homework) so they don’t have to freak out last minute (blaming the teacher for their bad marks). It along with text messaging has brought socializing to a much lower level and will cause major problems in the future generations. Therefore I think that it will be split between people who realize Social Medias worth and don't abuse and the ones who use it as a drug and can't handle the distraction of it.
Mark Hammond
Mark Hammond
