Blog #9: Why Social Media?
By: Lee Rivas
Social media has always been an influential device and has influenced people on all forms of information but we have reasons why they are as great and important as they are today. Social media is officially the easiest way to transmit information including videos, messages and at an extremely high speed compared to other forms of communication. People see social media as the best at wide spreading influence.
There are many social media that prioritize a different idea such as instagram that focuses on pictures then small captions under it this one is most widely used by people trying to bring out an image to the social media world. This social media revolves around followers is a form of keeping view of one social media profile.
"It has never been easier to be as influential as you can be today. Information is cheap. Information is easier to produce. And if you have a quality message, it's never been cheaper to get out.”
As said in today's age information is cheap and easily processed throughout the worldwide internet connection and this has made the internet an influential personality.
There are rapidly one billion users of most of these social networking websites such as Facebook instagram and snapchat and other types such as messenger and discord and more these are most widely used for their convenience and power at sending information at a rapid speed throughout the worlds interweb.
Social media is the most valuable resource we have today. Businesses use them for growth individuals use it to get their word out to the world and their picture also gives engagement with the audience. Its such a wide audience that makes social media so great to everyone looking for exposure. Social media gives abilities to share content to all people you choose to but is most widely used for entertainment or spreading a message.
Why does social media play such an important role in todays society?
Websites to learn more about social medias influence: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/what-makes-social-media-so-influential-infographic
Social media plays such an essential role in today's society. Social media plays such an important role in that it plays a critical role in connecting people, promoting business, promoting opportunity, and increasing visibility and debate among people worldwide. Since the development of technology, social media has been up and rising, especially in this day and age where anyone can become an influencer or YouTuber. People who are interested in it can become successful. Today social media is also being used to help spread awareness on injustice which is great. Overall, Social media is a very vital platform because it allows us to communicate.
ReplyDeleteSocial media plays such an important role in today's society because it's the new form of communication. We communicate through social media in the forms of advertisements, promotions, marketing, televising, and etc. All these forms of communication travel through all social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and etc. As technology continues to advance, so will social media. Social media is society's everyday routine for obtaining news. Social media is your modern today newspaper. It's your modern day newspaper that comes with the advancement of communicating all over the world. Due to the major influence that social media has in the modern world it will continue to play such an important role in today's generation and the generations to come.
ReplyDeleteLee, I think your post raises the all-important question--not IF it is influential, but WHY is it so influential? That's a complicated inquiry. I suppose with any new technology that brings convenience, society becomes quickly reliant--if not addicted. We have also seen social media multiply, adapt, expand, and transform at rapid speed. It is quickly filling those 'voids' we didn't even know we had!
ReplyDeleteA related discussion is whether or not we see this influence as ultimately positive or negative. I fall into the glass half full category. I think these platforms, despite their downsides, unlock powerful possibilities in the realms of human connectivity, advertisement, business building and beyond.
Nice discussion!
Social media is influential because in modern times people often have no choice but to use it. Many people much like myself only communicate through social media apps rather than texts. So to be able to talk to your friends and family many people have to join the apps. Everyone wants to feel like society is making advances in technology so every time something new comes out everyone has to use it or be left in the dust. In my opinion social media is so influential because everyone is sort of forced to use it one way or another.
ReplyDelete-Sara Smolock
Social media is influential because it allows people to communicate their ideas and thoughts without having to meet someone in person. This allows everyone to have a voice and platform to spread awareness about topics or to meet new people they wouldn’t usually run into in their day to day lives. Instead of just turning on the tv or radio like many people did in the past, we are able to make entertainment an open forum of conversation. (With apps such as YouTube, Instagram, snapchat and Tik Tok people can choose what they went to see for free as well as directly interacting with the creators of posts) Another reason social media is influential is because it has become standard in our everyday lives. At this point it is nearly impossible not to have at least one form of social media because society has advanced and depends on these new forms of communication.
ReplyDelete- Emily Smolock
Being able to see what you view and do on social media is completely choice. Social Media can be very influential to most because there are many ways of communication and different things expressed on whichever platform suits the consumer. Social Media platforms also allow one to access information in a much easier way, for example: being able to look up a specific person, place, etc. It allows one to dive a little deeper, and maybe learn something new. It is a convenience to society and is ultimately becoming normalized throughout parts of the world.
ReplyDelete-Julia Brubaker
It is obvious that today's generation is growing up differently than others. Social media plays a huge role in today's world because it is the easiest and fastest ways to connect to other people. Social media is extremely powerful when it comes to creating opportunities for others. Yes people can use it for fun or to keep in touch with people who they do not see on the daily but social media has also built careers and allowed people to share their passions with the world.
ReplyDeleteSocial media plays such an important role in today's society due to its ability to spread information. Anyone can post something online and do it quickly. People can send messages to each other from almost anywhere in the world and get a response in seconds. Also anything posted usually stays there forever and has the potential to be seen by tons of people. Advertisements are posted everywhere online for that very reason. News can now spread at a rapid rate, leading to many sources fighting to be the first to publish a story. This unfortunately also means that misinformation can spread just as fast as well. With how integrated social media is in our society I doubt it’s going away anytime soon.
ReplyDelete-Devin Boone
Social Media is a way that we can all interact with one another, its a way we communicate and spread awareness on important topics. Social media plays an important role in todays society because its a way that we talk to one another all over the globe, we spread awareness about any social injustice, and if someone is missing it is posted all over social media. Social media is also being used for entertainment purposes.
ReplyDeleteSocial media has the ability to connect individuals, organizations, and businesses no matter their location which is why its prevalence is so impactful on the average persons life. It provides ample opportunities for people to gain an income, infiltrate news of injustice, promote personal achievements and more. Our society today, due to the recent technological advancements, is based on comparing ourselves in every way to those that visually and financially look more superior on these media platforms. Its a vicious cycle that no one can escape because if you do then you're considered to be not normal.
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ReplyDeleteSocial media changed our society forever. It's integrated its way to school's primary communicative technique, promotions, jobs, and accessible information in a flash. As of today, social media is people's principal way of obtaining political news, especially through governmental Twitter accounts. Social media plays an important role in society because it is the primary way people communicate with one another.
I think that social media plays such an important role in today’s society because, honestly, it's everywhere and hard to avoid. But, that doesn't mean it's necessarily bad. Social media can be used in a lot of ways, from gathering critical information to updating your friends on what you're doing in that moment. For a lot of people, sharing their life with others is pretty important. However, it's also used for entertainment, or as an escape from the world when it gets overwhelming. Other important things that social media does is create job opportunities, or allow people to grow their business. Social media has such a large role in our society because of its ability to support a large amount of opportunities and news and the like.
ReplyDelete– Antonia Sussina.
I think social media is important in today’s role because it’s so easily acceptable. But it’s not important for any good reason. So many people use social media as a weapon to harm others to the point where it does more harm than good. It’s gotten to the point where social media tries to control what people say and has become very opinionated .
ReplyDelete-Anthony Villanella
I think social media plays such an important role in today's society because social media had began it's popularity in 2010/11 when Instagram and snapchat were first launched. It is now 10 years later and the majority of people have smartphones or some way to obtain social media. Humans have a natural desire to be connected to others, and social media somewhat satisfies this need, making social media addicting.
ReplyDeleteSocial media has such a prominent role within today's society because that's where pop culture lies. Mainly everything that's mainstream in American had been impacted, derived, grown, or trended from social media. Social media is a big platform for everything to converse. from advertising, to followers, to conversations, to online models, social media has become it's own thing, it's won entity. People can use social media as a platform for a career or job, or someone else can use it as a simple way to express themselves. I think social media has such an important role for its global scaled platform and versatility.
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