Well hello everyone…hahaha. Guess I’ll be the first one posting reviews on our first assignment. =)
“Discuss how this new "Social Media" phenomenon is affecting your life and the lives of the people around you. Real-life examples would be good.”
First of all, I wouldn’t say that social media is exactly a ‘new’ phenomenon because social media has been going on around for quite awhile. In fact social media has been around for the past 5-7 years ago or longer. I say 5-7 years because I had my first Friendster account when I was in Form 2 or so. So that’s like about 6 years ago. However, social media only has gained much acknowledgement in recent years as more and more people are beginning to become aware of it and realize the potential of social media in influencing the society. Social media is affecting almost every portion of a teenager‘s or a young adult’s life. The best example would be social networking site Facebook. Social media is definitely affecting our lives greatly in a way that it is almost impossible to find someone (teenagers and young adults) who does not have a Facebook account. Plus, I know for a fact that most of my friends and myself included must log in to Facebook every day. It has become some sort of norm for us in fact.
The social media phenomenon is still growing and companies have turned to social networking sites and other social media to reach out to consumers. Thus, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that one day (very soon perhaps) social media will have the ability to control us. This is also because social media is able to meet almost all our needs. For example, Facebook and Twitter meets our needs for social interactions, Youtube meets our needs for entertainment, and blogs meet our needs for expressing our thoughts and many more. In short, social media has a large impact towards today’s society especially among the younger generation. Social media has become a trend among us, a very popular trend that will probably be here to stay for a long time.
Well, that’s all from me. Until the next discussion! bye-bye! =)
It's true that it's impossible to find someone who does not own an account on Facebook now. These social media sites are already controlling us. Teenagers nowadays spend more time in front of their computer instead of going outdoor to play sports or etcetera activities.
ReplyDeleteI think social media such as facebook is now more frequently used rather than phone....;)
ReplyDeleteAnd I agreed to what you said Shu Gi, about finding people who does not have acc on any social media. It is almost impossible to find them....
Having a facebook account is just like a trend, it's believe that the number of user will be increase year by year. Therefore, it's impossible to find someone who does not own an Facebook account now.
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It's true that social media is able to meet almost all our needs. I believe that there will be more social networking site will be created to meet our needs soon. =)