Influence of the Media

When it comes to social media I think it’s safe to say that I’m borderline addicted; but honestly, who isn’t?  I wake up in the morning and as soon as my alarm goes off I’m on my phone checking emails, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and any other form of pop culture news I can get my hands on, and this is all done before even getting out of bed!  I use social media in all aspects of my day-to-day life, whether it’s communicating with family, checking up on an old friend, or maybe even reading about the latest celebrity gossip or breaking news. 

Social media has helped shaped the way our society lives today, and it has definitely made both positive and negative impacts along the way.  Social media is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends, and it also serves as a quick and easy way to retrieve the latest news updates.  Social media can also have some pretty negative side effects as well.  We can gain so much knowledge and information from media sources that’s readily available at our finger tips, we forget how easy it is to get absorbed into something interesting on our phone for hours at a time.  Most people, including myself, can get easily wrapped up into all of the social media apps on our phones that we lose track of what’s happening in the real world.  Social media straddles a very thin line of good and bad, both of which can be exciting and scary at the same time.