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Today's question is...
What do you
think about social media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)? Does it sometimes
infringe on our privacy without our knowledge? How does social media benefit
us? Has social media changed the way we
communicate? If yes, is it for the better or worse?
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ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I believe that social media can be a good thing as well as a bad thing. It can be a good thing because it can help you communicate with family and friends that you don’t normally see.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I believe that social media can be a good thing as well as a bad thing. It can be a good thing because it can help you communicate with family and friends that you don’t normally see. It can be a bad thing because if you do not use it carefully, strangers can see what you are doing. Also, hackers can see all of your personal information. Yes it does sometimes infringe with our without our knowledge because hackers will be able to look into our personal life. Social media can benefit us because it can help us communicate with people that we wouldn’t see on a regular basis. Yes, social media did change the way we communicate because it gave us a way to talk to people besides talking to them on the phone or texting them. In my opinion, it is better because some people may not have a phone to talk on and can only communicate by social media.
DeleteI think social media is actually a very useful part of our everyday lives. It can be very useful because it let's people connect with friends, family, etc. . You can see what your friends are doing whenever you want and can share your experiences, thoughts, or feelings. this can be useful because there never used to be such a connected world and social media does this. Social media has changed the way we communicate in a huge way.
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ReplyDeleteThe social media technology that almost has taken over our wold has really changed our world. Now instead of going out side and playing baseball in the empty lot next door, were going on our phones and watching the highlight from last nights game on social media. but every one in the world can see what you are doing. The people that can go on your profile and can see when you went some where how long you went for who your girl/boyfriend is. Social media has to much of a rage for every one in the world to see who and what you are doing. but social media can help you in some ways. some people might not know what to wear for football practice tomorrow. in this case you could post a picture or a text asking what do we wear tommrow for football practice and the other people could comment and tell you what you need to wear
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ReplyDeleteI personally think social media has both pros and cons. Although all social media sites are different, they all have a central idea. On social media, the central point is usually to connect with friends and update them on your life and see what they’re up to. Which is a great idea, but nowadays that’s not what it’s used for. Statistics of people who were surveyed that use Facebook say that 54% of their friends on Facebook are really people they didn’t know, and that they friended out of politeness, and 34% said the did for the desire to look more popular. The problem with this is, that is what social media is about these days, popularity. The more followers you have on Instagram, the better you feel about yourself. Im sure most people in our school know at least only 50% or less of the people who actually follow them and like their pictures. All social media sites that I know of allow your page to be private, but that doesn’t stop most from adding people they don’t know. Which is also dangerous considering it is very easy to make a fake account either to spy on someone, to bully, or just to pretend to be someone else. Another main problem is predators, its so easy for someone to find out where someone lives through social media. Obviously there is more cons than there is pros, but another main con is social media is ruining lives. Back then our parents didn’t have social media and followers to tell people about their life and get others opinions. These days we ask for peoples opinions we don’t even know and make decisions based off colorful words of people who we admire when they don’t even know us.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I think social media can be a good thing but a bad thing. Social media is really just to connect with people; many people use it for different things. For instance a lot of Facebook users just use Facebook because their friends have it, and they communicate with them online. Also, they share pictures together, now that’s where I think the main problem is. Teenagers are mostly the ones that post pictures of themselves online and send it to their friends but what they might not realize is it’s invading their privacy. You’re sending a picture of yourself to all your followers and people can be taking your pictures and hacking you on your own account. On the other hand, social media does benefit us in a couple of ways. Say if you have a friend’s, or family and they moved and the only way you can get in touch with them is being on the internet. You can only talk to them there, it’s not like they’re right In front of you. Adults also use Facebook and other websites for work too, so it benefits them as well. Social media definitely changed the way we communicate. If your friend lives right down the street from you, you should go have a conversation with them instead of texting or chatting on Facebook. In conclusion, social media can be used to communicate if you’re far away from somebody but we really should stop texting and more talking. So social media is a good thing but defiantly can be a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteSocial media has changed the world around and has advanced so far to a stage where its easier than any other way.Social media to me is a very useful tool and is a easy way of doing things but can also be bad and hurtful. I think social media is great because it lets you find things out fast,for example i don't know what a word means so i look for a minute and i have a definition.Another reason is that you can contact someone fast and easily,There are hundreds of contacting methods in just a phone and can be a useful tool. Social media is also bad because it definitely takes away a lot of privacy. When I say that i mean that no one is safe for what they say as long as its on social media. It is to easy to bully someone as long as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc. are available to everyone. Social media has also affected the way people communicate. Social media has affected communication because why would someone walk or drive to someones house when they could simply text or talk to them with social media. The reasons are that why waste time walking or driving, money for gas for your drive to somewhere, and lastly its so much simpler and easier and most people have become lazy due to the social media.That is how I think the social media has affected us and my opinion on things that have been changed because of social media.
ReplyDeleteSocial media has almost, if not completely, taken over the world. Most people nowadays would much rather be on their computers, or cellphones rather than outside playing games and having fun. Social media also completely violates everybody's privacy, which not many people understand. Every application has a way of letting people from all over the world see exactly what you're doing at all times, whenever or whatever you post. Kids and adults from all around post all of their life events, family photos, friendly photos and relationships with the whole entire world, every single day, without even realizing it. I believe social media is actually pretty dangerous if people don't use it the right way. Even if you are using it correctly, there's still a huge chance that everybody could see what you post. Privacy is a huge problem because, you never know who's out there. I also feel as if it is a huge time consumer. Social media has found a way to make it possible to put everything people feel they need, right on the internet. With this, people will take advantage of it and sit on their phone's and computers at every chance they get; which I personally feel keeps them away from bigger and better things. Another huge deal on the internet is bullying. There are not many rules for the web, which allows people to say, or do whatever they want and almost nobody could put a stop to it. People get their feelings hurt every day because of the few laws for cyber bullying, which is a huge deal. This is my opinion on social media, I feel it does absolutely no good for anybody whatsoever.
ReplyDeleteI think that social media is a very important part of today's society. Some type of social media is used for almost everything. Whether it is an app for a smart phone, a computer, or even a car. It can be used for checking the local weather or talking to friends or family across the world. Social media is not always safe but you have to be careful how you use it. I personally have pretty much all the social media apps and I have not had a problem. Social media can infringe on our privacy without our knowledge because we will send a picture or tell something to our friends and they might post it on the internet. Social media has changed the way we communicate because we don't talk on the phone as much as we used to. Mainly now we text and use social media. I think talking on the phone is safer than using social media because people may not be who hey claim they are. If you are on the phone with someone you will be able to hear there voice and know if they are who they say they are. Also social media is very useful for teenagers because they can use it to figure what is going on around the world. Social media connects the world to let everyone know what is going on.
ReplyDeletei think social media like twitter, instagram, and facebook are taking over teenagers lives. it is causing privacy issues, random people in one click to your profile can find out about your whole life and you or anyone else will never even know about it. social media also benefits our lives though. it gives kids the opportunity to meet new friends and learn more about there peers. you could find people with the same interests as you and make friends. social media has also changed the way we communicate with each other. instead of talking face to face, we sit on twitter and tweet back and forth to each other, we even do it when we are right next to each other. when we were all young kids no one had social media and would always talk face to face instead of through a screen. people use social media for almost everything, instead of getting the newspaper, they follow the news account on twitter or instagram. social media makes a huge difference in our lives today in many ways, but in my opinion most of those differences are for the worse. in our adult lives we are going to have jobs that require being able to talk to co-workers face to face and no one will know how to. there is very little benefits in social media and the benefits that there is are things we could live without. we will all struggle getting a job if we never learn how to talk and deal with people face to face. in my opinion social media affects us all for the worse.
ReplyDeleteSocial media. In a lot of ways it can help us communicate with the wider world. It helps us connect with family members that live far away, and it can also help us meet new friends over the internet. On the other hand there are also a lot of cons when it comes to social media. You need to know how to be responsible before you use any sort of social media. That is why many social media sites have rules on how old you have to be in order to join, but many people ignore those rules. For example, an eleven year old could easily fake their age and say that they are twenty two. These children are not responsible enough to keep their personal information private. They don't know what's right to post, and what's not. There are a lot of crazy people out there who can take your information and hack your account or even steal your identity. Yes, some people are that insane.
ReplyDeleteEven though there are many cons to social media, there are pros too. It can benefit us by being a way to communicate with family members that we've never met, or maybe an old friend from high school that you thought you would never see again. I think that social media has definitely changed the way that we communicate, but I think it's changed for the better. With social media we will progress as a society, and I think that's a good thing.
Social media is a huge part of teenager’s lives. This generation never seems to leave their phones alone. It offers comfort and safety from the outside world, which is one of the main reasons social media is flourishing today. I honestly think social media could balance on both sides of being good and bad. A good thing about it is that social media causes us to get in touch with distant family members, celebrities, and friends. It also keeps us in touch with current events, news and trends. One of the main issues of social media is the fact we barely go out and socialize with people in public. We usually go out and sit on our phones to avoid communication. It obviously has changed the way we communicate. People today usually send direct messages instead calling and actually talking on the phone or going to meet up. Also, it changes the way we communicate because most people act reckless on social media. We don’t pay attention to our words, not caring if we offend someone because we’re behind a screen of a computer, or phone, making it easier to say something wrong and hurt someone. Social media also infringes on our privacy, but it does state in most of the terms and conditions that it does. In conclusion, I think social media is a bad idea. It causes social anxiety and bullying as well as obesity and horrible decisions.
ReplyDeleteI think social media is a huge impact in our life because everyone uses it almost every day. People use it for so many different things. For example, people use it to stay in touch with their friends and family. Also they use it for work or to play games. Social media is a very important thing; anyone can go on it and do whatever they want. This can cause good or bad things. I say this because some people can start bullying and harassing. Even it will let people know how others been doing and meet new people. Things like Facebook or Twitter can change someone's life. Now that's where the problems start. Bullies mostly do things over social media; they can put hurtful words or even private pictures of/to someone. In my opinion, social media is a bad thing. To other people is many be good but mostly it’s the worst thing. It starts too many problems in everyone's life and it stops teens from doing everyday actives. People who aren’t going to use it right, shouldn’t use it at all, they mess with someone else’s life and they don’t care. Kids can’t even go a few hours without going on Instagram or Twitter. It’s not a good thing to be in these problems.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion social media is a great step into the future but it is also a bad one. Social media, like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can be a good thing because it can allow us to communicate with other family members that are far away or even family members that are in the area. Also, you can reach out to friends for opinions, information or just to have a conversation. The dangerous part of social media is that strangers can follow you and hack into your computer for information. Plus cyber bullying and cyber theft can happen and ruin a person’s life. Social media can have a positive impact on a person’s life but it can also cause great danger.
ReplyDeleteThe internet has a huge impact on the world today, but it also can infringe on a person’s privacy. The internet is forever, so if you post any good or bad items people can find them even if you delete it. Also, things you post can be misinterpreted and make a person feel bad or even bullied. Things you post can be brought back years later and can be embarrassing as you might be a new person now.
The benefit of social media is that it connects us to distant family and friends who may have moved. You can also plan activities with friends or arrange to meet up with family members. You can also get or give information for friends and classmates for school assignments or projects.
Social media had changed the way we communicate in the world and I don’t think it is for the better. Even though there are a lot of good things about social media, I think there are more negatives. First, social media is time consuming and addictive taking focus away from family, school and activities. I also think that people can be unintentionally hurt by messages or their postings can be misunderstood. I don’t think that social media can be a substitute for two-way conversation where each person can express themselves in real-time. There is also the risk of bullying. We have all seen stories in the news about teens hurting themselves over posts in social media. Despite the positives of social media, I feel it has hurt honest and direct communication.