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Is Social Media Disconnecting More Than It Is Connecting People?
Digital natives, those born into the Digital Age, are surrounded by social networks. Instead of meeting up for a get together at a certain time and place, social media has flipped this on its head—now it’s all the time and everywhere! I’d like to ask how this is affecting the way we interact with and care for each other, the way we think of and care for ourselves and even to the extent of what we do and who we are becoming with our added virtual persona. A case could be made that social media is disconnecting people more than it is connecting them. It could be argued that the diversity of human relationships and communication cannot be substituted for the people we choose to connect with from behind a screen. The growing market of social media applications is beginning to redefine human connection. Are we escaping the complexities of reality to enjoy a seemingly simpler ‘virtuality’? Are we shortchanging ourselves?
By Amelia Milton7 years ago in 01
Understanding Your Instagram Influence
The following is an excerpt from a talk I gave on social media at Amplifying Ideas. St. Albert's Amplify Festival celebrates student art and inspires creativity. It is entirely youth initiated. Thank you so much to the Amplify Festival Committee for welcoming me to speak at your event!
By Kate Korte8 years ago in 01
Beauty Is in the Eye of the Camera
In the age of technological advancement and social media, the views that young boys and girls have are becoming distorted at a rapid pace. According to market research firm "Influence Central," the average age a child gets their first mobile phone is 10.3 years. Since your brain does not stop developing until your mid-20s, everything until that point will shape how you see the world cognitively. That is why I find the idea of a 10-year-old with a mobile phone harrowing.
By Ellie Hunter8 years ago in 01
How to Create Better Paid Social Media Advertisements
Social media has become a crucial part of companies' marketing strategies with 2.80 billion users in 2017. Most social media sites allow you to produce paid adverts or sponsor your posts so that people who aren’t already following you will have a chance to see your content. Great paid social campaigns can help a business dramatically by increasing brand awareness and generating more leads. So, how can you create better adverts to help get the best results?
By Chloe Walton8 years ago in 01
Dangerous Social Media Challenges Need to Stop!
At one time, the internet used to be a much more peaceful place than it is now. MSN Messenger was hugely popular, Facebook wasn't a thing and you were considered 'seriously cool' if you had the latest music downloaded onto your phone. However, now the internet is vast, frightening and downright stupid.
By Katie Edwards8 years ago in 01
Social Media Is Sure Addicting
Being bored is never fun, but is being on social media all day really that fun either? It is starting to dominate people’s lives and quite honestly can be a form of addiction. I see seven-year-olds walking around Snapchatting, I go hang out with friends and hardly anyone talks and if we do it’s about what other people are doing on their social media. So fun right? Wrong! I can give examples of this all day long and I know you can as well. Will this stop or just continue to keep taking more and more of our time as we keep becoming more dependent on technology and our smart phones? It seems like as time continues social media users are becoming younger and the amount of time spent on them is continuing to increase.
By Jaden Jackson8 years ago in 01
Killer Likes
Social media is a great way to connect with people from around the world. It can be a great platform for people to start businesses and earn money. But it has a dark side. A side that takes us away from reality. It can recreate a person's life. Carefully chosen photos, videos, and posts give us a glimpse into the parts of a person's life they want us to see.
By Denilia Blue8 years ago in 01
3 Steps to Improve Your Social Media Presence
Social Media. It almost rules our world now, right? People connect on social media, learn to cook on social media, shop on social media, and can find out that cute barista whose name tag you only saw the first three letters of on social media.
By Christina Hall8 years ago in 01
Ways to Create an Engaging Social Media Presence. Top Story - March 2018.
An engaging social media presence is something that many strive to have, whether they are aspiring stars or businesses looking to master the social media world, a great social media presence has a huge effect on the success of many.
By Sherry Campbell8 years ago in 01
Social Media Apps You Should Be Using in 2018
For the sake of this article, we have left out the most popular social media apps such as Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat, and instead focused on the up and coming platforms that have the potential to grow to an Instagram level.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in 01
Why I Gave up Social Media
Technology.It is a blessing and a curse. It is used to connect us or divide us. It permeates almost every area of our lives and most of us check our phones more than we drink water. It is a habit, hobby, and, for most, a necessity. So why would someone give it up?It started for me during the 2016 election. I, like most Americans, was glued to the news watching the craziest moments I've ever seen unfold in American politics. Everyone had an opinion. They still do. Which is great—that's what America is about right? Freedom of speech and expression. However, I was seeing my social media feeds flooded with angry, hateful, impassioned, closed-minded people (on both sides of the aisle) arguing over "Cheeto Man" and "Crooked Hillary." A lot of ALL CAPS arguments were happening in the comments section of almost every post I saw—people, who had grown up as best friends and even family members, were now at war. I found myself constantly feeling stressed whenever I would log on to any of my social media accounts, never knowing what I was going to see or who would be hating whom today.I couldn't breathe. After the election, I realized that I needed to do something for my sanity. I had started to see people I care about in a different light, all because of different opinions that weren't being shared with me, they were being screamed AT me. I came to the obvious conclusion that no one will ever change someone's opinion or belief in the comment section of Instagram or Facebook, and Twitter isn't fun anymore when your @s are full of people calling you names. Social media was created and designed to connect people and to make the world feel a little less scary and big. That's what it used to be for me. When I was in high school, Myspace was the coolest thing ever and the only stress I faced was who was going to be in my top eight (and what position they would be in—those decisions could make or break a friendship, am I right? :) ) and Facebook was the cool new kid on the block. I used to talk to friends and share the cool things going on in my life—it was interactive.
By Elizabeth Patterson8 years ago in 01
