Technology is moving so fast, and it's amazing looking back to 5 or 10 years ago when it was starting to really catch on when considering the growth of the internet. Our internet has gone from website numbers in the double digits to enormous levels of websites that have been created to touch every possible subject matter that someone could think of to search.
Not only has the internet been successfully updated with many technological advances, but even more capabilities have sprung forward within the last couple of years called social media. Social Media connects the world in more ways than ever imaginable. This is done through way of Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc. to stream through the internet in a 'social' way of introducing yourself to billions of people around the globe while sitting on the couch with no one personally around. Not only is their just Facebook, but also tools like Foursquare, Groupon, and Digg.
My ultimate question is can this source of social power become overwhelming to our society?
There seems to be so much information streaming in that it seems like our society should be robots with computing so much miscellaneous knowledge and know-how.
Or, is this the biggest move our society has done as a people to further the educational resources that we receive from communicational endevors?
Libraries have become less significant, because the internet has become an excellant secondary resource that has changed our means of gathering research. Social Media has connected social relationships among people, and has become an excellant business resource. Social Media is a new way of doing things and is growing rapidly. We will just have to see how wide-spread this tool will be taken.
I think the boom in social media is a good thing in the fact that people can connect. We don't have to keep up with addresses, where people work, or what people are doing every five minutes, because Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare allow us to gain that information about our friends immediately.
ReplyDeleteI do think it can be a bad thing. I think people are becoming too dependent on social media to maintain relationships instead of actually spending time with people. This can have a detrimental effect on our society in the future if we lose our skills to work with others in person and cultivate true relationships.
I think social media is not just useful anymore but it is necessary. Now that we have it, we would not be able to be without it. As you said when we need to know something we take our computer and go find it on the internet, well with social media it is the same when you want to find a friend, want to send him/her an email, see what he/she is doing now you just get online and check it out!
ReplyDeleteBut on the other hand, as Jessica said, I think that could be a bad thing. Actually, I know some people that go out less now because they are on the internet all the time. They are still communicating with friends but via email or online conversation. That can be dangerous and could lead to the loneliness in the real life.