It is safe to say social technology has consumed several generations. There are both positive and negative impacts in which social networking has on our user content in generations today. Social media has evolved into a typical aspect of every day life. Social media is a defining trait of how integrated our social interactions have become.
A positive aspect of social networking giants like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram have contributed to create a parallel universe where people are free to express their opinions as well as share milestones and memories with family and friends no matter their geographical location. The world of social media gives opportunity to anyone interested in expressing and sharing ideas, feelings, thoughts, opinions to anyone who wants to be a part of it.
Not only has social media granted a vast scope of opportunity to express one's thoughts but social media has become an important source of news. News channels use platforms such as Twitter to give updates, breaking headlines, or give updates on significant occurrences worldwide. News' channels availability on social networks makes news more accessible and the news quickly gets passed around in networks never quicker then ways ever experienced before.
Social media is not all it is cracked up to be. A major downfall impacting recent headlines is a concern for privacy. Social networking sites encourage people to be more public about their personal life. When using platforms such as Facebook it is very easy to post intimate details about ones life without using filters one would normally employ when discussing the manner in real life. Users are more prone to bypass those filters when posting on the world wide web. Also, users tend to agree to terms and conditions without actually reading them. Recently, Facebook messaging app was exposed when a user dug a little deeper. Facebook can seek our your contact list, listen to audio from your cellular device, as well as creep into text messages. Facebook's advises users this is all for research purposes.
Another downfall of social networking is a decrease in productivity. Research has proven that because people are so "plugged in" to social media it takes time away from doing productive things such as reading a book, or actually doing homework. Employers are instilling policies and procedures forbidding cell phones to be exposed at work other than lunch time because of dramatic decreases in productivity. Social media can be viewed as an addiction as well, and as any addiction too much of anything is not a good thing.
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