Social Media Good vs Bad

The Anti Social Behavior of Social Media

I have decided that my topic will be about Social Media and weather it is a positive influence on society or weather it is a negative influence on Society. I am probably a perfect example of a Social Media Addict if such a term exists. I am on at least three different Social Media Site’s and engaged on a daily basis with people on these sites, almost as reliant on them as I am on my phone. Yet weather I believe I benefit from it is questionable. In this discussion blog, I am hoping to gain more of an understanding of why I’ve become so dependant on it, but actually learn more about the thing’s that I seem to be putting so much time into. I hope that you feel free to comment, give your own opinions or share experience’s and advice. 

The Many Face’s of Social Media

I spend at least 2 hour’s if not more on Social Media Site’s every day, and Lately I’ve been starting to question exactly what do I benefit from this, it has become a routine in my every day life, that to me is extremely unhealthy.  The Internet can be viewed as an entirely different world, a place where you can create and entirely new you, editing tools help smoothen out any fine lines, or pimples you have, there are editing app’s (applications) that allow you to change the colour of your skin, eye’s, hair and even give you longer eyelashes’.  The more like’s you get or retweets the more popular you are, you can even interact with your favourite celebrities. One of the Biggest and probably most appealing aspect’s of the internet is the access to anonymity, the bait that eventually capture’s most of us. You now can say whatever you please, and not (if you choose) deal with the consequences.  Anonymity is a increasingly popular trend, Website’s such as Tumblr even promote the use of Anonymity.  Tumblr have created an option when you are viewing somebody’s page to ask a question anonymously, you can only imagine some of the things said. There is a certain power in Anonymity, although it allows you to have and state an opinion that in reality might be too difficult for you to voice, it is also extremely dangerous. It allows people to say whatever they want, and that’s when I believe people show their cyber faces. Things that society has tried so hard to Control such as Racism, Equal Rights, Discrimination etc..Resurface its ugly head on the Internet.  I do however believe that as all things there is a good and bad to everything, the Internet is an ever growing, and ever-advancing aspect of today’s society, and it would be insane to try and fight it, BUT MODERATION PEOPLE. How far until it’s all too far, and reality become’s less important then cyberspace.

I have included some rather interesting website article’s if you would like to have a look at other people’s opinion’s and point’s of view.

This one is rather hilarious:

http://christwire.org/2012/02/is-tumblr-stealing-the-souls-of-your-children/
On serious matters..... 

http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/society/anonymity.html