Question

Social Media Discussion

This week it all about the Social Animal of People -

How does our social media consumption effect our group formations? IS is good or bad? What does the book think?

What about Fortnight?

This was a comment form a student on the Video assignment

I am not sure I could come up with a direct link that I know of about social media and the works of memory but I can think of how social media personally affects my memory. During the Talk Peter Doolittle mentions that we could really only hold 4 things in our short term memory ( 3:00). With this being said when I scroll through social media I will get reminded of thing to do or that interest me. I will countie to scroll before trying to go look for the information I need, but with in a few seconds and scrolls later I can not remember at all what I wanted to look up. So I usually start all over and try to jog my memory or rethink if it when I saw the original trigger picture or post. Because I sometimes skim books or post my brain does not fully capture what I am attempting remember or learn.

Answer 1

The world has moved so rapidly with the technological advantages that help millions of people complete their tasks quite easily. This would mean that all the technological gadgets and household appliances help people who really get stuck with their works. Social media came as a boon for people who want to expand their social connection and build positive environment around them. Although all the technological advances have their own limitations, they help people who use them to their advantage. It's true that many people use social media for fun and making friends from all over the world while some consumer useful information from them. However, because people just explore social media messages for fun, their retention rate of those messages is very less. Thus, they don't gain anything useful except some fun. However, people from the same family are living in different parts of the world and its social media apps that helps them connect with their loved one. Business people use social media for their platforms and even for recruiting. Government propagate their agenda through social media and gather support. Social movements are formed through social media that help society change. Thus, there are many good things such as, information, entertainment, infotainment, social gathering and sharing could be done through social media. It’s a bane for people who use only for entertainment purpose because it would waste lots of their productive time.

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