Social media is here to stay…
Social media is affecting our lives in every and each way. From the information we view, the messages we put out there, and the content that is shared. Information is transforming our lives and is having a drastic effect on everything we touch.
There is a great article posted on Simplilearn.com
https://ca.simplilearn.com/real-impact-social-media-article
A nugget worth noting from the article is the impact on social media on our society:
The Impact of Social Media on Society
“Almost a quarter of the world’s population is now on Facebook. In the USA nearly 80% of all internet users are on this platform. Because social networks feed off interactions among people, they become more powerful as they grow.
Thanks to the internet, each person with marginal views can see that he’s not alone. And when these people find one another via social media, they can do things — create memes, publications and entire online worlds that bolster their worldview, and then break into the mainstream.
Without social media, social, ethical, environmental and political ills would have minimal visibility. Increased visibility of issues has shifted the balance of power from the hands of a few to the masses.
The flipside: Social media is slowly killing real activism and and replacing it with ‘slacktivism’”