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Social Media vs. Reality

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Do you know what situation is likely to cause a quarrel? Gather a representative from each generation and put them in a room together. Then ask them to converse about social media. The result would be interesting. And that may be putting it mildly. It is not hard imagine the  baby boomer ranting about how today’s youngest generations don’t know how to look up from their phones. Meanwhile, the millennials might be rolling their eyes while scrolling through their app du jour. While the descriptions above are certainly generalizations, there are differing perspectives among the generations. The conversation has the potential to break down faster than a trending hashtag becoming yesterday’s news. When it comes to the social media vs. reality conversation, it’s all about perspective. Boomers lived most of their lives before the internet and social media ever existed. ‘Social’ meant going outside to play with friends. Toys were a luxury, so spending the day making up games was normal. Th...
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Social Media - The Happiness Mirage

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"I was enchanted by the evolution of this new world that I have seen explode over the last 10 years. Hundreds if not thousands of people live their lives and earn their livings on social media now. But, what stopped me in my tracks that day, more than anything else, were the overwhelming number of kids and parents desperately trying to get the attention of these stars in the hope that they too might enter this elite world of social media stardom." said by Tony Peccatiello Obviously, social media has created a new type of celebrity unlike any that has existed before. Today, anyone can flip on their iPhone, record themselves, and be an overnight star.  See  Chewbacca mom. This is not how things worked in the past. Then, becoming famous generally meant moving to Hollywood, being a professional athlete, or running the gauntlet of judgement in some other performance based profession.  Essentially, each of these paths required significant training and sacrifice, along with mome...
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IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA

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  Today people are developing the habit of looking at their cell phone every five minutes even while in office or while in a meeting. It is very distracting not only to those doing it but others also. Being part of Social media may add to your happiness but should not be on the cost of other more important matters. Social media and the internet as a whole have given people more access to information than ever before. Anyone with a mobile device can now search for virtually any information they need at any time. The answer would be whether social media is good or bad, but it makes it so much more than just a means of communication. If you post on your social profile under the platform's terms of use, there are no gatekeepers, you can post anything and everyone has the chance to see it. It really democratizes the media and gives everyone a medium to be heard, and we have to bring that in. You can learn almost anything you want on the Internet, which changes the way you learn. New...
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