Final Paper Intro In the world of social media, making comments on other people’s live is basically the whole point. Whether that is directly commenting or internalizing what you see and applying it to your life, interaction is the end goal. Fast forward to 2022, where making comments on other people’s lives is not enough, we have turned to making assumptions and creating a false narrative of what other people go through just to make ourselves feel better or to connect with one another. Now mix in celebrities, getting to see a glimpse of their reality, relationships, and hardships we develop a parasocial re...
Advantages and disadvantages of social media - individual perspective Social Media is an ever growing platform that everyone is using...unless you're living off the grid or trying to disconnect from this world because you're too cool to be conformed to this way of life now. Nonetheless, you're probably on social media, but what can the advantages or disadvantages of being online cause? From around 6th grade I've been using different platforms to stay connected online. I started off with instagram posting my little inspirational quotes or middle school activities to using instagram as a way to connect with peers and a creative outlet to the things I enjoy partaking in ( I know I know so unique right?). So for the past 10 years I have witnessed and experienced the advantages or disadvantages of being connected. The first advantage is simply being connected. Social media is a way to stay in contact with old classmates, coworkers, family members etc. If you're...