Tuesday, November 15, 2011

social media impacts on students

People always think when they have a new notification on Facebook for a friend request or check their twitter account see how many people are following them, also presume that there actual friends and always try to chat with them to start talking to them or get to know them. These Social Media take talking to people in a whole new direction, and make it easier to communicate to people from a computer screen or phone screen distance, instead of meeting them in person and just basing them on their profile pictures and photo’s on these sites. More and more people rely on these websites to start relationships and make new friends, yeah its okay to do these things not knowing the consequences of not knowing someone and just seeing their profile think their pretty cool, but it’s a risk that most people take as well. In college, most students will meet people, add them on Facebook and think there friends and stuff, well being a Facebook friend or a Twitter follower doesn’t really mean anything only that you added them and that’s it. These websites can be dangerous, but there mostly dangerous for college students trying to do work or study for a big test the next day. Social media websites and technology are benefits to our lives, but are major distractions as well that keep us away from the more important things that we have to get done instead of loading Youtube videos or updating my Twitter every 5 minutes. The time we use on such websites or on our phone add up and we spend more time all these things that could be used towards a greater purpose instead for our own pleasure or use these as a getaway from life’s real problems. People are on these websites 24/7 and affects many students needing to study for a big test or do a project the next get distracted and look on facebook every 5 minutes. Like me i check facebook daily, its just a habit many cant stop and got hooked on already, but there are ways to stop it but its up to you how mentally strong you are to not check your social media sites and keep your head in the books instead of in the computer screen.

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