Social Media and People Has the advent of social media technology had a good or bad influence on human life? While millions of people are upset with social media sites like Facebook for selling their personal data to third parties, millions more continue to benefit from the positive uses that social media can have on human life. Whether it is contacting with old friends, sharing useful information, obtaining news, or learning about new subjects via video tutorials posted for all to peruse, social media has provided people all over the world with a platform that they can use to connect with, interact with, and communicate with people in a way that the world has never before seen. The dangers of social media might range from data harvesting to cyber bullying and stalking—but as with any new innovation that revolutionizes a society, there are going to be drawbacks. Essentially, the conflict surrounding social media boils down to its good and bad effects on human life. Whereas Pfeffer, Zorbach and Carley say that social media can be used to spread negative word-of-mouth stories that have a bad impact on human life, Gil de Zuniga, Jung and Valenzuela say that social media can have a positive impact on human life as a source of news, a way to promote civic engagement, and a means of spreading political participation. This paper will show why in spite of the pitfalls associated with social media, the advent of social media technology actually has had and will continue to have a good influence...
Works Cited
Gil de Zúñiga, Homero, Nakwon Jung, and Sebastián Valenzuela. "Social media use for news and individuals' social capital, civic engagement and political participation." Journal of Computer?Mediated Communication 17.3 (2012): 319-336.
Pfeffer, Jürgen, Thomas Zorbach, and Kathleen M. Carley. "Understanding online firestorms: Negative word-of-mouth dynamics in social media networks." Journal of Marketing Communications 20.1-2 (2014): 117-128.
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