Social Media Impact

Project Description

With Completing this assignment I will be discovering the type of impact social media has on me, those around me and my community.

Social Media Addiction Survey

After completing the "Am i addicted to social media?" quiz I discovered I have a healthy relationship with social media and I don't overly use it my results stated "Psychologists estimate that as many as 5 to 10% of Americans meet the criteria for social media addiction today. But luckily, that's not you! Not checking social media every few minutes doesn't make you feel anxious, as you prefer to live 'in the moment' rather than through your apps. You use social media to your advantage, at work and to connect with friends and family, but you know when to put it away. Keep it up!"

Coming Into this assignment I somewhat had an idea what my results would be after taking the quiz and I 100% agree, I find it very Important to make sure that my head isn't always buried in my phone and to live in the moment, thats how you connect with others on a personal level and sometimes I just need a break to spend my time doing other things to give myself some type of balance.

Interesting Social Media Statistic

The most interesting stat in the article to me was how significant numbers have increased and or decreased with the use of socials over the last 13 years. I chose this graph because it displays the increase and decrease of how socials have been used over the years, What sticks out to me is I never realized I see this usage of socials in others everyday whether I'm talking to friends or fellow co-workers . This graph does not display my own use of socials but I definitely can relate to this specific graph because I have noticed it displays 99% Majority of the use of the people around me and that affects my relationships, conversations etc with these people.

Social Media's Impact On Society

After gathering all data, taking the "Am i addicted to social media?" quiz and with my own first hand knowledge of Social Media, I believe Social Media is a great networking source that allows you to connect with others around the world and even make a living off of such as being an influencer or just selling/promoting any product or thing of your choice. I also feel like Social Media can be an evil place that consists of bullying, trolling (in a negative way) and malicious people who have nothing better to do but to either scam people or cyber attacking someone by hacking their socials account. There are many different sides to social media as some people would put it and also different ways to use it and utilize your platform BUT how you use it whether it's good or bad is up to you.

Lesson Learned

After completing this assignment I learned that I have a healthy relationship with social media but that it can be different for other people, Social Media impacts society in a positive and negative way in some aspects and the numbers are only increasing with the amount of people who utilize these apps everyday. How are you using social media? Good? Bad?

Sources

Gottfried, J. (2024, January 31). Americans’ social media use. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/01/31/americans-social-media-use/

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