Effects of Social Media

Social media is defined as the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Compared with regular media that delivers only one-way communication such as newspaper and television, social media give the users opportunities to interact and communicate with each other mutually. Common examples of social media include Blogs on which people can vote and comment on other people’s articles; Facebook which allows people to develop their own group of friends, create their own social network, writer articles, share photos, and discuss whatever happens in the society or whatever they are interested in; Youtube which is famous for its wide range of video sharing and it seems that everybody can at least find something that he or she is interested in; Twitter which also allows people to share photos and articles and comment on other people’s postings; and Wikis which is convenient for people to add articles or edit existing articles freely. Technology has made social media more efficient than ever before, and the wide use of social media to communicate and make friends has both positive and negative effects on interpersonal relationship.

Social networking has changed the way people interact with each other forever. Social networking first existed as an invention created in 1975 known as email, which is still used today (Email). However social networking has advanced in to using a profile to give information about a user and his or her interests, and has integrated the use of email. Now social networking involves sharing stories, photos, and involves the use of apps as well as messaging to communicate with others. This type of social networking did not become popular until the year 2003 when MySpace and Friendster were launched. Shortly after Facebook was launched but was not open to the general public until 2006, which has become the number one social networking site today. These networks have many positive effects such as remaining...