Social Media | an Addiction or an Empowerment

As an Addiction

The article states that, the people who developed social media network did it so people would actually remain on the network, not realizing the time spent on these sites which he assumes is an addiction. The curators, designers and developers of web content are working harder each day to keep you captivated he went on to say. Research conducted and published by Cornell Information Science revealed the addictive effects associated with social media is called, FOMO (fear of missing out), and so, everybody stays logged on in other to stay updated.

As an Empowerment

contrary to the negative remark of social media being an addiction, it is also viewed as positive, “a tool that Empowers Our Generation To Fight Global Causes”. The references use to establish that thesis is not to convincing as the author uses intimate and educational matters as examples in other to establish the significance of social media and its empowerment. The engagement of social media sets worlds apart by breaking up families and yield disrespect to others.

To conclude. The engagement of social media and the arbitrary disposal of information is what constitutes to the existing problems, they are not solutions. They are credible personal information that is exposed to the entire world; so the good the bad and the ugly have the opportunity to use these information as they please.

For the positive scenarios of social media, there will be two individuals male and female back to back with phones in their hands and head bent looking down. For the negative scene an individual (female) will sit immersed into her phone while her friend seeks her attention.