With 2.34 billion people using social media worldwide, it is fair to say most of us are frequent social media users, no matter what the platform. Whether it be pictures or text posts, Facebook statuses or Tumblr posts... people use social media in different ways. This topic is something that has been mentioned in a few of my previous blog posts; how easy is it to overshare on social media? Okay, so what is oversharing? Well, Overshare reveal an inappropriate amount of detail about one's ...
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GOODBYE INDIVIDUALITY
How does social media ruin our individuality? The vlog above says it all! As promised, here are some additional links for you to have a look at in terms of how social media affects our individuality. I hope you enjoy! Here is a really interesting essay someone had written about social media and individuality. It's worth a read! (rampages) This is another blog post on the issue. (notyourconventionalblog) And this is yet another blog post, definitely worth a ...
THE EXECUTION OF RELATIONSHIPS
"Who are you texting?" "Why did you like their photo? Would you rather be with them?" "Why didn't you reply?" These phrases are becoming all too common. Social media is destroying our relationships. But how is it destroying them? Is there anything we can do? It's 2017 and we want to keep the good people in our life for as long as we can. Don't worry, I'm here to help! 1) ONLINE DATING First things first, most of us have probably used a dating app. Tinder, Plenty of Fish... there are ...
KILLING SELF ESTEEM
The topic of this post is something that affects me greatly, and has done for quite some time. Social media has both its good and its bad elements, and 'likes' are one of those which could be either. A 'Like' tends to mean you.. well... like something. It could be a selfie, a pretty sunset picture, an animal picture. Across most social media platforms- Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr- liking a post is seen as a positive. Little do we realise, likes are just one of the ways social media is ...
THE DEATH OF REAL LIFE INTERACTION
We've all done it- we meet up with our friends, our family, or we even go to a lecture (you know, that place where we're supposed to learn), and all we do is sit there on our phones. It's not because we're being rude, it's an addiction. And according to Seventeen, there's actually a name for it- 'phubbing' or Phone Snubbing. To those who, like me, did not know what snubbing is: Snub verb to insult someone by not giving them any attention or treating them as if they are not ...