Social Networking

Social media is a new media platform that allows users to connect with their friends, relatives, celebrities, and browse the news. Social media has also recently allowed cooperations to advertise and sell goods. According to Facebook for Business: Everything You Need to Know, "small businesses can use Facebook in a number of ways to promote services, increase customer support and boost recognition." Therefore, social media is beneficial both for personal reasons and business reasons, but it does have its downsides. Social media is causing individuals to become more reclusive, anti-social, and have a tendency towards social anxiety. In Antisocial Networking,  there is a discussion about how social media makes children more antisocial because "the quality of their interactions is being diminished without the intimacy and emotional give and take of regular, extended face-to-face time." Additionally, social media is giving a rise to scamming businesses that do not ship items after receiving payment. An example of this is discussed in "NBC2 Investigators: Multi-million dollar scam being used on Facebook," where scammers advertise vehicles for sale, ask for a fast transaction, and don't respond after they receive the payment.  So, social media does has its advantages and disadvantages, but I do personally believe that it is a powerful tool that, when used correctly, benefits society as a whole.

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REFERENCES
1. Stout, Hilary. “Antisocial Networking?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 Apr. 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html.
2. “NBC2 Investigators: Multi-Million Dollar Scam Being Used on Facebook.” NBC2 News, www.nbc-2.com/story/38062070/nbc2-investigators-multi-million-dollar-scam-being-used-on-facebook.
3. Driver, Saige. “Facebook for Business: Everything You Need to Know.” Business News Daily, 30 Jan. 2019, www.businessnewsdaily.com/7761-facebook-business-guide.html.