Hello I am Anthony Fashano
How do we characterize Me vs. I in the social media world we live in today. Mead specifically says that me is the social self and I is the response to the me. So how does this apply to social media in the world. Well first, I am going to focus on how we use social media apps like instagram, facebook, and twitter. We all use one of these apps on a daily basis and some people use all of these apps very often. These social media apps have exploded in the last 10 years and have really in a sense taking over the world and taking over some people's life. People post on these apps about their daily life and what the are doing in that specific time. We can follow people's lives on these apps and stay connected with friends from any part of the world. But is social media as good as we think it is? Well, that is what I am going to talk about in my blog today, let's go.
First, we have to determine what kind of social media user you are, are you on the addicted side where you using social media more than 4 hours a day or someone who just uses it to follow your friends and stay connected with them. Well, social media can take over someone's life where they are using their social media app to post about every little thing in one's life. There are people who post every single thing they eat, everywhere they go, and everything they think on a daily basis. So in a way, it is a self center thing for some people. These people can post anything they want because you can go on and on about whatever you think. The beauty of it though is that you can control who you follow and who you see post. Social media can make someone feel like they are making a change in the world in some way. Some people think that by reposting something they see online and stating their opinion is changing their followers mind. These people who are addicted users use their app to "show off" and most people don't care about their opinion. Now, the other side are the users who are in a way the I, they share their life in pictures but they don't do it on a daily basis. They use social media in creating connections around the world and to stay connected with their friends. For example, once high school is over, friends go far away to different colleges and they lose the friendships they had in high school. These people use social media to stay connected with their best friends to check in how they are doing. Social media creates a very awesome way to see how they are doing in their lives. These apps create a connection that can keep people together from all over the world.
Second, how does social media create a sense of social status? Social status in today's world is a much larger thing now because of social media. People from all over the world will do anything that is trendy and try to become "social media famous." It's all about the laugh now and the followers. In some people's eyes the amount of followers you have in social media is the most important thing and makes you popular the more followers you have. Think about it, 90% of these followers that famous people have, they do not know any of them. So how real are these connections that people have over all their followers? There really is a popularity now a days with how many followers you have on these apps. You rarely see people post sad things on these apps, and you don't really know what they are actually going through in their life. In my opinion, I don't really care about posting about my life on social media and I don't use it that much. The people you really care about you talk with them on the phone, in person, or you text them if you are away from them and that is how I stay connected with my friends. Posting this much makes someone feel like they are obligated to post on a daily basis about their daily lives.
Finally, how is social media creating problems in people's lives? Well first, I think, people rarely go outside and do something active anymore. They are constantly on their phone and inside doing something on social media apps. It became even worse in 2020 because of the pandemic and we were forced to stay inside because of COVID. Everything became to go on zoom with school and peoples jobs and face to face conversations almost stopped. Personally, I think face to face communication is way easier to communicate but now a days everything is over a camera and it's very hard for me to communicate over a camera because I just didn't grow up on a phone or laptop all the time. I personally do not like to be on my phone and I don't really understand how to use all this technology in today's world. Being inside all the time over a camera for classes makes it tough for me to talk cause it's just awkward for me talking over a camera. I am just used to making connections in person.
Social media, good or bad, is your opinion on that. But social media is here and is only going up in popularity more now a days. People are addicted to this and love to post all the time. Real connections, in my opinion, are hard to find over these apps. Going out and meeting new people is where you learn about someone and how you make a real personal connection. But social media is not going anywhere anytime soon, so I guess you either adapt to it and learn how to use it.
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