Blog 10: Social Media

I think social media plays a big part in my life and I really don’t know how I feel about it. I haven’t thought about it too deeply however courses that I have taken, especially this one, have made me think a little about the negative effects of social media. I would honestly say that our generation as a whole has a case of FOMO, in general. I consider myself not having a lot of FOMO but sometimes I can’t help it and start feeling regretful that I couldn’t go to this one thing and then I see my friends post about it and that’s when I start to experience a little bit of FOMO. I just think social media was introduced to us at such a young age that it is not only become a habit of ours, but it is a norm and part of our everyday lives. I do agree that social media has a lot of bad things attached to it, from fake news to bullying and people trying to take advantage of free speech. However, I think social media and our individual views on it can be a little subjective. I have seen bad things on social media before, but for the most part I use social media to interact and share stuff with my closest friends, look at sports news and highlights, laugh at memes, and with that being my main focus with social media, it has led to me not experiencing as many terrible things as someone would think.