The Power of Social Media

The Power of Social Media

By: Emerson 

Would we be able to survive without our phones? How could we get through our school day without looking at our phones at least once. For the new Generation the most use they are getting out of their phones is social media. Most Gen Z uses social media as their main source of communication. But they also use it as a way to spread gossip and share with others what is happening in their lives.

 The most used social media app is facebook. Over 3 billion people use facebook to share with the world what they’re doing. Whether it’s where they went for vacation or what they did that week. Most of the world is either on facebook or has heard of facebook. The fastest growth in social media has been through the popular app tiktok. Since it launched in 2018 the app has made rapid growth with millions of users and many becoming  “Tiktok stars’ ‘ from the platform.

 But social media can have negative sides. The comment sections on instagram and tiktok have  become a negative place where people go to hate on others that are just trying to share a moment in their lives. Imagine you post something on instagram and in the comment section random people are commenting on the way you look or the way your dressed or what your doing. Those types of things can be very hurtfully especially for people with anxiety and deppresion. This is a type of cyberbullying which is common through social media. So if you experience hate from social media it is important to report it.  It is sometimes hard to remember that social media is a false reality and  what we see is not always what is really happening. Social media can be a place to share information but It can sometimes be dangerous. So it is important to watch olut and protect ourselves on social media.