Social media

 What's a Zombie computer and how does it work? – Économie numérique Technology is bad m'kay

People use social media so much that it has become what the internet is known for. People spend going through Youtube, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook if you're weird. But there are downsides besides watching your ex being happy. The problem is that social media makes people addicted and makes them full of misinformation. 

The first problem of social media is how addicting it is. People spend so much time on social media instead of hanging out in real life. Social media platforms tend to be the most used websites on the internet along with streaming sites and Wikipedia. 3 out of 4 adults in America use at least one social media platform. 

Misinformation is also a huge problem with Social media. If you've heard of the anti-vax movement, you've heard of the Facebook mom groups blaming everything wrong on vaccines. If you heard of the fat acceptance movement you've heard about people posting Tumblr blogs about their weight. These are symptoms of how social media causes people to be in vacuums of information. People will only follow news outlets that share their viewpoints and only read the headlines instead of the articles.

So should we quit social media? It seems to be simple, it's addicting and giving us misinformation. But there's a different story. People have formed friendships from all over the world that wouldn't be possible without social media. There people with disabilities that would be able to connect with people without social media. It's tough to determine because while social media is turning us zombies it's hard to ignore the good it has done.

Cited

Parks Miles, May 27 2020 Social Media Usage Is At An All-Time High. That Could Mean A Nightmare 
    For Democracy. NPR, https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/860369744/social-media-usage-is-at-an-all-time-
    high-that-could-mean-a-nightmare-for-democr
Martin Nicole, Nov 30, 2018, How Social Media Has Changed How We Consume News,  Forbes,
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolemartin1/2018/11/30/how-social-media-has-changed-how-we-
     consume-news/#6b03b1cb3c3c
Meyers, Alex, Oct 6, 2020, the biggest problem with The Social Dilemma, YouTube, 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xG_ajyHB3k

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