Learning Journal 8

    When it comes to the usage of social media I am very limited with my usage and who I communicate with. I do communicate with social media influencers due to having relationships with them before they went viral on social media. Other than knowing people personally; I do not communicate with broadcast media. I respect the creativeness of social media influencers but I would never want to do it. Always having content to post about and or keeping your followers interested seems exhausting to me. Do not get me wrong I do enjoy posting about trips, vacations, and food but in general, creating minutes of content and talking about what I am doing in a day seems too personal and invasive for me. At the same time if I was being paid a good amount to do it of course I would do it; who would not. It is interesting how easy it is to go viral. People become Memes and go viral, post funny content, post interesting content, or posting videos of their talents. Not just relating to people‘s talents but people are putting their businesses on social media like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook and their business will go viral sometimes. At the same time, as much as the media is bringing people together and possibly laughing at posts, or participating in educational talks, lifestyle tips, etc. The media is also separating us by dividing us. For example, Min kin talks about how some posts purposely drive for a reaction. That we self-sabotage in these articles and we participate in Clickbait only confirms our deepest insecurities and worries. That social media should free us from our physical and social realities but instead, it’s pulling us apart. That media is no longer a place of information. It’s a source to pull from an emotion, an attention economy. Knowing these things just reminds me that social media should be taken in doses. Yes, it is unhealthy to participate in behaviors on social media for hours at a time. It could be a detriment to someone’s mental health. Yeah, there are ways you can go on social media and participate in healthy behaviors. The user should just be aware of their social media uses and how often they use them.

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