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Social Media (Negative impacts (Mental health ("Facebook use was…
Social Media
Negative impacts
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"In fact, 13 per cent of the total productivity is lost owing to the social media indulgence alone"
Since Social media has become such a large part of the modern persons day, productivity is lost every day.
63% of American Facebook users log on to the site daily, while 40% of users log on multiple times a day.
Because of the chemical addiction to social media people become dependent on technology and spend most of the day refreshing a page.
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Social media gives people the ability to quantify friendships (# of friends/followers) leading to an increase in social isolation and anxiety.
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results in feelings of
low self-esteem,
depression, and
anxiety.
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Positive Impacts
Using social media allows for quick responses and rapid collaboration. No time limit on online resources allows for users to choose when to engage based on convenience.
Lev Manovich says "professional producers, directly talk to each other using different media, and the exchange can happen within hours"
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Since customization and expression are so easy to find on social media, users are able to build upon others ideas.
Because of the number of online resources that exist traditionally non-professionals are able to improve their skills without any formal training.
For example animated videos that are created by "fans who edit together clips from one or more anime series and put the resultant to music" (Manovich 4)
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"Social media is enhancing human connectivity as people can converse in ways that were once not possible"
More than one third of U.S. marriages begin with online dating 
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