To Post or not to Post
That is the question. That is supposed to be the question I should say. Sadly, this is not always the case. We live in a society where it is no longer a priority to think closely about what we are posting on the web. As many of you may know we live in a publish then filter society with all the technological advances of the century. We want to have the first scoop at a story. We want to be part of the lastest trend. We want likes.... Tons and tons of likes. I ask to what end. Being famous or recognized in the web and being alone and a stranger to those same people who give you those likes and hide behind a keyboard and a screen.
I think my position on the matter is clear but for arguement sake, I do recommend social media. It is a great tool, but, not the way it is being used and the amount of time it is being used. Social media is a fun way to spend a few hours looking at the doings of other people: their photos, memes, ideas, and even drama. It is what they want to share with the world and we as an audience take it in. I do think however that social media distracts us from the wonders of life, like human interaction or just enjoying nature, playing outside... It has to be said that this current media is not the problem. We as a human race fall in love with the new trend..the now things. Has the current media drawn us apart really? Is it the media that is the problem? I know I am arguing against myself now but it goes without saying that media would not be the problem if wr didn't let it. Have we not been letting it since before things were digital?
I think my position on the matter is clear but for arguement sake, I do recommend social media. It is a great tool, but, not the way it is being used and the amount of time it is being used. Social media is a fun way to spend a few hours looking at the doings of other people: their photos, memes, ideas, and even drama. It is what they want to share with the world and we as an audience take it in. I do think however that social media distracts us from the wonders of life, like human interaction or just enjoying nature, playing outside... It has to be said that this current media is not the problem. We as a human race fall in love with the new trend..the now things. Has the current media drawn us apart really? Is it the media that is the problem? I know I am arguing against myself now but it goes without saying that media would not be the problem if wr didn't let it. Have we not been letting it since before things were digital?
I believe that image speaks for itself.
The other point i was making was that media deprives us from the joys in life. I will not go deep into explaining this as i already have but I do have a story. I have two nephews, one with a well off financially family and another with a just enough family. One plays marbles, plays tag, goes to the river, builds kites, has fun. The other does the same... Through a tablet. That is the way things are. Maybe it is a parents fault for giving their child that amount of power. It could be a great tool but it could be corrupting power.
Social media can be a great thing. But we need to be educated on how to use it moderately, appropriately, and correctly.
Wow! You share a handful there. Thanks for sharing. Much of which I agree on. My question though is to what extent are we willing to educate the masses about proper use of social media? Is that really the objective of social media? Let's use the example of the parent. Isn't the tablet and YouTube our new babysitter? You have rightly pointed out the problem. Media and technology will always be there. It it the masses of the people that need to practice self control and discretion. But how do we achieve this when media is designed to keep a person as engaged as possible.
ReplyDeletei believe my answer to that would be that a ball, or a kite or a set of cars or kitchen set would do the same job miss. it is a parent's job to instill this self control and discretion as you call it onto the children. now, speaking of adults, i believe that social media is as entertaining as something can be, but it is inevitable to engage in the new media. as seen in the image, even way before the internet, the new media made people full of themselves. that would be the hardest part to fix. unless you go back to my comments in teaching children from the start to engage in something else; outside play or a book or anything else that he can leave without feeling disconnected or desperate. i hope that answered your question
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