Blog Post 5: The Effect of Social Media on Our Lives

Social media has a large effect on our lives. Wether we like it or not in todays day and age perception is everything, and that starts with our social media. For example if you are looking for a job you have a LinkedIn profile and that is a form of social media. Or if you use facebook to connect with old friends thats a form of social media. Social media has an effect on our lives all the time.

We use social media in many ways for example we use social media to update people on what we are doing in our life. The down side to this is its hurting our social skills. It also creates superficial relationships or relationships that are only online. Another way social media has an effect on our lives is companies use it to advertise there products. As much as we try to balance our daily lives and personal interaction compared to our social media usage everyone uses social media and it will constantly have an effect on our lives. I also read an interesting article that explains in more depth about how social media effects our lives.

http://sciencenordic.com/how-does-social-media-affect-your-well-being