Analysis Of Brian Williams 'Enough About You'

In “Enough about You”, Brian Williams, journalist and anchor states that Americans became selfish and not interested in anything that does not involve them due to the use of the social media. He believes people will not be informed about crucial events around the world, because they will only read about things they care about: “with the ability to tailor our media consumption today to only those sources that reflect our already held view, we may be missing out on alternative perspectives ‘that citizens in an informed democracy need to know” (472). I believe Williams makes valuable points about negative influence of social media. However, in my opinion, this new technology platform has many positive aspects as well and I would like to describe

They share photos and videos, post status updates, exchange messages, join certain groups of interest as well as receive notifications when others update their profiles. It is a great communication tool, especially for families and friends living far away. In addition, Facebook helps meeting new people, because frequently it’s easier to start conservation on-line than face to face. With all these positive aspects there are several concerns. First is cyber-bullying: there aren’t many moderators to control what had been said and some could become innocent victims due to appearance or beliefs. Numerous parents do not have accounts of their own, thus they are clueless when it comes to what children and teens post. Second, virtual communication takes place of real life meetings: “friends” check multiple, daily posts, and decide there is no need to call or visit each other. Third, status updates each and every moment of personal live can prove to be very dangerous at times and involving everybody in every decision affects personal liberty. Members post countless details of their day, often bragging about their magnificent life in order to get attention and make others

This great marketing tool also helps companies keep customers up to date on their products and offers, as well as helps solve consumer’s complaints. Unfortunately, short messages might be often taken in a wrong way, creating many unnecessary problems. En example here could be a recent argument between Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj after MTV Music Awards. Minaj made a post which Swift took as an attack towards her and defended herself. After all, they both settled and came to an agreement, but entire situation could have been easily avoided. Another issue with Twitter is sharing too much information or opinions, which cause people losing their hard earned jobs or friendship. Many “tweets” posted by celebrities and politicians caused national outrage and authors had to publicly apologize or explain what they