A Look into Social Media Social media has become a vast platform, which individuals from all over can connect, network, as well as communicate for greater causes. Tools available from social media enforces the various connections and exchanges of groups of people, often brought together due to individuals facing repression and censorship in other countries (Technology in Action). Numerous social media platforms that include, but are not limited to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, etc. Implements from social media endlessly provides elevation for connection and the distribution of information, which constantly reshapes the world (Technology in Action). As social media continues to evolve over time, there …show more content…
As social media continues to advance, education excels in the multiple ways students can learn and be taught. Numerous learning systems are created by schools, more profoundly in universities; which allows teachers to provide resources for students, as students receive a more in-depth understanding of the course that they may not have grasped in class. Bbcactivie.com presents the information that, “blogging sites are being used a forum to share content, encourage debates and answer queries among students”. They go on to further elaborate on how most sites are even setting up hashtags for individual courses to create online discussion communities for students (bbcactive.com). Some informative examples of these resources would be Blackboard, Brain POP, Edmodo, even YouTube is slowly developing into a learning site for numerous things, rather than just for educational purposes. Teachers who want to show better demonstrations to their class about their course, would find these sites as tremendous …show more content…
Regarding this, it is highly recommended that children be monitored whenever using social media, due to certain inappropriate content being easy to access. Parents should always be mindful of the things their child is doing, whether it is what they are searching, watching, downloading, or even posting. Once something is posted online it is there forever, even if “deleted” it is always retraceable. The audience for social media ranges from all ages, however their primary audience grows to be adolescents and young adults. Teens evolve and adapt to the changes of technology, as quick as the changes develops itself; resulting in them being more eager to keep up with the latest “trends” of social media. With the thousands of people on social media, let alone the internet in general, once something is seen or becomes popular they will undoubtedly give it their full attention as they follow along with the latest trend. Nonetheless, this aspect is still the same for platforms that may be to raise awareness on a topic. Once seen and publicly advertise to social media, users will make note of what is going on as they proceed to advocate, discuss, or fight for the issue at