Is This Generation Become More Informed

The most recent generation we live in is called Millenials and we have something very important that the other generations don’t have: social media. Social media allows many news companies to upload information easily accessible to us by the push of a button. I believe this generation is more informed than previous ones thanks to technology because social media has lots of info, people are always on their phones, and 88% of people use Facebook as a source for news. Social media provides more than enough information for our generation in seconds. The article states, “Nowadays, social media has allowed the spread of information at a rate that has never been seen before,” (“Is This Generation Really More Informed?”, Paragraph #1). This proves that social media informs people fast. Secondly, the quote says “has never seen before” exemplifying that we are more quickly informed that previously. The authors write, “The 2014 events in Ferguson, Mo., caught

The text states, “Some argue that this generation’s increased access to information results in teens being more informed than any group before them,” (“Is This Generation Really More Informed?”, Paragraph #2). Teens are often seen obsessed with their cell phones. Since they are always on their phones, though, it is logical to believe that this helps them be more informed than previous generations. A website reads, “The statistic shows the total number of mobile phone users worldwide from 2013 to 2019. For 2017 the number of mobile phone users is forecast to reach 4.77 billion,” (“Number of mobile phone users worldwide from 2013 to 2019 (in billions)”, Paragraph #1). This is a statistic from Statistica that shows that the number of phone users is rising rapidly. We are already 4 billion! So all these people with phones our generation is bound to be more informed. With one tap 4.77 billion people can be informed and that’s way faster than