I feel that the most obvious reason that people use social media is to keep in touch with friends, family, and current events. I definitely use social media to connect with others and moreover so that I feel involved in the world around me. Also, I use social media so that I know what topics people will be talking […]
Read more "Staying Connected"The MTV Video Music Awards are on but I’m not home to watch and Twitter has all the updates from the red carpet. There has been a bombing at the Istanbul international airport and I can’t reach my friend traveling to Turkey but Facebook notified me she is safe. These are just two examples of […]
Read more "Kim Kardashian Goes Topless and it’s Called “Trendy.” I Go Shirtless and it’s Called Creepy"I use social media as a way to interact with my own personal interests and communities I can share that with. The motivation for being an active ‘Grammer, Snapper or Pinner is quite simple — everyone is doing it. Social media channels are as powerful as they are for one reason and one reason alone; […]
Read more "Social media is the social norm"After spending a summer in Los Angeles as a fashion intern, I realized something important about the way I used my social media platforms. To me, social media has become a digital scrapbook that is a part of my fashion identity. As a lover of fashion, I have aimed to make my Instagram identity one […]
Read more "Your virtual reality can be your reality"“PLEASE! PLEASE, Mom, I promise I’ll put all the security settings on it and I won’t use it too often and I’ll be so careful and PLEASE everybody else has one!” I was 14 years old begging my mother to let me open a Facebook account in 2009, my first form of social media. Being […]
Read more "From Antisocial to Hypersocial"Social media is among the most complex modern-day means we use to communicate. Though the list goes on, I use social media to infuse myself in global conversations and to experience diverse content without limits. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat are among the media that allow me the ability to learn about as many things as I […]
Read more "Conversations Without Borders"The biggest reason why I use social media is because it is the best way to stay up to date with trends and news. Platforms like Twitter give me the ability to quickly scroll while walking to class and learn about what is happening in the world in real time pic.twitter.com/0nCRglrRtv — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) […]
Read more "Social Media Keeps Me Young"Social media is a major source of connection in my life. “Staying connected” is such a cliché way to put it, but when I really think about how I use social media, there are very few aspects in my life where it is not involved. There have been a few times that I have considered “disconnecting” […]
Read more "Social ME-dia"I use social media a lot. Some people might even say that I use it too often. But the number one reason why I use social media is to stay connected, and I don’t see that as a negative thing. Social media keeps me up to date with what’s going on, not only in the […]
Read more "Social Media Keeps Me Connected"Judging by the date on my first Facebook profile picture, I was baptized in the church of social media on August 6, 2010. That means it must have been August 5 when I tried to explain Facebook to my mom. I can still hear her voice, heavy with late boomer Internet skepticism, asking “What do […]
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