I have to say that I was late to the party with social media. When I was growing up my parents never let me have one, until I finally convinced them in my Junior year of high school that all my friends were helping each other with physics homework on Facebook. I went to two separate high schools during the school day, one of which was students who were advanced in math and science for all the schools in my county, and the other one was my regular high school. My first two years of using social media essentially centered around communicating with my classmates on tough homework assignments and that was pretty much it. My social networking experience was definitely far away from being a cosmopolitan like Ethan Zuckerman talks about in his book.

"Having a taste for sushi or a fondness for Afropop are insufficient to make someone a cosmopolitan." @EthanZ #NHsmc

— John King (@Just_JKing32) February 1, 2016

All of this changed however when I came to Syracuse. I had a Twitter handle when I came in high school, but I had no idea how useful social media can when reading news. Twitter helps me communicate in my everyday life. I now have friends from all around the country, instead of  just the small town I come from. We’re constantly talking about sports, or politics, or other crazy things we’ve seen online. Keeping up to date with social media, help us to be better versed in our opinions, and allow us to learn about a wide spectrum of topics.  We may not be cosmopolitans yet, but we’re working on it.

Ask questions, wonder and wander – @AllanKarl #staycurious #nostrangers

— WorldRider (@WorldRider) January 26, 2016