So why has it become a shift in society? Well not only is it easier for people to stay connected, but many companies and businesses use it as a tool to promote and market their products and/or services, a lot of people actually get paid to be on social media all day long. Its the newest way to get your name out there, and essentially make a profit. Take LinkedIn for example, most recruiting agencies use it as a form to seek out professional individuals in the marketplace.Schools are also utilizing social media and incorporating it into their curriculums. Post-Secondary schools now offer online coarses. Interracting with professors via e-mail has become the easiest way to get in touch with one another.
Social media is becoming a way of life, its easy for us to go online and discover what top stories have made news headlines, or to find the Sunday Night Football scores. We are becoming dependent on social media and if it were somehow taken away, some of us might not know what to do with our daily routine. Social media has now given us the opportunity to express our own beliefs and opinions online, through blogs, status updates or tweets.
Social media is just like television and newspapers, but an easier way for all of us to share ideas, and since when has that been a bad thing? Just be careful how you use it because once you put something on the internet it stays on the internet. It's safe to say that not only has social media shifted modern society, but it is still growing at a rapid rate.
