Social Media

Contests, big business, sports leagues, and news reporters are all using social media. We can be contestants and win prizes, find the best alternative routes when commuting, or learn the latest blemish on a celebrity at the touch of a button. Big business is finding it is easier to join the masses than it is to steer them away, and onto their own sites. Even though they aren’t getting paid, they are willing to pay for the public following they can maintain through these sites.
Social media networks are made possible because big business pays to have the following of the masses. Links allow the user to follow interesting subjects from celebrity antics to the movies they are starring in or preparing for. We can follow the trips made by our President. We can follow our friendly celebrities from sea to shining sea.
If we are taking a class and having a hard time following the text, or understanding the teacher, we can access explanations in many forms by going online. We can ask our new friends, get demonstrations from power point presentations, or ask an expert, and make appointments. We are being informed of many possibilities for feeling the way we do and even given guidelines to use to ask our doctor, or to explain to a professional the way we are feeling. By adding all of these social conveniences to make us feel special, social media is making an impact on our lives.
The world-wide-web has put so much at our fingertips that many people are becoming reclusive. They spend hours on social media networks to learn or to socialize, but forget to eat, sleep or spend time with their families.
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5AH4ZZ20091118
http://www.socialmedia.com/