Social Media 

Many users today have social media and as the internet is expanding throughout the whole world, millions of people have access to the internet and the perks of the internet is the ability to use social media. However, I want to talk about my stance on social media and what are the upsides and the downsides of it and how it has affected everyone around me.

The benefits of social media to me personally has been to finally connect with family members who are nations and miles away. My family lives very far away from and the nearest family that I have rarely talks to us so to me, social media has been the mediator between me and my family. The other benefits I see of social media is that one will always be up to date with news and events and other occasions will announced through there if there is a major announcement. \

However, the downsides of the effect of social media is what I have seen throughout the people I surrounded myself. I began to realize that the more the people were on social media, the less they had time for their friends and were not socializing anymore. There was a saying that social media gets people closer to those that are far away and those who are closer are being pushed farther away. I try not to spend so much time on social media that it will take away quality time with my friends and especially my family. To me, social media does not have the same effect of socializing with someone who is so close by a screen, rather it makes it more special and shows more effort face to face. In campus, I now see almost everyone being anti social and are always on the phone because no one wants to socialize with anyone else. That is why I do not see that social media is very beneficial to society rather, it separates all the individuals and makes everyone anti social in the environment they are in rather than the digital screen they look at.