Title: 15 Amazing ways social media is changing the world
Headings: 15 Amazing ways social media is changing the world
15 Amazing ways social media is changing the world
1. Social media is not making us more individualistic
2. Social media is an important catalyst to education
3. Selfies send different messages around the world
4. Equality online doesn’t mean equality offline
5. It’s the people who use social media who create it, not the developers of platforms
6. Public social media is conservative
7. We now “talk” through photos
8. Social media is not making the world more homogenous.
9. Social media best promotes personal commerce.
10. Social media has created a new genre of communication based on groups.
11. Social media is somewhere we live
12. Social media can have a profound impact on gender relations
13. Conversations and relationships are polymedia
14. Memes have become our moral police
15. Social media is a threat to privacy, but can also provide privacy
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Content: In northern Chile, people have created a type of selfie entirely unique to their region: the “footie,” which depicts a person’s feet while watching TV, indicating relaxation. In Italy, teenage girls will take dozens of photos and change make-up and outfits before settling on the right shot. 4. Equality online doesn’t mean equality offline
Even though the ease of social media communication brings major benefits to previously excluded populations, this may not have any overall impact on social differences, or oppression offline. One example from China showed how social media can provide a subtle way to keep people in their place. Many Chinese social media platforms have game-like features that encourage users to collect points and display levels attained, often based on the amount of activity on a platform. This creates new forms of inequality online as poverty restricts the amount of time people can spend on the internet, therefore making it difficult to ascend the rankings. In other cultures, the study showed people tend to associate with their “caste” and not typically make connections out of their social status. 5.