Title: How Social Media Continues to Affect Society |
Headings: How Social Media Continues to Affect Society
How Social Media Continues to Affect Society
The Internet and Social Media
The Contemporary Social Media Era
Changing How People Socialize
Transforming Business
Social Media Has Changed the World

Content: The Contemporary Social Media Era
The new era of social media began with the introduction of MySpace in 2003 and has continued fairly seamlessly as services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and, more recently Instagram and Snapchat have entered the scene. The reign of MySpace as the dominant social site was relatively short and only lasted a few years. At one point during its reign between 2005 and 2008, it surpassed Google as the world’s most visited site. Although MySpace quickly faded out of the limelight, this was a pivotal moment in the history of social media. MySpace revealed that people have an urgent need to connect socially online and to have easy access to many social features. Facebook merely improved upon this model, creating a more efficient and user-friendly platform. According to former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, one of the main reasons so many people flocked to Facebook was because the new platform was closer to actual social interactions. For one thing, people used their real names on Facebook while on MySpace, most people used handles. Changing How People Socialize
The most obvious way that social media has changed the fabric of society is in the way people socialize. Connecting with people from the past.