Title: Is Social Media Bad for Us? | Social Media Today
Headings: Is Social Media Bad for Us?
Is Social Media Bad for Us?
Argument 1: Social Media is Essentially Good
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Argument 2: Social Media is Essentially Bad
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Content: Last year, I was a guest lecturer for a class on business communications and we talked about the utopian vision of the Internet vs. the cynics view of the Internet. First we talked about how the Internet has provided unprecedented access to information. Anyone with a mobile phone has access to more information that than anyone at any other time in history. As well, it has democratized the public forum; anyone can write a blog post and contribute their voice to the public debate. Anyone is an author. The editor is no longer the gatekeeper. This Utopian vision was what the creators of the Internet seem to have intended. It was a communication tool with grand progressive social implications. "The amount of digital information increases tenfold every five years... Moreover, there are now many more people who interact with information.