Why Social Media Matters

Why Social Media Matters

In today's technological climate, practically everyone is into SOCIAL MEDIA.  Even in the Third World's most remote villages, surveys show that majority are into SOCIAL MEDIA.  While the percentages of SOCIAL MEDIA users in the age brackets from teens to 30s and 40s are at an all-time high, you'll be surprised that even for those ages from 50s to 60s, a stunning 65% are into SOCIAL MEDIA.  What does this tell us?  It is the reason Why Social Media Matters📗📙📘

For the 50s to 60s generation WHO didn't grow up with the internet technology, those statistics are indeed surprising to say the least.  And that helps to explain the prevalence of SOCIAL MEDIA use across all cultures and ages.  With this pervasiveness of SOCIAL MEDIA across all ages, more attention needs to be given to WHAT it's doing to us as individual users.  The endless stream of communication and connection provided by SOCIAL MEDIA is indeed changing the way we think and absorb information💧

NOT to our choice OR preference, this unparalleled pervasiveness of SOCIAL MEDIA across all ages [and even cultures] has given us NO other choice but to realize that more attention needs to be given to WHAT it's doing to us as individual users.  This endless stream of communication and connection provided by SOCIAL MEDIA is changing the way we think and absorb information.  As it is, people re currently developing SOCIAL MEDIA HABITS that can simultaneously benefit and harm even their mental health💥💥💥

WHAT's perplexing even to psychologists is the impact of SOCIAL MEDIA to our very own brain.  With this unabated trend of extended SOCIAL MEDIA use, more researchers are joining the fray to analyze and understand the psychology of SOCIAL MEDIA in our constantly connected cultures.  To quote the experts, from a neurological perspective, SOCIAL MEDIA affects different brain functions in various unique ways.  And it contains many combinations of stimuli that can trigger different reactions and because of this, SOCIAL MEDIA's effects on the brain appear to surface in a variety of ways❗❗❗

Our takeaway:  We CAN'T deny the impact of SOCIAL MEDIA to our brain, both in POSITIVE and NEGATIVE perspectives.  To quote experts, POSITIVE attention on SOCIAL MEDIA affects multiple parts of our brain.  And this research findings is quite shocking:  Accruing LIKES on Facebook, Twitter OR Instagram causes that so called 'activation in our brain's circuitry,  Our take here is that we need to MANAGE our use of SOCIAL MEDIA before SOCIAL MEDIA manages us!@#$%?