Social Media and How We Communicate

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"The rise of social media and networking has made it faster and easier to access information around the world, and by having smaller, bite-sized chunks of information makes it easier for people to digest and communicate to one another." (amsource, 2022)



We communicate across, countries, cultures and across the world. Social media allows us to make friends, communicate, share information, and develop relationships. 

How do you integrate valuable and meaningful communication into the changed world of social media? (EKU, 2020) #multitasking, #awkward

There is a sense of urgency, a short message that creates an idea of connectivity. Is social media a way to connect across the world or the end of the real world? Is it an advertisers Mecca?

"There is a certain ease in making online connections that can’t be replicated offline and it’s this ease that appeals to the time-poor, emotionally guarded side of me. Follow? Follow back, job done!" (Floyer, 2022)Can this be programmed into our social media platforms, the need for connected, real relationships? LinkedIn has an email categorization process that will filter out junk mail to the point it will recognize what the person thinks is junk mail. 

Amsource, (2022), How has social media changed the world, amsource.io, https://amsource.io/blog/how-has-social-media-changed-the-world- 

Staff, (2020), How has social media shaped how we communicate? ekuonline.eku.edu, https://ekuonline.eku.edu/blog/communication-studies/how-has-social-media-shaped-how-we-communicate

 Yasmina Floyer, (2022),  'I was lacking deeper connection': can online friends be the answer to loneliness? Theguardian.com, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/17/self-and-wellbeing-can-online-friends-provide-a-real-sense-of-community

 Hutchinson, Andrew, (2022), LinkedIn looks to improve messaging interactions with 'focused inbox', adds new sales analytic tools, socialmediatoday.com, https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-looks-to-improve-messaging-interactions-with-focused-inbox-adds/632098/ 

 








 

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