Social Media Change

     Social Media has changed the way that people communicate without a doubt. I remember as a kid I used to ride my bike over to my friends house to see if they could hangout. Now days kids snapchat,text, facetime, Etc. It has really been mind blowing to grow up with little siblings and see the way that they communicate with all of there friends.

     Before Social media people had a very small means of communication that reached as far as speaking in person and every so often a brief phone call. Now days many of us are able to let thousands of people read and hear what we have to say all with the click of a button. Oscar Kimanuka in his article http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2015-05-02/188395/ Made some very good points through out his article about how people change when they are behind the screen of there phone or computer. He states that many people will act very confident and will say anything over the web but as soon as human contact is made all of there confidence goes out the window.

     Another really big issue with social media is the bullying that takes place. Many people feel as if they are empowered with how many followers they have and that they are able to say anything that they want. The article http://www.cyberbullyhotline.com/07-10-12-scourge.html gives so many upsetting facts about the truth of cyber bullying. Suicide is the number 3 killer of teens in the US 42% of those deaths are caused due to cyber bullying. I find this so sad that social media is literally killing our youth and if not death it is really hurting them. The fact that people base there social status on how many likes they have or how many favorites they get is really demeaning to the true characteristics that people have. I know so many people who have been crushed due to social media and the fact that they don't have followers or favorites.

     In closing I just want to say that I personally think that social media has changed our way of communication. Now days people don't want to ever talk to people in person they would rather just text or use social media as a way of communication. It has even gone as far as self check out lines at stores becuase people would rather do things on there own and not have to associate with the people around them. Social media should be something that is a privilege to us not a means of communication.