New car? New bike? New
phone? Great job? Many friends? Attractive ? Shopping spree? All now shared on social media. If
these items and experiences aren't shared, their existence can now be
questioned. It seems a strange world where we now need to share all aspects of
our life. Needing to prove to the world
that our existence on this planet is worthy. Social media now plants the norm
of social rivalry. Social rivalry has always been present in societies the
world over. But now it becomes greatly increased, social media enables rivalry
to be stirred direct to ones computer. A rivalry that can lead people to feel underachieved,
depressed, inadequate or inferior.
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Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Friday, 7 February 2014
Taking a side, after viewing short/one sided videos
How long should it take to form an opinion and stance on short videos ?
No matter what incidents happen nowadays, someone always seems to have a mobile phone keeping an eye on the situation. Filming 5 minutes or so of situations and incidents. These videos suddenly find themselves on social networks, gaining attention on news sites and news reports. Its amazing how emotional the viewers of these videos become, a couple of minutes, even seconds ! and viewers now decide stances, opinions and stereotypes against whole sections of society. But at what point should we believe, and then alter opinions after viewing short videos?
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