Media is in our lives and here to stay, everyday we check our phones go on social media for multiple hours, multiple times a day. We are constantly glued to our phones, television and laptops we never stop and put them down. With all the social media apps it is hard to get away from. Media and especially social media is getting bigger and more useful for everyone.

In today’s society opportunities arise everyday just from social media. We can get all of our news straight from our phone, some of it is questionable and must be open to believe it. This is because anyone can post anything which means people who lie have a voice as well. Just because there can be fake news online doesn’t mean that social media isn’t trustworthy, there are plenty of trusted account that will tell you everything you need to know. It is also great for keeping up with all of your friends and family and even meeting new people. But because of this there a plenty of mean people in the world and being online allows them to say and post anything they want with no consequences most of the time. We can block these people but they can just make a new account if they want. These people can make you feel bad and for no reason, because of this social media can be a mean and hurtful place. It can cause stress and anxiety, and all other mental and physical health issues. The world can be a very hateful place especially with social media being right on our phones. The only thing that we can do is to not feed into it and fire back with more hate because that will solve nothing. So the best thing we can do is to just brush it off our shoulders and go on with our daily lives and not letting it affect us.

Social media is a great place for many of reasons, but we have to be careful with the news we receive and all the mean people online. There are many opportunities presented in social media and we should take advantage of that, but we do need to be careful about what we post, because anything posted can be seen by a future employer even if you are private, from a long time ago, or if it was deleted.