P2 – Social media discussion
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We formed a
focus group to discuss the positive and negative effects of social media, as
seen in the video, we went in depth about what problems social media has
brought about in recent years as well as what benefits come with social media.
In the video, we discussed how social media can be used as a platform for
bullying through the use of memes and trolling which everyone can agree is a
clear negative effect of social media. The example we gave in the discussion
was a child who had been getting bullied by a troll who was using an account
with a fake alias. Another negative effect of social media we discussed was its
capabilities of sharing offensive content to those who do not wish to see it. The
example we gave in the discussion was a video of animal cruelty towards a
pigeon being shared around Facebook.
We also
looked at what everyone’s favourite form of social media was, the majority of
people within the focus group said that Instagram was their favourite form of
social media because the pictures make the app simplistic and fun. However, one
member of the focus group did say that they prefer Twitter which shows how
different forms of social media appeal to different people. We also asked how
many hours people in the focus group spend on these social media platforms, and
it would seem on average the people in this focus group spend about 4-5 hours a
day on social media.
The final
thing we looked at was what people actually use social media for. We put our
heads together and came up with a number of things people now-a-days use social
media for which included; talking to friends, shopping (through social media
advertisements) and looking at memes.
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