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Many critics point to studies showing social media algorithms elevate more partisan and inflammatory content. [205] [206] Because of recommendation algorithms that filter and display news content that matches users' political preferences, one potential impact is an increase in political polarization due to selective exposure.
This is a list of social platforms with at least 100 million monthly active users. [a] The list includes social networks, as well as online forums, photo and video sharing platforms, messaging and VoIP apps.
Social media is a social medium, in the form of technology, that moderates, initiates, or influences communicative processes. [3] It not only allows users to build a page or platform on each specific website, but also encourages content creation of their choosing. Not only that, but social media is another relatively "new" wave of communication.
Social media allows people to communicate with other people using social media, no matter the distance between them. [4] Some adolescents with social and emotional issues feel more included with social media and online activities. [5] Social media can give people a sense of belonging which can lead to an increase in identity development.
Social media can provide students with resources that they can utilize in essays, projects, and presentations. Students can easily access comments made by teachers and peers and offer feedback to teachers. [19] Social media can offer students the opportunity to collaborate by sharing information without requiring face to face meetings. [20]
However, with social media being so personal and international, there is another list of complications and challenges that come along with being ethical online. A sensitive topic about social media professionals is the subject of ethics in social media marketing practices, specifically: the proper uses of, often, very personal data. [97]
Social media causes people multitask and spend more time online. Social media requires a great deal of self-referential thought. People use social media as a platform to express their opinions and show off their past and present selves. In other words, as Bailey Parnell said in her Ted Talk, we're showing off our "highlight reel" (4).
When social media users rely on these networking platforms for their daily news sources, it is possible that they are only receiving information that is a reflection of what they want to see in society, further implicating the matter by ignoring issues that require being addressed. Social media can and cannot be a reliable source for information.