Social media has greatly changed our way of communication and brought many benefits into our life. People can access unlimited information and contact others from all over the world almost immediately. It is also a powerful tool to motivate people to take action and make social changes. It provides a platform for young people’s voices to express their opinions on issues closely related to them. During the pandemic, people are stuck at home for a long time, in the meantime, the social media platform brings a huge benefit for users. For example, on Instagram, if users search for a tag, they will see more than 16 million posts that include the tag words. Anyone who is interested in a topic will search or pay attention to it. If their article uses the correct or relevant tag, then others can find the article when searching for tag words and might interact with the article and follow it. That app makes making new friends becomes no longer difficult. A very important point of making friends on the Internet is to learn to be inclusive and a good listener.

Listening can help people really understand others. A person can’t enter others’ inner world without in-depth contact or conversation with them. The subjective judgment is often superficial, which leads to wrong decisions. However, listening can help them get to know others better and make their interpersonal communication more efficient. On the other hand, communicating with others on the internet can be dangerous sometimes. There are more and more online fraudsters. Due to the cost of online fraud being low and the operation is simple. Make a strategy and then execute it and what they going to do is wait for the netizens to hook it up. Another point is that the Internet is becoming more and more popular. Many people, especially the older generation don’t know what things are going on on the Internet, so they are very gullible. Low cost, low risk, wide audience, and high profit, are the main reason why more cyber fraudsters are willing to take risks. In nowadays, the internet does bring lots of benefits to us, but we must always stay alert!

Reference:

Miller, J. (2021, June 1). EDCI-338 MARKIEL SIMPSON. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsoDHGaXNNs
Miller. (June7,2021). Jody Vance – Media Voices. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NnpQJdl0A