who here who here uses social media
that’s what about that’s what I thought
so if you would look around everybody
here uses social media so I think we can
all agree that social media affects all
of us 2.8 billion counting people use
social media right now this is 40
percent of the world’s population eighty
three percent of Americans and a
whopping 93 percent of teenagers social
media has been used for good and
contrary to popular belief it even
positively affects the way that
teenagers view themselves according to a
study done by Common Sense Media one in
five teenagers say they have felt more
confident since going onto social media
than the only four percent that has said
it made them feel less so but social
media has also been used for bad
eighty-three percent of teenagers say
that they have seen someone be cooler
mean online forty nine point five
percent are victims of cyberbullying and
thirty three point seven have said that
they have committed a cyber bullying
behavior online social media has become
one of the most powerful tools available
to us today it can determine our
relationships that we have with people
it determines globalization and the way
that we connect with people around the
world and can even and even
revolutionize the way that we get
information and what news we acquire
these are just the name a few things
social media has strengthened our
relationships but has also weakened
others in the process
face-to-face relationships have taken a
major strain by social media according
to a study done when it even when adults
are given the opportunity to meet up
face-to-face eleven percent said they
would prefer to stay home and
communicate to their devices instead by
doing this this destroys all social cues
and nonverbal body language which
accounts for 93 percent of communication
while people communicating through
phones and stuff this this doesn’t allow
for the interactions that people have
had for so many years according to a
2012 study done by by the center of
Digital future the amount of people
reporting less face-to-face time within
their families increased from 8 percent
in two
all the way up to 34 percent in 2011
despite the fact that social media has
been linked to has been linked to a
decrease in social skills and also it
has increased many other kinds of
relationships since Skype the first one
with social media came out in 2003 the
chances of a long-distance relationship
working out went from 50 percent in 2000
to 70 percent in 2010 according to some
couples and long-distance relationships
social media sites such as Twitter
Facebook and Instagram not only allow
them to directly communicate with each
other
but it also keeps them up to date what’s
happening each other’s lives by viewing
posts and even commenting on these posts
which allows for a sense of a sense of
knowing and closest in the relationships
social media apps such as Facebook and
Foursquare that allow couples to check
in also allow to also allow the couple
to know whether it’s in it because there
is but the number one thing that couples
have said help the relationship survive
the best is the ability to video chat
through apps this is Skype tango and
quick well one of the more recent
relationships to have expanded since the
beginning of social media as between the
is the one between colleges and their
potential students 35% of college
admissions officers say that they do
check a potential student’s social media
accounts to do to learn just a little
bit more about them and 47% of the time
it actually positively affects their
view on an applicant’s and even
increases their chance of getting
wait-listed and sometimes even accepted
into that college of specifically Ivy
League schools 25 percent say they do
tech potential students at social media
accounts which is an 11 percent increase
in just the past two years but you do
need to be careful what you put on
online is because last year 12% of the
denied Ivy League school applicants were
denied based on something that was found
on a social media account social media
has changed the way that we have
relationships some for the better and
some for the worse
it all just depends on how you use it
and how you let it determine your
relationships with other people this is
the most connected the world has ever
been and social media has played a major
role in this if we were to log onto
Facebook
right now we could see what is happening
across the world extremely easily
because we are so exposed to this is a
created a globalization mindset people
are now able to reach out and ask for
help and people listen and offer it back
for example after the Haitian
earthquakes of 2010 I saw people that
were I sell stories of people that were
devastated by these events popping up
everywhere what I also saw in response
were food banks money collection and
even clothing collection banks pop up in
response to this activism has especially
exploded since social media was first
introduced you now see movements that
were sparked again by a single event
explode into international and national
movements seemingly overnight all
because something was sent out and word
caught on and more and more links and
videos were shared raising even more
awareness because of this we now have
the ability to send out our stories
ideas and other people’s stories and
ideas and they’re able to see the scene
worldwide and this brings people
together remember these are people who
know nothing of each other just the fact
that they’ve seen something and they
feel like something needs to be done so
they do it also another advantage of
this is by sending something out it
forces people to confront the reality of
situations which forces a conversation
to be started which forces something to
be done because once something is out
there there is no denying it and there’s
no turning back
the women’s March became an
international movement because people
all over the world saw what was
happening on Facebook on Twitter on
Instagram etc and they stood up in
support of these people that were
protesting what is happening on Capitol
Hill but social media hasn’t only helped
to globalization it has also harmed it
do you know what they call my generation
we are nicknames the I generation social
media without us even knowing it has
caused us to become self-absorbed and
obsessed with getting like center of
post and video and shares on our videos
we have we now turn to other people for
our self-worth if you were to look on
Instagram you see you’ll be able to see
what I’m talking about if you were to
look it’s all about who I’m with what do
I look like
I’m eating etc etc etc but it’s rarely
ever look what’s happening out there or
look what’s happening to these people or
we need to do something about this if
you were to log on to Facebook which has
a majority of older generations you will
see this yes
you also see what I was talking about
earlier but this is where you will also
see this awareness and these call to
actions with just a few simple clicks
these days we can create worldwide civil
rights movements or you can just bring a
little bit of ease into someone else’s
life information the way that we get
information and the news that we acquire
have been completely changed by the way
we get social media by the way by social
media 63 percent of Facebook users now
say Facebook serves as a major new
source for them which is a 20 24 percent
increase since 2014 if you were to log
on to Facebook all the news that you
need to know is conveniently located in
the top right hand corner and it’s even
based on what you prefer and what you
have searched in the past but this
creates a bias and information so if you
were to search more liberal viewpoints
Facebook notes this and so the news that
would pop up is would be from a liberal
standpoint and this bias creates a huge
problem if we are only exposed to
stories from our viewpoint then we will
know then we will never be exposed to
the other side of the argument and where
those people are coming from which which
causes us to become closed off to the
other side of the argument in response
which causes a divide among people also
with more and more news articles popping
up all the time there there has been an
increase in the amount that are false
and sometimes even completely fake these
stories have caused mass panic like the
false news reports of a shooter in a
Mexico City suburb which caused the
local police department to flood with
over 300 phone calls mass panic around
the suburb and even temporarily closed
schools this is one reason why mistrust
of social media information has been
increasing only 4% of adults say they
fully trust the information that they
see online well 33% say they do not
trust it at all social media is a great
tool to gather information and it keeps
us knowledgeable on what’s happening
around the world all we need to know is
what to trust and what not to trust
social media is everywhere it affects
all of our lives it can reunite friends
strengthen relationships that are
notorious for not working out and even
bring people together we now see civil
rights movements popping up worldwide
and people are reaching out to help
sometimes without even being asked
globalization social media has now
become a major part and globalization we
are now moving from we are the citizens
of the United States to we are the
citizens of the world but this is only
if we use social media in the right way
if we do not suicide rates and
cyberbullying rates go up we destroy
relationships with loved ones and it can
even ruin our chances at getting into
our dream college so I ask you how do
you use social media just think back to
the last couple of times that you use
social media think about what was the
purpose behind you using that social
media profile how did you use it and I
ask you don’t worry it’s not too much
but the neck in the future the next
couple of times that you log on to
Facebook or Instagram or Twitter just be
aware of what little things that you do
can cause a huge impact on your future
and just yet just be aware of how it
affects other people around you thank
you
[Applause]
that’s what about that’s what I thought
so if you would look around everybody
here uses social media so I think we can
all agree that social media affects all
of us 2.8 billion counting people use
social media right now this is 40
percent of the world’s population eighty
three percent of Americans and a
whopping 93 percent of teenagers social
media has been used for good and
contrary to popular belief it even
positively affects the way that
teenagers view themselves according to a
study done by Common Sense Media one in
five teenagers say they have felt more
confident since going onto social media
than the only four percent that has said
it made them feel less so but social
media has also been used for bad
eighty-three percent of teenagers say
that they have seen someone be cooler
mean online forty nine point five
percent are victims of cyberbullying and
thirty three point seven have said that
they have committed a cyber bullying
behavior online social media has become
one of the most powerful tools available
to us today it can determine our
relationships that we have with people
it determines globalization and the way
that we connect with people around the
world and can even and even
revolutionize the way that we get
information and what news we acquire
these are just the name a few things
social media has strengthened our
relationships but has also weakened
others in the process
face-to-face relationships have taken a
major strain by social media according
to a study done when it even when adults
are given the opportunity to meet up
face-to-face eleven percent said they
would prefer to stay home and
communicate to their devices instead by
doing this this destroys all social cues
and nonverbal body language which
accounts for 93 percent of communication
while people communicating through
phones and stuff this this doesn’t allow
for the interactions that people have
had for so many years according to a
2012 study done by by the center of
Digital future the amount of people
reporting less face-to-face time within
their families increased from 8 percent
in two
all the way up to 34 percent in 2011
despite the fact that social media has
been linked to has been linked to a
decrease in social skills and also it
has increased many other kinds of
relationships since Skype the first one
with social media came out in 2003 the
chances of a long-distance relationship
working out went from 50 percent in 2000
to 70 percent in 2010 according to some
couples and long-distance relationships
social media sites such as Twitter
Facebook and Instagram not only allow
them to directly communicate with each
other
but it also keeps them up to date what’s
happening each other’s lives by viewing
posts and even commenting on these posts
which allows for a sense of a sense of
knowing and closest in the relationships
social media apps such as Facebook and
Foursquare that allow couples to check
in also allow to also allow the couple
to know whether it’s in it because there
is but the number one thing that couples
have said help the relationship survive
the best is the ability to video chat
through apps this is Skype tango and
quick well one of the more recent
relationships to have expanded since the
beginning of social media as between the
is the one between colleges and their
potential students 35% of college
admissions officers say that they do
check a potential student’s social media
accounts to do to learn just a little
bit more about them and 47% of the time
it actually positively affects their
view on an applicant’s and even
increases their chance of getting
wait-listed and sometimes even accepted
into that college of specifically Ivy
League schools 25 percent say they do
tech potential students at social media
accounts which is an 11 percent increase
in just the past two years but you do
need to be careful what you put on
online is because last year 12% of the
denied Ivy League school applicants were
denied based on something that was found
on a social media account social media
has changed the way that we have
relationships some for the better and
some for the worse
it all just depends on how you use it
and how you let it determine your
relationships with other people this is
the most connected the world has ever
been and social media has played a major
role in this if we were to log onto
right now we could see what is happening
across the world extremely easily
because we are so exposed to this is a
created a globalization mindset people
are now able to reach out and ask for
help and people listen and offer it back
for example after the Haitian
earthquakes of 2010 I saw people that
were I sell stories of people that were
devastated by these events popping up
everywhere what I also saw in response
were food banks money collection and
even clothing collection banks pop up in
response to this activism has especially
exploded since social media was first
introduced you now see movements that
were sparked again by a single event
explode into international and national
movements seemingly overnight all
because something was sent out and word
caught on and more and more links and
videos were shared raising even more
awareness because of this we now have
the ability to send out our stories
ideas and other people’s stories and
ideas and they’re able to see the scene
worldwide and this brings people
together remember these are people who
know nothing of each other just the fact
that they’ve seen something and they
feel like something needs to be done so
they do it also another advantage of
this is by sending something out it
forces people to confront the reality of
situations which forces a conversation
to be started which forces something to
be done because once something is out
there there is no denying it and there’s
no turning back
the women’s March became an
international movement because people
all over the world saw what was
happening on Facebook on Twitter on
Instagram etc and they stood up in
support of these people that were
protesting what is happening on Capitol
Hill but social media hasn’t only helped
to globalization it has also harmed it
do you know what they call my generation
we are nicknames the I generation social
media without us even knowing it has
caused us to become self-absorbed and
obsessed with getting like center of
post and video and shares on our videos
we have we now turn to other people for
our self-worth if you were to look on
Instagram you see you’ll be able to see
what I’m talking about if you were to
look it’s all about who I’m with what do
I look like
I’m eating etc etc etc but it’s rarely
ever look what’s happening out there or
look what’s happening to these people or
we need to do something about this if
you were to log on to Facebook which has
a majority of older generations you will
see this yes
you also see what I was talking about
earlier but this is where you will also
see this awareness and these call to
actions with just a few simple clicks
these days we can create worldwide civil
rights movements or you can just bring a
little bit of ease into someone else’s
life information the way that we get
information and the news that we acquire
have been completely changed by the way
we get social media by the way by social
media 63 percent of Facebook users now
say Facebook serves as a major new
source for them which is a 20 24 percent
increase since 2014 if you were to log
on to Facebook all the news that you
need to know is conveniently located in
the top right hand corner and it’s even
based on what you prefer and what you
have searched in the past but this
creates a bias and information so if you
were to search more liberal viewpoints
Facebook notes this and so the news that
would pop up is would be from a liberal
standpoint and this bias creates a huge
problem if we are only exposed to
stories from our viewpoint then we will
know then we will never be exposed to
the other side of the argument and where
those people are coming from which which
causes us to become closed off to the
other side of the argument in response
which causes a divide among people also
with more and more news articles popping
up all the time there there has been an
increase in the amount that are false
and sometimes even completely fake these
stories have caused mass panic like the
false news reports of a shooter in a
Mexico City suburb which caused the
local police department to flood with
over 300 phone calls mass panic around
the suburb and even temporarily closed
schools this is one reason why mistrust
of social media information has been
increasing only 4% of adults say they
fully trust the information that they
see online well 33% say they do not
trust it at all social media is a great
tool to gather information and it keeps
us knowledgeable on what’s happening
around the world all we need to know is
what to trust and what not to trust
social media is everywhere it affects
all of our lives it can reunite friends
strengthen relationships that are
notorious for not working out and even
bring people together we now see civil
rights movements popping up worldwide
and people are reaching out to help
sometimes without even being asked
globalization social media has now
become a major part and globalization we
are now moving from we are the citizens
of the United States to we are the
citizens of the world but this is only
if we use social media in the right way
if we do not suicide rates and
cyberbullying rates go up we destroy
relationships with loved ones and it can
even ruin our chances at getting into
our dream college so I ask you how do
you use social media just think back to
the last couple of times that you use
social media think about what was the
purpose behind you using that social
media profile how did you use it and I
ask you don’t worry it’s not too much
but the neck in the future the next
couple of times that you log on to
Facebook or Instagram or Twitter just be
aware of what little things that you do
can cause a huge impact on your future
and just yet just be aware of how it
affects other people around you thank
you
[Applause]
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