Is social Networking Making Us Stupid Iyad Rahwan, Dmytro Krasnoshtan, Azim Shariff and Jean-François Bonnefon
Summary:
In this article on Social Media the writer discusses a brief analysis of if social media is making people stupid. furthermore he begins to talk about what type of affect does social media have on us making an informed decision. He then talks about a study that was done on group college students to see whether or not social media helped them make better informed decisions by comparing 5 groups of students to each other. A few of the groups had no social networking and the others had different variations of networks to use. Ultimately the results came back and an adequate answer to the question could not be resolved. In some cases it did and other cases it didn't .
Analysis :
I feel that social media in some cases could cause some people to look stupid but as for the most part it helps more than hinders. Now that we have the ability to easily see whats on other peoples minds, we can easily compare our thoughts to their owns. For an example I don't make a purchase without doing heavy online research and almost always I am satisfied with my purchase decision even without never testing the product before. The internet is one of the most open places in the world and I feel social has just made it even more free.
I agree with Rashaud on how social media can make some people look stupid, but it can also help people with important information. I guess it just depends in which way people use their media, if its in ig, facebook, twitter, etc, or for looking up information on important things.
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