G-News 2018 2 | Page 16

SOCIAL MEDIA STUDY By: Cuellar Vergara Sofía, Mendoza Jaramillo Daniela, Zambrano Ruiz Cristian S ocial media is a collective online communication source where a large amount of people can come together and share their daily lifestyle in any way they want, using social media apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. This tool has become a very important factor in today's world meaning that social media has a massive influence in today's society and popular culture that not only affects our likes and dislikes, but also the way we live on a daily basis. Examples of this are how much time we use social media, if the usage of social media has ever affected our sleeping schedule, if social media has ever caused us to be unable to complete a task, etc. Questions like these is what tells us if social media benefits today´s society or if it is damaging us on a level that we can´t comprehend. This can be seen in the way that social media intervenes and controls our actions, whether it´s consciously or subconsciously.