There
have been a number of articles written over the past year talking about social
media and some of its negative effects upon us.
The first article I came across and read in 2012 spoke about people
feeling lonelier in spite of having hundreds of “friends” on Facebook. I didn’t find the aspect shocking and began
to consider if it was true or not. I’ve
been mulling over this (off and on) for many months and have read more
articles. Some of the articles address
the loneliness, jealousy, and narcissistic factors promoted by social
media. Meanwhile, some articles lean the
other way and state that all that negativity about social media is probably
unfounded and not true.
Through
my personal experience, the following is what I’ve concluded about this matter.