Importance of Social Media on Our Lives
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Today, the world is one market, the advance of globalization means that every country, city and region must compete with every other for its share of the world’s commercial, political, social and cultural transactions. In such delicate environment, as in any busy market place, country’s image becomes a critical factor. Mass Media eventually can build or tarnish the image of the country. The debate on media is in fact a debate of changing world. Media is just a reflection and manifestations of the social realities. Media is the part and parcel of the society which is going through rampant commercialization.
Promoting your talent, showing it to the world: Social Media is the right place to show off your skills and talents to your friends as well as the open world. Many people use social media to show off their skills like singing, dancing etc. and also many people make money by utilizing freelancing opportunities that they get.
Chatting with your favorite celebrities: Would not you like to hear or get a reply from your favorite film, sports or television star? Wouldn’t you feel great when they reply to your questions and laugh reading your comments? Well, you know I’m talking about Twitter. Yes, almost all celebrities from singers to sports stars have their account in Twitter and always love to hear from their fans. Well, even though you cannot see dozens of celebrity account in Facebook, but still some popular celebrities have their account in Facebook as well as Google Plus too!
Business Support: With millions of users, don’t you think social media platforms are the best place to promote your brand or business? Even social media sites like Facebook and Twitter has special ad programs which will increase your visibility throughout the site and will charge you a small amount for the promotion.
Political Promotion: Gone are the time when political discussions were not held publicly. People often use social media to raise their concern against certain political issues and to gather against certain political agenda. Even ministers and other government officials choose social media services to have talks with the normal people and address their issues.
Get updated with latest happenings: In this busy world, some people don’t have time to get updated with the latest political as well as social happenings around them. Nowadays these kind of busy people can find every latest updates on almost every sector through social media. Even international new agencies like the BBC has their social media pages where they share the latest happenings in the world in capsule forms, so that busy people can find these bits of information in their social media profiles and still be updated on what’s happening in their society, no matter how busy they are!
Social media has become an important part of our lives today; do share your thoughts on this topic in the comments below.