Social Media, The Good and the Bad

      Social media can be both good and bad. It can be good because you get a chance to see what your friends are doing but sometimes we get too hooked on social media to the point where it becomes a priority. It can also make you feel certain ways towards something or someone because you cant control what goes on there. Social media can have many different views on certain issues and we are exposed to these new ideas based on who we follow or pay attention to. This can narrow our perspectives because most of us don't follow everyone therefore we are only being exposed to a finite amount of views. Luckily thanks to the HISP program i am exposed to tons of different world views and i don't just focus on one.  I try to limit myself from using too much social media because in the past i found myself consumed by it. I have found myself sometimes giving in to a certain perspective without even thinking about the multiple sides to it. It is so easy to do this because sometimes we think that who we follow are right and we only listen to what they have to say, and not what other people have to say on the situation.
      Overall i think that social media can be dangerous in a way depending on how much you are exposed to it. I think that we should try to limit ourselves to using it and instead go out in the real world and learn about things ourselves and not through a social media account. I think that this will help us gain more knowledge and be more open to what others have to say. Social media has become a part of a lot of peoples lives and we are too exposed towards bias ideas,  that we develop our own form of ideas based on these.