Social Media

As the internet gets bigger and bigger, each generation gets more involved in it. This has affected society both in a positive and a negative way. Although people are more connected through social media, the whole idea of socialization has begun to change. Now a days people are more concerned with how many friends they have on Facebook, or how many followers they have on Twitter. Not only does this trend change perception of identity, but it also can cause depression. The news has been covering more and more stories about suicide due to depression from bullying. Like in YouTube comments, it's a lot easier to troll around hurt others through a computer screen, than to bully them in real life. Sometimes the computer screen seems like a "small square of the windowpane," small and impossible to escape (Woolf 2). With kids spending more and more time on the internet, reality may shift from the real world to the digital world. Teenagers these days are often concerned with how many favorites their tweets get, or how many people say happy birthday to them on Facebook. Although social media helps people socialize, it can also hinder socialization. You can't really tell the emotions of the person you're talking to through a computer screen. Therefore signs of depression are harder to notice. Sometimes we just need to look up from our handheld devices and just ask how our friends are doing, and stay a little bit away from social media.