Development of social media

**Note Both questions must be answered*****

Question #1

Please respond to the following prompt in no less than 400 words. In your response, you must fully answer all aspects of the question and support your answer with reference to course materials (textbook, supplementary readings, videos, etc)

  • In what ways has the development of social media been good for society? In what ways has it been bad for society? Why is a society that uses social media different from one that doesn’t? How does the usage of social media change the way people interact with, relate to, and perceive/judge each other?

Question #2

Please respond to the following prompt in no less than 400 words. In your response, you must fully answer all aspects of the question and support your answer with reference to course materials (textbook, supplementary readings, videos, etc)

  • “Conflict theory” derives from the critical work of Karl Marx on economic inequality under capitalism; Coser’s analysis comes from structural-functionalism. How might social conflict be understood using symbolic interactionism? Come up with and discuss an application of this theory to the question of conflict.

Requirements: 400

This summarizes the chapter.

Whenever you decide to start the work on the social media topic tell me first

Answer preview

various challenges can organize themselves into a community and help each other overcome these challenges (Akram & Kumar, 2017). For instance, victims of domestic violence can access pertinent assistance social support groups on Facebook.

Bad Side of Social Media

Like most technological innovations, social media also has its set of downsides. One such downside is the emergence of cyberbullying. Peebles (2014) defines cyberbullying in social media platforms as sending or posting false, negative, or harmful content about another individual. It can also include sharing private information about another individual leading to humiliation and embarrassment. Social media makes it easy for people to become targets for cyberbullies (Peebles, 2014). This is because it creates an environment where people feel comfortably bullying others. The anonymity granted by social media platforms is one of the

[1154 Words]

Scroll to Top