The Effects of Media Culture!

” Engaging in various forms of social media is a routine activity that research has shown to benefit children and adolescents by enhancing communication, social connection, and even technical skills”, according to the article from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Many people argue and debate on whether or not media culture has bettered or worsened society in specific the next generation. I am convinced that media has overall bettered our society. We are able now to get easy access to whatever it is that we desire to know whether or not it be learning new vocabulary, taking up a new language, learning a trade, or taking course’s online for school, technology has helped us to accomplish this. We are more knowledgeable now than we were before as a society. I agree that engagement in social media does advance our technical skills, and communication because it prepares our next generation for the new jobs to come because of technology, it helps us to be innovative, creative, and well-versed on a whole. Some people dispute and say that because of the new technology our children are actually becoming less social and I can see why they could argue that. For example, when I’m in a restaurant families are not engaging in verbal dialogue now everyone is at the table waiting for their food and are looking to see who liked their posts on Facebook or reading there twitter feeds. But, with every new technology there will be positives and negatives but I believe that media promotes more positive change for society on a whole.