Change in culture

Uses and Trends

It is easy to see how our culture was affected by social media. People use one particular social media called SnapChat everywhere. In the past, it was rude to take out your phone in every social setting. However, now it has become the norm. People use SnapChat to capture things such as eating their food to watching concerts through their phone. Basically, If you are not part of this culture, you are considered an outcast.

Disruptive Impact

This change in culture has made it mandatory for everyone to create some form of online presence. Since without social media it is difficult to connect with someone. With everyone recording or using some form of social media, it is easy to invade someone’s privacy. There is an article by Lisa Galarneau, called “10 Way Social Media is Transforming our World”. Galarneau makes some great points that social media has allowed us to share our creative content. This has impacted our culture of trying to become more known on many platforms because it is very much possible nowadays.

Predictions

People will become so digitally involved that almost everything will become a photographic memory. According to the article “How Posting Memories on Social Media Can Make You More Forgetful”, we see how this might affect us negatively. When we make reminders by writing something down or when we take a picture. We essentially tell our brains that it is okay to forget. However, with everything becoming a photo or recording. This will reduce the use of our brains memory function.