Thursday, March 22, 2012

You might be asking yourself, "why is this blog important?" Well I'm here to tell you.  About a month ago, my classmates and I asked ourselves, how big of an impact does Facebook--and other social media networks like it--have on our relationship status'? In other words, how do our inquiries on Facebook translate into our everyday lives and aid or hinder the formation of relationships in the real world?  This question led to research findings of various scholarly sources that have posed the same question, that of which I find to be extremely important seeing as Facebook and Twitter seem to consume our every move as adolescents and young children.  I will use the information and research I find to formulate an answer on the issue.  So why not do a little research on the subject to find the affects, if any, on adolescent social media use?  For now, below is an image from one of the coolest sources I have found, which charts how Facebook affects its users:


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