The Crazy impact of Social Media

Social media has profoundly affected this new aged society. In this new age just about everyone have cell phones. Instead of children having to wait to they are 16, 17, or 18 to get a cell phone, kids as young as 8 or 9 have phones and know how to use them better than some adults and in many cases knows how to use them better than the adults do. One of my younger brothers, who is 9, showed me here recently how to change the text back ground on my phone. I have had the same cell phone for two years now and I just now found out. It is amazing how much technology is impacting the younger generation. Children are also starting out much younger in social networking. When social networking first came out it was intended for college students to communicate across campus. It is amazing how far it has come in less than 10 years. Now there are hundreds of social networking sites. My younger sister was 10 when she got her first form of social media, Instagram. I was 18 before I had instagram. We got it around the same time. That’s crazy to me!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552658/More-half-children-use-social-media-age-10-Facebook-popular-site-youngsters-join.html

Social media has its draw backs as well.  Here at Henderson we have this trash app call Yik Yak. The whole point of the app is to secretly trash people, because there is not a login or name put to any post. It is hateful and disgusting and makes people feel terrible reading it. It is a massive form of cyberbullying. I had the app for less than 12 hours before I deleted it. There is no need for that much hate and distain. I agree with this article calling for a ban on Yik Yak. It is a dangerous app and really should be taken down.

http://resources.uknowkids.com/blog/why-yik-yak-is-the-most-dangerous-app-you-have-never-heard-of

All about me!!

Hi there, my name is Heather James and I am from Camden, Arkansas. I have lived there for most of my life. I am the middle child of five siblings. I currently attend Henderson State University, majoring in Social Science Education. I have started this blog for a class I am currently enrolled in at Henderson. I am very passionate about history, learning about the past and why things happened the way they did has always been a fascination of mine ever since I was a little girl. Since I am so interested in history I have been known to be full of useless facts. For example, did you know that Coca Cola was originally green?

I chose to major in education because I had a mentor when I was in high school. She was very influential to me. She made me realize I could do anything I wanted if I wanted to work hard enough to obtain it. I realized then I would like to one day have a PhD and be a college professor. That way I could possibly be that same influence to somebody like my mentor was to me. I am excited to start my blog and that it will be fun for anyone and everyone that visits it and hopefully when they leave they have learned something new. I hope everyone enjoys reading my blog as I have writing it.