Carl John Nuevas

Social Media has a big impact on our lives especially on our Generation today. It is unquestionably the biggest part of every individual right now. Social Media is an interactive platform that supports users to create and share content with people instantly. The phrase "social media" refers to a computer-based technology that promotes the exchange of ideas, opinions, and information via virtual networks and communities. Social media is internet-based and allows users to quickly exchange content such as personal information, documents, films, and images via electronic means. Social Media has certain positive as well as negative impacts on our lives. Unarguably it has a lot of positive impacts on our lives, especially on the new Generation. Generation Z or generally known as the luckiest generation among all the past generations in centuries. it is known as the luckiest because of its future ahead of them, and the technology introduced during their or our generation. It also changed our way of living. It affected our sleep schedule, outdoor activities, and other things we used to do when social media was not introduced to us. Social Media has affected us in both ways, but we can control these things to make it a positive impact on us. All we need is just discipline.

Because of the new normal, a lot of things are introduced to us. Including the digital divide. Wealthy and powerful people were a bit affected by this, but not as much as the poor people. Wealthy and powerful people are favored in this new way of learning, and it became simple for them. This type of problem has been existing even before the pandemic, but covid-19 has just expanded the gap. The digital divide has been created even since internet broadband was introduced to us, and it has separated us from communicating with people who don't have an internet connection and live far from us. But with the new normal, it became even worse. A lot of jobs are requiring an internet connection and a stable gadget, especially for the work-from-home people. For the students, it became difficult because of the requirements needed, especially for the students who didn't have gadgets before the pandemic came because of poverty. We may be able to see more people struggling with this problem, we're stuck in the middle of an ocean because of the pandemic but not every one of us is in the same boat.

Social Media has been used by many businesses to promote and advertise their different products and invents, just like before but it is more advanced now. It also made the world smaller than we thought, it made us connect and communicate with each other without experiencing any hassle. However, as it advances there are a lot of disadvantages found with the new Media, such as Biased news, Fake news, and Unverified information going around the social media we're using. We the introduction of Cellphone and Computer devices, it also became the introduction of Social Media.

The relationship between the Government and Media has always been complicated. Not all Government is vouching for that specific media, and some do. Media has always been the number enemy of some Governments, some Governments will say it's biased and some will say it's not. One example of this statement is during elections. That is where a Government Official and media became friends. The government pays the media, and media will showcase the Government's advantages and good doings. The Media and the Government have the power to manipulate the public and change how they think on a specific topic. Both systems are made for the people. Without Government, there will be no one to discipline and implement laws to avoid chaos, and without Media, we wouldn't have a single idea of what is going on with the world. This is the reason why people are manipulated, and some have their statements and opinions, and that is where an argument between the public starts.

With the manipulation of the biased media, this is where information and news literary comes in. It is very important to know these in order for us to not easily become dogs of the Governments. Information and news literature helps us become aware of what the Media says, with the knowledge we gained from this, we can easily tell or verify if it's fake or not. Honestly, in today's generation, there are a lot of people who have been poisoned by the wrong information given to them, this is why we should know how to be literate enough especially with the pieces of information given to us. We should always remember, as the world advances, we people should be advance too in order to live with the Modern World.