2. Phones are no longer just for making calls.
TV sets no longer pull in content just from antennas,
satellites or cables. [1]
The media world has changed.
3. One of the most
essential part
of media is
social media.
4. Current examples of social media platforms include social networking
sites like Facebook, photo sharing sites like instagram, snapchat,
video sharing sites like YouTube, business networking sites like
LinkedIn, micro blogging sites like Twitter, and numerous others. Social
media sites are inexpensive and, more often than not, completely free to
use. [2]
5. The current study identifies ten uses and
gratifications for using social media.
[3]
social media
useful & joyful
8. Uses and gratifications theory is relevant to social
media because of its origins in the communications
literature. [4]
9. Social media is a communication mechanism that
allows users to communicate with thousands, and
perhaps billions, of individuals all over the world .
[4]
10. The basic premise of uses and gratifications theory is
that individuals will seek out media among
competitors that fulfills their needs and leads to
ultimate gratifications. [5]
11. Social media includes a multitude of sources of
online information that are created, circulated and
used by consumers to educate one another about
products, services, and brands available in the
marketplace. [6]
13. Recent research has shown that 88 percent of marketers are
using social media and that they are spending over $60
billion annually on social media advertising. [7]
19. What’s more,study found that teens who are on social
media for more than two hours a day, a full one-
quarter of students in the study, report poor
self-rated mental health, psychological
distress, suicidal ideation or unmet need for mental
health support. [9]
20. Various health bodies recommend children and
adolescents limit their screen time to two hours a day,
something that is increasingly difficult especially with
cellphone-carrying teens for whom social media is a
fully integrated part of their lives. [9]
21. Social networking is not
necessarily bad for teens, he
said, "but it depends on how
we use it and kids need to
know how to use it safely."
[9]
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