I began using social media four years ago when I
signed up for Facebook. The main reason behind my decision to join Facebook was
dance. I joined a dance team five years ago and most of their messages were
shared through Facebook. For the first
year, I managed being part of the dance team without having Facebook. This was possible
since I would try getting a hold of my fellow dancers on the phone to know of
any important messages. However, this was stressful because there were times
when getting a hold of them was difficult. As a result, I would miss important
dance messages such as rehearsal times for example. Therefore, after missing
many messages and being pressured by my fellow dancers, I signed up for Facebook
the next year.
In addition to Facebook, another social media that I
use is the online social networking and micro blogging service known as
Twitter. I have been using Twitter for the past two years now. My reason to
join Twitter was not for dance reasons or school reasons. I just noticed that
everyone else around me such as my friends, family, and co-workers all had
twitter. They were always discussing what they tweeted or tweets that certain
celebrities had made. For these reasons, I decided to sign up for Twitter and
began tweeting away myself.
Along with Facebook and Twitter, I also use YouTube
on a daily basis. I have been using this video-sharing website for the past
five years now. When I first began using YouTube, I would only view videos that
others had posted from all over the world. But two years ago, I created my own
YouTube account and now post my own videos. The videos I post include sports
games, clips from my favorite TV shows, as well as dance performances that I
have been part of. I also have three subscribers to my YouTube account.
Importance
of Social Media
Social media makes my life easier for many reasons. For
instance, social media acts as a great stress reliever. Whenever I am feeling
stressed due to personal reasons, taking a few minutes to visit some of the
social media sites helps relieve that stress. By doing so, I am better able to
focus on the task at hand so that I can accomplish it more effectively.
In addition, social media also helps me with my
school work. For example, I am able to use YouTube to find videos to put into
my power point presentations. Finding videos elsewhere can sometimes be
difficult since they are scattered across various websites. YouTube is helpful
and beneficial in this way since it contains thousands of videos which can
easily be searched on that one website. Facebook and Twitter also help me with
my school work because I can use them to send messages to my classmates if I am
confused about an assignment. This is especially helpful when the classmate you
need to reach is out of town and cannot be contacted on their phone. In this
case, communicating with them through Facebook and Twitter is the easiest
option.
Replacing
Social Media
If social media was taken away from me, replacing it
would not be easy to do. This is because social media plays a big part in my
life. Not only do I use it to get help with homework or to relieve some of my
stress, I also use it to keep in touch with my family and friends, and to
promote any events I am associated with. However, if social media was taken
away from me, I would try replacing it with other things I enjoy doing in life
and doing those things more often. So whether that be going to the gym, playing
sports, chilling with friends, or going to dance classes, I would try and fill
that void in my life that social media filled with these hobbies of mine.
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