Social media can be defined in a variety of ways. Some say social media is “content created and shared by individuals on the web using freely available websites that allow users to create post their own images, video and text information then and then share with either the entire internet or just a select group of friends [1]. Social media is content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content [2]. What if we were to break it down, we would say that media is a source of communication i.e. a newspaper, a radio or a television, and social is communication with a variety of people through a variety of ways. When we think about it social media are sources which not only provide information, but also communicate with you while it gives you information. Social media can be social networks in which invites people to communicate and interact with the site and with a variety of people. Within today’s society there are a variety of social media/social sites that the majority of the population uses. Facebook and Twitter have been enormous social network sites for everyone, not only do the sites allow you to add friends to interact with, but they provide you with the tools to create your profile in many ways possible. Other forms of social media sites include YouTube and Flickr which are great sites when wanting to post an assortment of videos to share with everyone around the globe while also commenting on their submission.
Recently there have been certain debates on whether or not the