Social Media Dbq Research

(Subclaim 1) Though cell phones can actually cause isolation, cell phones simplify our lives and social media allows people to connect with each other and express themselves on a new platform.(Evidence 1) Our phones simplifies the mundane parts of our lives. As early as just 25 years ago, if you wanted to find directions you’re lost, you had to spend about twenty minutes looking for directions on a map. You wanted to find a piece of information? You had to sort through hundreds of pages on a big, bulky encyclopedia. Or even if you wanted to call your friend to hang out later, you had to go out and find a payphone. Our phones have allowed us to do all these things in an instant at the touch of a button. A researcher at Harvard University says …show more content…
In Saudi Arabia, for example, their government is religious and very conservative. Because of this, young people use social media to express themselves in ways that their government may not approve of and to escape the pressures of their everyday lives (Doc 4). Social media also allows us to connect with our friends and family better in long distance relationships because it allows us to share more information faster than ever before. In one document, a teacher writes about how one of his students was away from her friends and family for decade while attending school in the States. Because of the stream of photos and posts on Facebook by her friends back home, she has had a much easier time connecting to her loved ones back home than if she didn’t have social media or technology (Doc 2). (Analysis) Though many people do say that technology dilutes the our real life conversations with each other or social media causes apathy, there is no denying the fact that in some ways our cell phone have drastically improved our lives for the …show more content…
We now how time to read literature, write a short story or play an instrument. But why don’t we? Though our phones free up time in our lives, we use this free time to spend on our phones. What you do with your time is important and it is proven that the overuse of time on cell phones makes you less creative. (Evidence 1): Aside from obvious exceptions such as multi billion dollar companies like Facebook, Youtube or Instagram, most of the content generated by the internet is mediocre at best. Social media “... levels the gap between supply [...] and consumer demand… (Doc 9).” What this means is that social platforms are making it easier for us to project ourselves to the world in hopes of gaining recognition in the form of likes and hearts. Naturally, this means that most of us will produce a substantial amount unoriginal, disposable content to achieve short term popularity that will gain attention now instead of a meritocratic status that will stand the test of time. As the quantity of our content increases, the quality decreases (Doc 9). (Analysis) Because social media hardwired our brains into craving acceptance rather than heuristic thoughts, the result is a copious amount of people’s self proclaimed creativity, unfiltered by relevant