Introduction

Hello and welcome to my blog dedicated to “Social Media and Society.” 

Over the next few months I will be exploring topics related to technology and social media as well as how these things affect both society as a whole and myself personally. Some of the topics that I will be discussing in future posts will include the following:

1. An examination of what taking a break from social media can entail. In what ways are we dependent on social media and what are the implications of these dependencies? What can we learn from taking a break from our online presence?

2. Does social media promote social change and social awareness? Or are political posts, discussions about important topics, and connectivity actually distracting us from addressing root issues? Does social media offer merely an illusion of making a difference, being an activist, and being productive?

3. What are our online identities? What footprints do we leave on the web and what are the implications of our online identities?