Social Media has continuously grown to be a big part of my life. I could not live without my phone because that is where I constantly go for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, etc. I feel that there are many benefits with the use of social media as long as being used carefully and appropriately. You can do just about anything instantly, whether it’s looking up the news, weather, life updates, keeping in touch with friends and family, and much more. I am excited to take this class because I can learn more about the use of social media and how it can impact others in different ways. Being both a business and psychology major, I feel that this class could contribute to both of these aspects. A business could easily be successful with the help of social media (if used properly) to help promote their name and draw in more customers. When you think about it psychologically, we can determine that the way social media is ran can definitely affect people with how they interact online, respond to different posts. We can use this information to better understand which type of audience you could reach out to and who will be impacted the most through those specific posts.
These days, you need social media for just about everything and anything. I think it would also be beneficial information for my work study, since I help out with the social media posts for the Dunklau School of Business (DSOB) social media pages for Instagram and Twitter. Because social media has made such a big impact on today’s society, I feel this class is going to be very beneficial in the long run. In the future, I feel that I will be able to successfully contribute to the social media aspect with whatever job I take part in. I feel that social media impacts just about everyone in their daily lives, making it beneficial to learn more about it in which can help anyone with their jobs. In summary, even though I spend hours a day on social media, I feel that I have yet so much to learn on this topic and I am very excited to get started.
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