Week 6

It's hard to believe almost the entire term has flown by. we've delved into many different areas of the psychology of social media: its origin, positives, and negatives.
One thing that has been evident, especially this week, is that social media is a huge platform for change. Different view points may view the change it illicites in different lights, but for better or worse, social media makes the world a different place. 
This week we talked abot social media and the Arab Spring. Not long ago it may have seemed incomprehensible that a website like Facebook would help bring about Revolution, but today it seems                 almost as hard to picture change being brought about without social media. A global platform for interacting and finding niche interests allows for connection like no other medium. 
The look up video we watched this week was also very interesting. We never know how much wee might be missing because we are tuning out the real world in favor of a virtual one.  I think of the moments that have been the most memorable in my life, the parties, vacations, and adventures, and I realize that none of them would have happened if I had been too busy on social media, or on my phone in general, to notice them.i think social media has a lot of great aspects, but it is also something that defiantly needs to be handled cautiously and used in moderation.
Another really interesting moment was the HER video trailer. It was very unsettling, and I think it is because it is alarming how quickly technology can take the place of human interaction in our life if we allow it. It is never really an adequate substitute however. It is simply a hollow imitation.