A Trifling Media

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A Trifling Media
It is necessary to admit the fact that the media plays a critical role in connecting individuals from every part of the world, therefore, making the world a global community (Hiebert et al. 99). Social media entails a channel of interaction amongst individuals in which they exchange, create, and share various contents in virtual networks and communities. Many individuals argue that social media hinders interpersonal relationships and dilutes communications that are intended to establish or create good interpersonal relationships (Hudson et al. 69). In modern society, many people agree that media impacts human beings relationship as well as interaction every day. They argue that social media cuts off face to face interactions and this creates animosity amid friends, relatives, and associates. Online media allows self-disclosure which has become recent common behavior among the media users. Many individuals disclose information including personal details, for instance, habits, relationship status, preferences, interests, and most important names which can result in identity theft. Media users also misinterpret messages, or texts because the texts or messages lack tone making it difficult to know someone’s feelings.
Media platforms such as television, radio, internet, and movies shape individuals’ thinking of the world. Media allows individuals to integrate and associate with people from different parts of the world. One of the factors which can change trifling behavior includes formulating regulations on the use of media and setting face-to-face communication as the first foundation for communication (Sunstein 124).

This would be effective since it would curb some of the bad behaviors exhibited in social media. To live in the current world, every individual must access media regardless of its positive or negative impacts. However, one should regulate him or herself on what information to trust and what not to trust. Not all information can be trusted in the modern-day world, since some people may formulate a story on the social networks so that they can gain fame. Media allows persons to voice their opinions, for example, through Twitter or Facebook. In spite of the positive media impacts, it is important to note that it significantly affects face-to-face interactions (Toma 135) and puts many relationships in woe. Many young people are more likely to interact freely through the social platform compared to when they meet face to face. This is a clear indication that the media has also created a negative impact on society.
Notably, the students’ writing style is good as it reflects on the impacts of media on modern society, and mostly the youths. The students integrate introduction, body, and conclusion in their writings, therefore, giving the paper an academic format. One of the articles states that one of the trifling behaviors in the media includes misinterpretation of texts since messages lack tone. It also posits that media put relationships in trouble especially for those who meet online. From the analysis of the paper, it is evident that the media has helped in spreading rumors that have resulted in various effects to different people. In this case, the student has provided a clear suggestion that people used to media and technology should do in order to promote more trustworthy information. As such, the article concludes setting face-to-face communication as the one’s foundation would aid in curbing the trifling behavior. Through such a step, the audience of the message can interpret the message with explicit knowledge about what the word really says.

Works Cited
Hiebert, Ray A., and Sheila Gibbons. Exploring mass media for a changing world. Routledge, 2017. 92-126
Hudson, Simon, et al. “The effects of social media on emotions, brand relationship quality, and word of mouth: An empirical study of music festival attendees.” Tourism Management 47 (2015): 68-76.
Sunstein, Cass R. # Republic: Divided democracy in the age of social media. Princeton University Press, 2018.
Toma, Catalina L., L. Crystal Jiang, and Jeffrey T. Hancock. “Lies in the eye of the beholder: asymmetric beliefs about one’s own and others’ deceptiveness in mediated and face-to-face communication.” Communication Research (2016): 131-139