Conclusion
At this final point in my research, I have found out a lot about the impact of social media upon society. I found that many people take being on social networking to a whole different level and go to different extremities with it. The youth of today is growing up with this new technology and therefore think socializing through this new media is a primary communication for today's life. Every newer generation is getting all this new technology at their fingers right when they are toddlers. Kids are now losing their sense of imagination because everything they could think of is right before them. Most teenagers nowadays can not stay away from their electronic devices for long periods of time because they have become slaves and attached to interacting through social media. I have found that many people of today take these technological opportunities for granted and let it cause unneeded problems in their lives. Addiction to these technologies is common throughout society and causes many different issues to arise. Users that go on these websites constantly are more prone to anxiety, loneliness, and depression just from being addicted to social networking and the lack of human contact. I say that society is causing a distancing between ourselves and our own humanity because we let it. There are many different good things about social media that are being kind of drowned out by the downsides because we use it too excessively. These websites should not be the biggest part of how we interact with each other and should use them in moderation.
Metacognitive
One of the things I have come to realize is that the people who do this often use these websites like Facebook or Twitter as an escape from the reality of the world. I guess people just want to forget about the hard things they go through in life and find social networking as a medium for them to do that. I would go as far to say that because generally people do not share the negatives in their life on social media and only the good things about themselves, that this creates this sense of false supremacy and security that people use to feed their ego. Through this research website, I have had my eyes opened as to why people do what they do on social media and it is mostly to make themselves feel better about their life and to get attention from others. Honestly people should not have to get others approval to make themselves feel good, in my mind you will live a happier life if you deem yourself just as worthy and capable as others.