Social Media Beneficial ? Yes, Indeed It Is !

Benefits? Yes ! Social media has quite a few of them. Social media is beneficial in a multiplicity of ways. One way social media can be helpful is by connecting those that have either lost contact with one another or who are in search of someone. For example, Utah native, Jenessa Simons recently used social media to find her birth mother. Jenessa posted a picture with some information about her birth mom and in just three short days the picture had over 70,000 shares. Since then many people have followed in her footsteps and successfully succeeded in finding there birth parents as well as estranged relatives'. Communication is extremely easy through Social media. Sites such as http://www.parentfurther.com/technology-media/social-networking/benefits say" Keeping in touch with family members that live far away can become much easier through the use of online social networking. By sharing updates, photos, videos, and messages, family members can stay connected even if the live across the country—or the world." With just the click of a button we can be in contact with people on the other side of the world. Sites such as http://socialnetworking.procon.org/ suggest that "70% of adult social networking users visit the sites to connect with friends and family [12], and increased online communication strengthens relationships. [13] 52% of teens using social media report that using the sites has helped their relationships with friends, 88% report that social media helps them stay in touch with friends they cannot see regularly, 69% report getting to know students at their school better, and 57% make new friends. [14]."

Social media also helps society through many other things such as politics. Many people use social media to keep track of current events in today's politics.According to http://socialnetworking.procon.org/ "Social networking sites are the top news source for 27.8% of Americans, ranking below newspapers (28.8%) and above radio (18.8%) and print publications (6%). [1]" Everything from live tweeting debates to Facebook like pages have helped to increase people's interest in politics. Sites such as ksl.com suggest that "58% of Americans get most of their political news from social media." Social media is perfect for those who like to stay updated on politics because they can access it anywhere. May it be via email, Facebook, Twitter or any other SNS for that matter. Social media can also be helpful for organizations, a business or a college. A business could use a SNS to broadcast information about their business, boost their business or even multiple events that they might have going on.