April 13, 2022

The Development of Social Media Assignment

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TOPIC: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA

RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the impact of social media on diversity among college students?

Geographical and historical studies about the earth reveal how vast the world is. There is a variation in people’s culture, race and ethnicity, among many other issues. Even with the differences that exist, we still see that people can travel from one place to the other, near and far. Some have been in a position to adapt to the culture of others, while some cultures have been appreciated. Some cultures have been condemned and, in some cases, abolished due to critiques. Students of different races can interact and share ideas; language has evolved as people find ways to communicate with each other. The critical question that we should ask ourselves as we carry out this study is; why are people interacting freely with each other in recent years than it was in the past? We find out that social media has played a significant role in effecting these changes. Students are in a position to converse with each other irrespective of their locations. Facebook is an example of a social media platform that allows an individual to make friends globally. People can interact and share ideas about their countries, creating more understanding of people’s culture.

From Appiah’s definition of cosmopolitanism, we realize that the existence of social media has made it possible for conflicting cultures to reconcile with each other. The issue of condemning other people’s point of view has reduced, and problems are being addressed in a more neutral and understanding manner. The realization that no culture is perfect has downed in the minds of individuals, thus curbing unnecessary arguments. Many teenagers are travelling to foreign countries for an education because they have interacted online and have gained the trust of visiting other countries and interact physically. Sometimes the beautiful sceneries posted on Instagram triggers foreigners to visit a country. Many researchers describe the world as ‘a global village’ this has been attributed to the fact that people can exchange ideas and educate each other. It takes conversation for all these to happen, and with the distance, we need a medium through which we can communicate effectively.

Even though the argument that social media has promoted diversity, it is debatable whether it has supported travel and cosmopolitanism. A case where some students might feel ashamed of their culture and try to imitate others to conceal their identity is popular. Social media has a way of swaying people towards a certain direction that the other. They might provide false identities, making it difficult to interact with the real culture of an individual. Many people are afraid of visiting disaster-stricken areas such as places of wars, hunger and drought-stricken region. With such information on social media, it might discourage people from visiting such areas. It is not a bad idea as it prevents disaster from happening. Discussing these issues will help us explore both the positive and the negative consequences that come with the use of social media. We will be able to appreciate the developments that have been brought by the use of platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. It will be possible to tell whether people from different cultures can live in harmony with each other without intimidating and humiliating one another based on who they are.

The focus group has been useful in determining whether, indeed, social media has played a significant role in promoting diversity among students. We can attest this to the fact that social media is indeed popular among many students. All the students, irrespective of gender or nationality, admitted to using social media to interact with their peers. The fact that they all confirmed to have friends all over the world is an indication that they get to learn from others.

Response from the Chinese and African students about social media helping them learn about the Americans, which helped them decide to study in the US, is a confirmation that students get to learn a lot about a country or people. It sometimes makes them desire to interact with the experience. The African respondent says that learning about the US culture helped him adapt. Such comment makes it clear that social media is a source of information, and through making conversation with other people; an individual can learn from others. It makes it easy for students to study or live in any part of the world. Despite the differences that within my focus group, one can realize the similar responses when it comes to whether or not social media is an excellent platform for interacting. We can as well note the same reaction on how they respond towards a different culture. They admit that such cases do exist, and while some choose to make more inquiries, some decide not to question but instead learn to live with it. Inquiring calls for more conversation about culture and creates more understanding. Realizing why individuals engage in certain practices is an excellent way of either adopting the lifestyle or advising them otherwise.

Appiah, in his writings, for example, asks valid questions such as, why should foot binding among the Chinese or female circumcision among the Africans be criticized, but ear piercing and tattooing among the Americans be acknowledged? All these communities perform these activities because they believe it is a sign of beauty. Appiah’s illustration is just but an example to show how meaningful conversations are. The student from America and Europe also pointed out how they react to new cultures creating sense to Appiah’s works on cosmopolitanism. The research on the issue will be incomplete if we fail to note the disparity that social media create at times. Social media sometimes makes some cultures appear so minor to the extent that people from such a culture fear to talk about them. African and Mexican students say that sometimes they prefer not to talk about their cultural setting because they feel inferior. Even though they admit that social media is good, they think that it is not the best platform where they can freely talk about their culture. Historically, Africans and Mexicans were associated with a primitive culture, and people from a lower social status. Even though the world is evolving and people are learning about each other. Such histories still seem to have an impact on how some people view others. It is quite disastrous that sometimes, social media seem to widen such gaps rather than lessen.

Results from the focus group indicate that there might be a few complaints about the impact of social media, but from a general perspective, it has promoted diversity. They all admit that a conversation is a valuable tool, and it is the only way to solve differences. One does not need to approve another person’s culture, but it is more compelling one gets to understand why a particular culture or practice exists.

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