Samual Carman
Mrs. Schroeder
English 101 10:30
13 April 2016

Social Media is Destroying Us Social media as a whole has it positives and negatives. In some ways it is good for us that it has come around, to enumerate on that we have allowed service members to stay in contact with their family’s without having to rely on letters from home, in comparison, it has allowed criminals more chances to steal your identity. We have let modern electronic commutations come to dominate in our lives. To put it differently we have let the old-fashioned methods of writing die out, such as writing in cursive, writing letters. With are modern electronics communications systems, we have no way for them to be sure that they will be resilient and will hold are messaged for a long time. To enumerate on this it is simply a fact that electronics cannot last forever no matter how much we hope they will. they simply cannot last the test of time. Social media and electronic communications it is important to realize that it is simply not sustainable and we will need to resort to the dying art of writing letters and writing in cursive o other styles of writing. In the same manner that social media has had a positive impact it likewise had a negative impact. One of the ways it has had a negative impact is that it has allowed people who have evil intent and have ill intent to go through a person Facebook page. And to gather information to the point that they are able to steal someone identity, and to compromise there accounts, simply due to the fact that we are lazy and we post willy nilly without regards to are security online, and in the same manner we do not filter and control what we post.
Not only has social media had a positive impact of the world by allowing the rapid spread od news, for example at during the French Paris attacks, the residents of Paris where able to spread the word, in the same hand report in and check in with their families, letting them know that they are safe and are not harmed. another key point is that the French police were able to gather info about the attacks form the people of Paris however it must be remembered that during the attacks people who were residence of Paris where sending out false reports for whatever the case may be for why they did it.. In the same matter news organizations, where first alerted that there was an attack in Paris and they were able to send out breaking news to their readers notifying them of the attacks in Paris.
In comparison to the non-electronic methods of communication, such as, writing a letter, the electronic methods of communication such as calling on a cellphone, texting, sending an email, sending a message on social media, such as sending an instant message on AOL instant messenger, or sending a Facebook message. Notwithstanding the evidence stating that electronic communication are more reliable and fail proof. I would argue that electronic communication methods, are in fact inferior to non-electronic methods of communication, simply because of the fact that social media and communication messaging services. Even in the face of completing evidence such as the shutdown of my space and Friendster, as well as the occasional server glitch, in which email is deleted and is unrecoverable, this point is most over looked, at any given time, no matter how much you go through and try to plan. For a failure of a critical server, and the messages are lost. With this in mind, I would argue that old style communication is superior, simply because when you write a letter. it something physical you can hold, instead of viewing on a screen, a paper can last and be shown to future generations, unlike an email or other electronic message which can be deleted, the old style of communication are superior simply due to the longevity of it.
Of course, social media has it downsides, in the same fashion, social media has allowed, folks who have evil intent and whose character has ill morals, in view of the overwhelming evidences in which young people are being drawn to terrorist networks and as a result are being brainwashed to join ISIS For example. Coupled with, instances where it has allowed a person of ill intent, persons of ill morals, and terrorist’s to actively recruit folks to join there terrorist networks and in like manner smuggle drugs, and engage in illegals acts, notably join prostitution rings. In like manner, social media has positive aspects. In the first place, social media has allowed people who are deployed oversee, whether it may be in the armed forces, in the diplomatic corps, or work for company’s who are sending them overseas to work in an oversees position. To say nothing of the people who flee their homes and countries because of war and devastation, it has allowed them to stay connected with people in their home countries. Given these points I would argue that the while social media has it positive connation’s it also has it negative connation’s , one of the negative connation’s being that while it may be less useful to some and more helpful to some. I would argue that it is destroying are ability to write formal letters, the ability to spell check, and the ability to do grammar properly. I would contest the fact that social media has it positive sides; one of the reason why I contest as stated in the essay that social media has it positives. I would argue that social media should be limited and carefully controlled.