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Carillo BSN 1-2 (Final Term Requirement- The Digital Self)
Medical Technology (BSMT1)
Emilio Aguinaldo College
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CARILLO, WENDY P.
BSN 1-
DIGITAL SELF
Present 3 social media apps that influences the digital self.
➢ Facebook is a social networking site that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends online. Originally designed for college students, Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg while he was enrolled at Harvard University. By 2006, anyone over the age of 13 with a valid email address could join Facebook. Today, Facebook is the world's largest social network, with more than 1 billion users worldwide (Downey, 2022). This site allows people to connect with others regardless of where they are situated in the world. With almost 2 billion users, it has become the most powerful social media site till date. It is nearly impossible to find a modern teen whose life is not impacted through Facebook. Many people irrespective of their age groups, already created accounts on this site. This includes students as well. Students started using Facebook for various purposes ranging from entertainment to education. It is no doubt that Facebook helps students in many ways. And in contrast, it can harm them too in a way that can harm their mental health. By knowing the pros and cons, students will know how to use this social networking site without negatively affecting their lives (Room, 2020).
Conclusion:
After reflecting on what social media platform I use the most, I would have to say that I spend most of my time on Facebook. As a matter of fact, it shows the good and happy side of me, but it doesn’t show everything since I am a private person, like I tend to not post everything on social media regarding on what happen in my life especially my achievements to avoid the attraction of evil eyes. And by that, it portrays one side of my life and thankfully it is the good side. Using this platform, it also helps me to reconnect with my family, friends and loved ones even though they are far from me. On the other hand, the self that I portray on Facebook vs my actual self is quite different, in a way that in digital world, I am extrovert, funny, confident and have many friends. While in my actual self, I would say that I am introvert, lack of confident, cold and have few friends which is I considered as my real friend, since I do believe in quality vs quantity. I admit, sometimes I shared funny memes and I complain a lot about my mental health, sleepless nights, weight gain, politics, stupidity in general and whatever pops up in my mind but as I grow older, I realized and learned to accept my boring self and as much as possible avoid posting stupidity in social media.
➢ Instagram was invented through the joint efforts of Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. It is one of the world’s most popular social media apps, with 1 billion active global users. The platform allows users to share photos, graphic messages, and videos with friends and the rest of the world. Aside from being a great way to stay connected with friends and family, Instagram is also a powerful marketing tool for businesses. Up to 60% of Instagram users use the platform to find new products. This makes Instagram an asset for any business looking to reach a wider audience (Laine, 2022). On the other hand, Instagram is addictive, and it will consume your time. If you are a student and you are a heavy user of Instagram it will waste your valuable time. For students, time is money so use Instagram with caution (Bille, 2022).
Conclusion: On social media we do not only post words, but we also like to post different pictures on it to share with all our friends. However, I can say that I’m not the type of person who constantly posts pictures on Instagram, but the reason why I use this platform for me to have an update with my celebrity idol. I admit, at first, I loved to use Instagram, but lately I just realized that each time I scroll through my Instagram feed, there’s something emotions, feelings and thoughts come up that made me feel insecure sometimes. When I look at my Instagram feed, I see those people with perfect lives. Always traveling, super rich, get thousands of likes and followers, have a perfect relationship, posting cute photos with their soulmate smiling all happy and sometimes it just made me feel bad, anxiety and insecure. What I realized is that, always believe in yourself and show the world what you really are. And that’s something that I’m working on it. I also take a break from using social media, I know it’s not easy to let go but I’m trying to minimize using it.
- YouTube
➢ YouTube is a video-sharing and social media platform based in San Bruno, California. It was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google and is the second most visited website after Google Search. YouTube has over 2 billion monthly users who watch over one billion hours of video every day. The advantage of using this is there are no fees to pay when you use YouTube, so you should not be concerned if you are just getting started and experimenting with it. You can practice and test your own creative ways of making videos and see how the market reacts for free. On the other hand, the disadvantage of using this is if you have made a popular channel, you need to edit your YouTube videos and add some video interference to it like annotation, video editing program you need to buy and learn it or hire a person with video editing skills, So, you need to pay him the salary for it. The maintenance costs like the digital cameras, hiring skilled people, and investment for buying some costly
Carillo BSN 1-2 (Final Term Requirement- The Digital Self)
Course: Medical Technology (BSMT1)
University: Emilio Aguinaldo College
