Ryosuke Morishita ENGL 1102 1/26/14 Adam Padgett Utilize Social Media in our Daily Life Nowadays almost

all people have their own smartphone or PC. Also, almost all people use SNS (Social Networking Site) like Facebook and Twitter. Social media has definitely become indispensable in our daily lives. How does social media affect our life? Social media plays a role in collecting any information. That makes it easy for us to do various things; for instance, we can study or work through the internet anywhere. Also, it is easier to communicate with friends who live in other countries. As far as I am concerned because Im studying abroad now, I cannot see my friends in my country. But, thanks to SNS like Skype or LINE, I can communicate with some of my friends whenever I want. Without Skype or a similar app, when I miss my friends in my country, it would be hard to contact them easily. Therefore it must be important for the people who are not in your country to work or study to use SNS. Next, how does social media change business style? Some people make use of the ad sense system to make money. For instance, a YouTuber is a person who makes movies and post onto YouTube. Some of them receive some money by posting movies and
Comment [AP3]: What is this? Comment [AP1]: Good inquiry

Comment [AP2]: True, very positive things here.

Comment [AP4]: True. Social media w very valuable to me while I worked abroad in Korea for a year.

being watched the movies thanks to ad sense. Actually, there are many YouTubers in USA;

#1: BlueXephos $6.7 million (960m channel views) #2: Pewdiepie $6.1 million (870m channel views)
Comment [AP5]: This is really interesting. Where did you get these numbers?

#3 Smosh $5.7 million (818m channel views)

According to CELEBRITY NETWORTH, When a YouTtube channel has

enough followers, the owner of the account can apply to become a member of their Partner Program. Youtube Partners earn a cut of the CPM earned off the videos in their channel. Typically a YouTube Partner earns a $7 CPM. That means, for every 1000 an advertisement is shown on their channel, the Partner earns $7 (and Youtube takes the remaining ($18).

Little by little the people who make money

through the internet are increasing now. Also, I have heard the time of paperless is coming. How can paperless connect with social media? For example, from an educational perspective, some text books become paperless versions like e-books. It is effective because e-books are kind to the environment, and students can save money because some e-books are cheaper than hard backs. Therefore a few years later, many students might have tablets or PC in class.
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On the contrary, how does social media have a bad influence on our life? First of all, because many people tend to underestimate how many people can see their tweets or post, some personal data is stolen and used illegally. It might be a big problem. Therefore young people should be conscious that EVERYONE can see your tweet. Second, as I mentioned in the previous paragraph, we can get various information very easily. But, because of the easiness, we can ironically get wrong information. It is dangerous because there might be people completely trust wrong information on the internet without suspicion. Therefore all people who use the internet have to have information illiteracy.
How will social media help us in the future? In my opinion, social media will grow up soon and affect our life much more than now. Also people all around the world go with social media. Ryosuke, You do a good job presenting your concerns here. But you write in vague generalities. I need more specifics from you in terms of what you want to investigate. What kind of effects is social media having on us? Are there more bad than good effects? I dont have a
Comment [AP9]: The phrasing here is unclear. Comment [AP7]: Even on Twitter? I

have very little personal information o Twitter. Comment [AP8]: What about privacy settings? Cant you protect yourself there?

Comment [AP10]: Again, not sure wha you are saying here.

Comment [AP11]: Affect our life in wh way? Can you be more specific?

clear idea of what you might be researching here. Consider rewatching the documentary

Digital Nation and generating new, more specific, ideas from watching the movie. Also,
this is a little short. Reference CELEBRITY NETWORTH (http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/celebrity/the-25-highest-earning-youtube-st ars/)
Comment [AP12]: Is this a reliable source? How do you know?