In modern society, social media and learning comes hand in hand. There are many benefits to their connection as there are drawbacks. With this blog, let us explore this fascinating yet harmful crossover.
The Fascinating Part Of The Crossover
Clearly, technological advancements are useful from our day to day lives. As part of a globalized society, social media certainly holds an incredible grasp on us. Because of this, we should be thankful as it allows us to communicate across the world, obtain information quickly, and provide a new dimension to express ourselves in.
Knowing that, social media undoubtedly gives us the opportunity to learn anything. Also, they are a means of a communication with the convenience of typing on a keyboard.
Social Media, such as Instagram, YouTube, and Discord can promote learning. From videos, reels, to voice chat, we are able to learn concepts, and, if provided, visually see its applications. There are many opportunities throughout the digital world that allows us to learn a vast amount of things, a blessing that earlier generations did not possess. On top of that, we are able to communicate with others when studying and when doing a project.
The Harmful Part Of The Crossover
However, social media and learning may not be compatible, especially when it comes to addiction. These are unfortunately many opportunities where social media prevents us from learning new things.
Ranging from negative impacts on mental health to pure addiction on social media, it could cause a setback on our learning. In fact, these setbacks have become very common to the point where actions have been made to take away social media from classrooms.
The Crossover Itself
Depending on how it is used, social media can play well when it comes to learning new things. There certainly are many instances where media encourages us to think about something new; an example of which would be this blog post. However, social media can also derail us from that ability. Sometimes, social media and our ability to learn does not cooperate at all.
Final Thoughts
Personally, I came across this topic because it’s so applicable to our lives that it has become integrated into it. Social media has more or less became part of many people around the world. However, our ability to learn has always been part of us; it has been part of us ever since we learned how to make our first breath.
Although this is a short blog, it should hopefully encourage you to think about how social media relates to learning. Consider those moments like fun facts, instructional videos, or educational Instagram reels, and remember that learning through social media is possible. These moments can expand to the usage of chats and applying what you learned with your peers. However, also consider things like scrolling, comparisons, and even false information; distractions that take us away from the beauty of this crossover.
While this blog is a reminder to be more mindful with social media, it is also a chance for us to recognize that there are many others crossovers where you can learn something new. With our modern world, there are many more opportunities of learning other than through the source of social media. While there are benefits and drawbacks to both, our ability to learn is always enhanced after balancing our exposure to many different sources.
