Blog #3

     The social media revolution video as you can see here provides astonishing statistics on the amount of people and time spent on the internet. I was really shocked to see how far social media has come in our generation and the question they presented was "is social media a fad?"
     Personally, I think this video is right on and technology is here to stay for a while. Like other things, maybe it will phase out and be topped by something greater, but I do not see that happening for a very long time. I was shocked by some of the statistics that were shown in the video such as- 96% of millenials have joined social networks, Facebook topping Google for most traffic in the US, 1/8 couples married in the US meet online, and if facebook were a country, it would be third largest in the world. Everyone seems to be joining in on the phenomenon from kids to grandparents and businesses to education institutions. One study that stood out was the fact that students seemed to do better via online then face to face instruction. I feel sooner or later, everything will revolve around the online world. People will work from home more, shopping, books and cds will all be phased out and even stores and businesses will just do everything online.
      Social media is a scary thing, but if used the right way,  I believe it to be very beneficial to society. How about you? Do you think social media is a fad?