Arguably, the most significant advancement of the 21st century,
social media has had a profound impact on our lives. But has it
improved our lives? It is a question with a philosophical ring
and one that opens up a host of other queries. First, we must
analyse the conveniences and abilities social media has given
us. If one is to measure the noteworthiness of broadband by
calculating the amount of time spent on specific elements, then
social media would come on top. Facebook boasts a billion users
and Twitter 500 million. That's one out of every seven human
beings alive on earth and this doesn't even take into
consideration the numbers conversing online through Google+ and
what not. It isn't just how many social media users there are on
earth that indicates how much an influence it has had on our
lives. It is the amount of time such a large proportion of the
human population spends on these sites. A study late last year
concluded that one out of every seven minutes online are spent
on Facebook, while similar