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Where will will social media take us?
Nour Al Mashani- Social Work Graduate
Recently, we've been busy with social media, such as
Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and other networking programs.
We started spending a lot of time on these programs without
paying attention to the time spent away from our real lives
with family and friends. Most of us meet them to get a chance
to snap some photos to share online to get a few likes.
Where will social media take us? We don't enjoy our life like
it was five years ago. We don't visit relatives and rarely do we
speak to them. We don't go out with friends like before. Some
of us aren't even in contact with our neighbours. We are always
busy without any achievement.
The majority of young people follow celebrities who share
their flawless daily routine on their accounts. Some followers
seem to live in a daydream where they are just like those
celebrities they follow. Unfortunately, this has brought many
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