My friend Megan comes into my room crying. “Everyone was invited to Jen’s birthday dinner except for me!” she said, in between sobs. I felt really awkward and didn’t really know what to say. I was going to Jen’s birthday dinner and so were all of the other girls in my pledge class. Jen and Megan are really good friends, and I was shocked that she wasn’t invited. Then I made the connection.
Megan deleted her Facebook page because she thought it was taking up too much of her time. Megan was addicted to Facebook and found that it distracted her from her homework, studying, and doing anything else. She thought that deleting her Facebook was a simple gesture and that it would just help her focus more on her schoolwork. Little did she know, removing herself from Facebook meant removing herself from her social network. In today’s day and age, social media have become such a central part of everyone’s lives. Obviously Jen didn’t mean any harm in not delivering the invitation via mouth to Megan, she just didn’t realize Megan wouldn’t get the invitation simply because she deleted her Facebook.
This story goes to show just how important social media our to our lives. By deleting her Facebook, Megan shut herself out from receiving information and distanced herself from her peers.
Allison, you make a really great point! Today, our lives revolve around social media, and not just teens and young adults, parents and employers too. I too had once considered getting rid of my facebook, but like you mentioned, I didn't want to be left out from receiving information and become distant from my peers. Even now, as a senior, as part of my job search, I am using tools such as Facebook and Twitter to keep in contact with companies that I want to work with; these tools allow us to have a personality and stand out against the 500 other applicants. Even one of the recruiters I was talking with said that their company has been looking to Twitter and Facebook to hire applicants.
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