Does Social Media Make People More Stupid or Smarter?

Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Weibo have grown exponentially. People have become submerged within this Internet space that they fail to realize the differences between virtual space and reality. However, this has also enabled people to communicate and gain access to knowledge must easier. Often times our news feeds are filled with cute cat photos, but on the rare occasions there are people who post articles as well.

In virtual space, we tend to become open, due to feeling 'anonymous'. As such, our language tends to be dumbed down to simple abbreviations, and our formality becomes transparent. Social media, and technology have become an commonly accessible everyday tool, perhaps too convenient. Therefore society has become confined in a virtual space, limiting our thinking and hindering our knowledge that we gain from the real world.