My Thoughts on Social Media

The media source media that I will be talking about is social networks. Honestly I have a love/hate feeling towards social networks. I feel like people don't utilize them the way it should be used. I don't know if there's really a right way to use social networks but if It was up to me to say how to use them it would not be the way people do now. I just feel like people especially student are too glued to social networks
The reason why I love it is because social networks (i.e Facebook) allow me to still stay connected to family and friends that are not around or just too far to call or go visit. Allow me to still be a part of their lives and stay updated on whats new in their lives. That is the only reason why I really use Facebook and I believe that should be the right way. People nowadays could be on Facebook or any other social networks for that matter for hours, not doing anything. Its gotten to the point now where they allowed it to play so much of big role in their lives that a world with out social networks would be almost impossible for them. I actually heard a few people saying that.
The main reason for my hate feeling towards social networks is because i feel like its taking away one of the most important skill that we need to be able to build a strong relationship with someone; that is communication. I remember last summer while i was taking summer classes in Indiana there was a power outage and most of Indiana was without any electricity. Me and a couple of my friends were in the living room with out phone using it as a source of light to see one another. During that 15 or 20 minutes we were just sitting there holding a long conversation and talking about everything, laughing just a real genuine moment. As soon as the power came back on everybody just scattered and on the computer on twitter, Facebook, talking about what just happened. My friend Sarah noticed what I noticed and actually said something about it she said "its crazy how it took the power outage to get all of us to sit together and talk" It is crazy!!. See being from Haiti we're not preoccupied by social networks and other types of media really so the communication skill is strongly reinforced. I just wish this generation would not be so preoccupied and glued in the social media or any media for that matter.