Information Outbreak in Social Media

Warfares

COVID-19 has globally transformed many people’s lives. Over those days staying home with fewer opportunities to meet with people, there is no doubt that the internet plays a predominant role in offering us multiplex media information, visual content and digital technology to work remotely and ensure the work progress not be affected by the pandemic. We tend to more and more rely on social media and spend longer time to compensate for the reduced in-person interaction. In this case, the information we receive via social media platforms will be proliferated and even drastically increased compared to the situation before the pandemic. How people weigh the pros and cons of increased social media usage has become an issue to be discussed.

“How long have you not waking up with full of energy and expectation to start your day?”

Are You Feeling Worn Out

People have been experiencing “a consistent flow of heavy news and cultural reckonings” under the ever-increasingly developed digital media platform; It particularly happens among Generation Z(Sequeira et al, 2022). Sequeira and other workers also mentioned in the recent Ogvily report that COVID-19 is one of the causes to influence societal progress and human understanding.

As far as I am concerned, the coronavirus has changed our ways of communicating, socializing, thinking and expressing.

The Fickle World of the Internet

In my home country, on Monday, Mar, 21, China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 air crashed caused all 132 people in total on the plane to be dead in this accident. Deep sorrow and remorse permeated all Chinese social media platforms that I frequently use.

Overwhelming media coverage of Russia-Ukraine warfare broke into my brain. I found that It is hard for me to believe news media because some coverages may infiltrate countries' interests, the political conflict and propaganda behind texts. This kind of disbelief of reality resulted from the appearance of a variety of social platforms which decentralized the information that we got. I am a person who is easily empathetic and all these fixed mindsets distract me from my academic work.

Social Media Bond People on the Internet and Build Emotional Connections

I gradually realized that social media took too much time and energy away from me. Last Thursday, I decided to do a small experiment on that day. I forced myself to not look at social media as much as I could. I deleted most of my social media and only kept one or two applications for contact needed to see whether I become more focused and productive without distractions getting in my way. I surprisingly found that I felt foid, especially during a fragmented period of time such as eating, waiting for a shuttle bus, etc. Then I realized that this is how fragmented information saturates our lives.