Have the new media changed our lives for the better? -FAIZAAAH!

The new media has enabled the people of today to be able to express themselves better than before. Before new media existed, the forms of expressing one’s feelings are limited to diaries, and verbal chats with peers and family. With the invention of blogs and social networking sites, people are able show the rest of the world how they feel. It feels good when we know that there are others that are reading how we are feeling. For example, on Facebook, each time we give updates, friends are able to comment and “like” our posts. It feels nice when we know people actually bother to know how we are feeling and sometimes try to make us feel better. However, some may say that many teenagers today are addicted to the internet on sites such as Facebook and Blogger, so much so that their studies has been procrastinated over and over again. As a result, their assignments and homework are not done on time. However, most youth are able to balance their time between utilizing the new media and studies. Addiction to new media only occurs to a small group of youth who generally do not know how to balance their time. In fact, youth can express their words of stress through the new media such as their Blogs as a form of relieving it. This can actually help them in coping with studies. Therefore, the new media has enabled the people today to be able to express themselves freely, causing a change in our lives for the better.