Generation Likes

This week I watched a documentary about the current effects social media has on this younger generation, known as Generation Likes. It was extremely eye-opening, and alarming, to see how dependent young teenagers are on their social media success.

While watching this video I saw how driven teenagers were to create the best content possible to achieve the highest level of success. They base their worth on how many views or likes they receive and hope that by creating the best content they will be perceived worthy by society. Although social media has become a huge success for companies, the dangers are becoming more apparent. Children are born into media, where-as older generations had to conform and learn it. Today, we are seeing how dangerous the media can be -- children are committing suicide from cyber bullying.

In the documentary, it will give you a better understanding to what the dangers of abusing social media are and shows a clear insight into how young adults perceive themselves through it.