A blog that I found related to my 20% project was titled, "Quitting Social Media". This teen written article authored by Jorge Cruz explains how quitting social media impacted his life. It also goes into detail on some of social media's negative attributes that effect teens across the country. For example its addictive nature, bullying, gossip, and ability for people to hide behind a screen while communicating with others. Cruz states that he has found that people who are always in front of computers are often likely to be more shy in person. They could be extremely expressive through social media, however face to face they're afraid to speak up. These findings support my original theory that social media actually makes college students "unsocial" rather than "social".

Does social media actually make college students more "social" or "unsocial"?

The main goal of social media is to connect people through an online source such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine etc. However, rather than serve a social purpose, it could be debated that social media actually contributes to college students internalizing. Rather than experience the world around them and communicate with their peers face to face, they have become so enthralled in their phone that it makes them "unsocial". Imagine not having your phone for a whole day and not being able to communicate with anyone via social media, almost 100% of college students would have a problem with this. Social media has turned into a sort of addiction for many students, that in future generations is predicted to only get worse. The reason that I chose this question to center my blog around is because something such as social media that is designed to increase our social skills, is in fact doing the exact opposite. Through this blog I will provide facts to support this theory and explain why I believe it to be true.