Reading through one of this weeks readings, “What is the problem with social media?” (Hall, Jordan), I found myself being interested in a topic that I didn’t know existed.
Supernormal stimuli is how things have been constructed by society, lost their original meaning, which result in things no longer bettering us.
Being able to ‘connect’ with people online without having to see them face to face was the original meaning behind all these social media platforms being produced. But nowadays, social media is now a way of ‘showing off’ you life without it actually being true.
We see constant posts with happy families and close friendships but we don’t know what goes on, off screen. We don’t know what these people are going through and this is a massive issue. People see all these amazing experiences on their screens and wonder, why can’t my life be like that?
I guess what I learnt this week is that everything online is so processed that we really don’t know if anything is real anymore.
Smile, R.
immerse into media 
Hey, great blog post!
Would love it if you used a few more photos, or another multimedia component. Remember to include your remediation in your blog as well, it doesn’t seem to be included here.
If you’re looking for some entertaining content about social media/technology/fake portrayals online – the Netflix series ‘Black Mirror’ is great!
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Hey Girl! This blog post is so informing! your statement on how social media is now just being used as a way to just show off, even if its not true!!! Your point when you say all we see is happy families, but we don’t know what is truly happening in their lives is again so true, because what people post can put a mask over what they are truly experiencing and feeling. You blog post could use more images or hyperlinks to give people more examples! However your blog and this blog post is a 10/10, check out my blog post for this topic; https://perspectivephotography.home.blog/2019/04/08/participation-and-intelligence/
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