Did you hear? You didn't hear about that, are you kidding me?
Whenever something drastic happens, anywhere, at any time, the events spreads at an incredible rate over the news, internet, and other social media devices. When we have heard, we, as humans, have a natural tendency to talk about it. We tell everyone about it and showboat our knowledge to those who haven't.
Recently, Kony 2012 has caught the media's attention, as well as the murder of Trayvon Martin. When I was late to hearing about both, I researched. Instantly, I found online what I needed to know what everyone else knew. At that moment, is what I have discovered to be the "comfort zone" of people in today's world. We almost panic when we don't know things or hear people say to us, "You really didn't hear about that?"
As individuals we feel obligated to be aware...and must be...
I completely agree about all of this. I think that now more than ever people need to be in the know and need to know what is happening at every moment and if they do not know they either need to find out right away or are labeled as not keeping up to date with "relevant" information. This is a great post and one that I think applies to almost every college student out there.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. These days you can find any information you would like instantly by just typing it in on google or Bing. That is definitely a positive thing about all the social media and internet available to us, but on the other side these days there is absolutely no privacy involving anything posted online.
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