Social Media Research and Its Effect on Our Society

Social media refers to the means of interactions
among people in which they create share, exchange and comment
contents among themselves in virtual communities and networks.
Social media or "social networking" has almost become part of our
daily lives and being tossed around over the past few years. It is like
any other media such as newspaper, radio and television but it is far
more than just about sharing information and ideas. Social
networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Blogs have
facilitated creation and exchange of ideas so quickly and widely than
the conventional media. This paper shows the choices,
communication, feeling comfort, time saving and effects of social
media among the people.

• A. T. M Shahjahan
• Kutub Uddin Chisty

• Media
• Choice
• Effect.

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