Social Media Stereotypes

Various research on social media’s effects tell that media influences worldviews, social perception, and behavior in complex ways. Social Media’s impact on intergroup relations is similarly complex. This paper has highlighted several important findings.

First, based from the result majority of the Filipino youth’s views on the various stereotypes in society was affected by social media though there are some who believed that social media up unto now wasn’t able to affect their views posed on different stereotypes. Facebook obtained the most used social network site hosting respondents’ account and appears to maintain its top spot almost everywhere followed by Twitter then Instagram and other sites. From the result it was found that most Filipino

The medium’s strength would be at quite at its peak at both an abstract and numerical view, with almost 50% global penetration as reported by GSMA Intelligence which means that 4.6 billion unique users were reached by new media (Kemp, 2015). Moreover with the Philippines being a top user of the medium amongst countries around the world. Immediacy also reiterates a strong vibe amongst the participants of this research with the accessibility of social media made available through their mundane activities and needs. Teens at present age are reliant on modern day technologies such as cellular phones and personal computers/ laptops, and whether their reasons for using these do not coincide with the usage of social media, the option of using a medium that may help in almost any aspect that you need your gadget for is always made present. Number, being the last among the three factors also contributes to social media’s great sphere of influence. Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and the likes, when considered as groups, may be described to be at their prime, being mediums which celebrate a massive member count compared to the amount of people using other form of media and the presence of global members within their ranks. With the three factors all pointing to social media as such, along with the results gathered, social media may be inferred to be one of or even the most influential mediums at present in the entire world. It could also be learned that social media’s ability to change attitudes and stereotypes is often indirect for the reason that social media’s users and audiences are vigilant against explicit attempts to persuade them. Instead, they are more likely to be influenced implicitly, via emotions and via social media’s depiction of different