Streeter
March 3rd 2010
Social media
How has social media affected your life?
It [connects] you to people all over the world, which wasn’t possible five years ago.
– Delaney Huybers, Collegiate student, University of Winnipeg
It’s made meeting people a lot easier. I’ve cut down the amount of phone calls I make by about 75 per cent.
– Dylan Gyles, third-year, theatre and film
It affects me in many aspects. It changes the way I eat, they way I dress. For me, everything has to be visual. You tend to buy what you see. I see things on the Internet that could be healthy for me ... so I try it.
– Felix Martinez, lab technician, University of Winnipeg
I don’t really use any [social networking sites] except Hotmail for communication for work. Facebook stalkers scare me.
– Garret Harman, lifeguard/swim instructor, Selkirk Community Pool
[Social media] revolutionized global communication. We can access people all around the world at an instantaneous speed. At the same time, it’s almost concerning because it’s controlled by multi-national groups and allows them to target specific groups with advertising.
– Kurt Stephan, third-year, geography
[Social networking sites] bring people together, but face encounters disappear. There’s online dating and people spend more time online.
– Olga Oliynyk, third-year, sociology
This streeter appeared in Volume 64, Number 21 of The Uniter, published March 4th 2010.
