I strongly believe that social media has the ability to contribute to a larger social problem because it is one of the main formats that American’s get a large amount of information from. I don’t think the problem lies within the entire social media however. There are many positive things that come from the media as well as bad. I think the main issue has to do with celebrities. Celebrities are made to be icons and heroes in the eyes of America, so when they do something unethical these vast fanbases that they have established follow their lead. In the article it states, “Once fame and wealth are achieved, they become their own justification, their own morality. How one gets there is irrelevant.” Everyone is in some way trying to become rich or famous. People see these celebrities, lets say, sleeping their way to the top *cough Kim Kardashian cough*, and think that as long as you become rich and famous, it won’t matter how you got there. Morals get thrown to the side when money and fame are involved.
I also think that social media has the ability to be a solution to the problem as well. If they get their priorities in order and start using the media to share meaningful and ethical news, then I think eventually we can change the way America thinks.
I’ll conclude by sharing my favorite quote from the article, “A society that cannot distinguish reality from illusion dies.” Hopefully one day the media will be used to spread reality to the world instead of lies and deceit.
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