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Networks of Communication

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Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest are all instantly recognized as very popular social media networks. Worldwide, people are members of at least one if not all of these online networks of communication. Many people dedicate much of their time to "following  people's Twitter accounts or "liking  people's Facebook pictures. These multi-million dollar phenomena are not only becoming very prominent forms of communication, but are also very essential pieces to one's inclusion and involvement in the modern world.    Not only has social media changed the way we interact with the world it has changed the way in which we present ourselves to the world. The constant connection that is allowed through social media networks has shifted the way we form our identities. Social media networks have placed us constantly under the microscope. With the instant updates on your Twitter timeline and your Facebook news feed constantly being refreshed there is now a possibility that someone could watch and judge your every move. With the feeling that we are constantly being judged we no longer act according to what we think. Posts on social media networks are composed based on what others will think. I, like many other social media users, feel the need to think about the reaction of my audience prior to posting.    Social media has led us to create our identities based on what others think. As you click on my Facebook profile, you will find I have 1,035 friends, 505 pictures, I graduated from Woodland Regional High School, I live in Prospect, Connecticut, and I am in a relationship with Rahmi Rountree. As you scroll through my most recent wall posts there are pictures from graduation that I was tagged in, family members and friends wishing me all the luck in the future, prom pictures, and pictures from my final season playing softball. From what you can tell, I am a typical high school graduate. There is nothing bold about my profile specifi

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