Social Media has a huge effect in day to day lives. Throughout the media studies course I gained the tools to recognize these effects and be able to use them. Technology and social media have an effect on the general population. If you start to think about it, Media has an impact on us every day. However, we don’t realise the effect it has on society and even on the people closest to us. In my opinion, in the world we are living in now, it is impossible to not be involved in some kind of media. The reason we don’t realise this is because there are so many different types of media that have been part of our daily routine that we do without noticing. Media is all about the ability for global communication. For example, the news channels broadcasting information on worldwide events and occurrences through the TV, it could be as simple as finding out the weather forecast via the local radio station, or even something more personal: keeping track of what your friends are doing with their lives through their posts on social media sites. Social media has become very accessible in our lives through mobile apps for websites such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. This has led to a large number of the population to be engaged by on their mobile phones 24 hours a day in order to check their social media in order to see what other people are doing, along with being able to have interests on other people’s lives and having the opportunity to keep in contact with family and friends.