Gurwinder Mann

    There is no doubt that social media plays a crucial role in spreading awareness and providing support to various campaigns and protests. In fact, it would be right to say that social media helps to strengthen various protests and it is playing the leading role in shaping or creating the history for the up coming generations. In this blog, I would try to answer some of the questions about social media.  Q: How is social media changing the way people document history? Social media is changing the way people document history to a great extent. Back in the days, history was documented using books or artifacts, whereas now a days, it is documented in the form of videos, posts or vlogs that are shared with other people on social media. People are able to save the context for future use. Platforms like twitter, YouTube are playing a huge role in documenting history related with  different campaigns or protests that future generations can use for reference. For example:...

Q : Do different social networking sites offer different benefits and drawbacks?      A : Social networking sites have become an integral part of our daily lives and one can not imagine a life without these. There is no doubt that social media has been beneficial for people and helped us survive the pandemic but one can not deny the problems associated with it as well. I personally think that excess of everything is bad and if we use these social media sites in limit, these can be very helpful for us in different ways. The first and foremost positive that I can relate is that these platforms have helped bring the global community together and people can share their views and opinions with each other overcoming the barrier of their geographical locations. Another main advantage is that it has provided people with the option to make money with little to no investment. Thirdly, these websites also help in reducing stress, and improving mental health among people. Look...