Final_Project_3.docx 9-1 Final Project 3: Written Defense Southern New Hampshire Unive

Final_Project_3.docx    9-1 Final Project 3: Written Defense  Southern New Hampshire University  44148  We currently live in an age where the way news is consumed is being taken over by digital technologies and mass media. Communication is valuable. It's how we communicate with individuals near and far, as well as meet new people. Communication becomes more critical when it comes to spreading content, publishing stories, and covering the news. The duty to be ethical and true is a major part of it because it helps to retain high reputations and helps people appreciate those who send them new news. Today, people use the internet and social media to gather data, which is why it is necessary to curate content. The process of discovering, collecting and sharing content online is content curation.  For this project, I decided to research global social media.  During quarantine, our lives quickly changed from in-person interactions to mainly social media based. It has a major impact in our lives now more than ever; for example: lectures through zoom, or virtual graduation. Currently, more than half of the world are using social media sites (Chaffey, 2020). Being present on social media has become a new norm with Facebook, Youtube, and Whatsapp being the most active applications and Reddit and TikTok quickly on the rise (Chaffey, 2020). Chaffey answers many questions regarding global social media and uses visual aids to help the reader better understand the content of the article. This article has an abun