According to Brian Dean, an American entrepreneur, there are approximately 3.96 billion people worldwide who are using social media actively, and almost half of the world’s population is active on social media regardless of age. Therefore, information and ideas are quickly disseminated via social media. The wildfires-like speed of information spreading of social media changes not only individuals, but also society, and even the entire world.
A survey finds that “about two-thirds of Americans (64%) say social media have a mostly negative effect on the way things are going in the country today”. But is it a bias or a fact? In fact, social media use does not only have negative impacts on cognition; it could also impact cognition positively.
