Hi
there! So this will be the third entry of our blog and after having different
discussions from the previous entries, I hope that you gain a lot of relevant
information. Moving on, I would like to introduce to you the new topic we will
be dealing with and maybe you will be somehow confused regarding the title
itself but this is mainly focused on “online virality” and “emotions.”
In today’s generation, social media is
widely used by everyone and sharing online becomes part of modern life.
Stories, photos, videos and other posts are usually shared because of its
informative content or just the feeling of relativity of the netizens to that
particular subject and due to continuous sharing of these, it would become
viral. According to IGI Global, “online virality is the spread of information
given through a social media, which occurs when the online community, that receives that information, decides to share
the message with other users.” However, this also have a corresponding impact
to someone’s emotion.
(Hey! Have some time to look at
these photos I’ve got from my Twitter. I just want to share the postivity and I
hope you’re also having that!)
People tend to share
their emotional experiences through posting in social media to lessen what they
are feeling at that moment, to let others know how they feel (either extreme
happiness, excitement or even sadness) or they just want to have deeper social
connections. It is not just by posting
personally or directly but it can also be done by sharing, retweeting (in
Twitter), or by simply liking and having reactions with several posts of
various pages in social media. In some way, these serve as an indication of
what they really mean or want to express. Regardless of those, we are likely to
have different reactions and opinions about a certain post. Some would make us
curve smiles on our face, cry because of unending laughter and draw out the
positivity throughout our day. While
others would bring negative thoughts and make us upset. But we should not focus
on the negativity! In fact, we can easily prevent those stuffs by unfollowing
pages that usually posts undesirable or we can simply ignore it. We just also
need to be knowledgeable and sensitive enough about what we see and share to
others for it will affect every individual.
Before this one ends, I just want to remind
you that we are all “rookie” in our own way. We are the beginner of everything
and do not get me wrong because there is nothing wrong with being a beginner
for it leads to greatness. So let us be all the rookie of positivism and good
vibes. Have a nice day ahead
~ Shiela
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