// Social Media Trends

According to Forbes some of the top trends among millennials in 2017 include:

Disappearing Media

The thought of digital content being able to disappear forever is addicting. We love sharing “intimate thoughts and risqué pictures.” Two platforms monopolizing on daily stories are Instagram and Snapchat.

25% millennials age 25-34 vs. 34% millennials age 18-24 are on Instagram daily

19% millennials age 25-34 vs. 30% millennials age 18-24 are on Snapchat daily

Augmented Reality Lenses and Filters

We are animating mundane moments of our lives and evolving the basic selfe through Snapchat facial flters and masks. Pokemon Go in 2016 opened new doors to the ironic reality of augmented reality. Social media platforms especially Facebook may become leaders in AR.

Black Mirror (British TV Netflix Series)

A dark depiction of the impact of technology in the future. Each episode touches on a different issue or subject ranging from politics, reality television, social media obsession, and virtual gaming.

2016 U.S. Election & Social Media

According to CBCNews, social media is blinding our point of view. It has a tendency to reinforce people’s existing opinions and beliefs by tailoring ads and news feed suggestions, which is leading to users passively absorbing information instead of looking at issues and topics from multiple viewpoints.

Age of Fear

Business Insider found that social media, specifcally apps like Snapchat, are aiding “FOMO” (Fear of Missing Out). This means users are unwilling to miss anything going on in their lives as well as other’s lives such as celebrities and friends. Users want to be involved in everything and post anything that aids their precious appearance and impact on social media.