AM How do I use social media?

I haven't actually used social media in my studies. Well yeah - we did this one Finnish course in high school using for instance FB and other web tools. It functioned without any problems so the experience was positive!

Right now I haven't used social media as a tool for studying. So I haven't spent any time with social media for that reason. I would imagine that this kind of working would function especially with long distance courses and it would be very useful way to express thoughts in-between group members.

What comes to my personal life, I use social media especially FB and IG to so to say stalk other people: I find it interesting how people who I used to be close with live right now, what kind of pictures, posts and thoughts they spread through social media. I'm also crazy about  memes (is this a right term in English?) which roll all around the social media: I love to laugh! :D I do add some pictures, posts and thoughts of my own to show other people. But this happens very carefully and in a shy way. Somehow I would feel exposed if my whole life, or daily life, would be right there in front of everybody. That's not the life I'm ready to live!

I would say that the time I use with social media in private is in control. I try to get interested with it only when I'm alone because somehow I would like to appreciate my friends and people who are close to me with my attention. However, when in class, this is forgotten very often! Did you know that you can avoid falling asleep easily by focusing on scrolling down your FB for instance?

When comparing the use of social media in private with the one in working life, the difference is quite obvious. In private you're representing only yourself and it's your own choice how you like to depict and express yourself in social media. In opposite, as a employee you represent yourself but also your employer and for instance the company that you're working for. In this case the words, pictures etc. posts you put on social media could have other more meaningful consequences as well. 

There are many companies who actually have an additional part which concerns the use of social media in their contracts with employees. I myself have been in jobs where they have encouraged to use social media as a private person to bring the company out, as marketing purpose. And on the other hand, the negative feedback posted on social media has been a turn off. 

In a way, this doesn't cause any problems or special thinking for me because I like to keep the most important things, thoughts and pictures in my own mind and share it only with certain, chosen people. So the social media is only a tool and an entertainment channel for me; it's not a channel for sharing my personal information!

- Azma