IPhones cannot be charged in the microwave. In fact no phones can. However, the internet, managed to convinced many IPhone 6 users to test that out.
It is incredibly shocking to hear people sacrificing, such a high demanded and well marketed phone into the microwave so thoughtlessly. This situation demonstrates just how influential social media is.
Why do people rely and depend on social media? Why do they continue to keep up with the rapid change of the digital and social media world? The reason is because people are looking for connections. For example, sharing recommendations or warnings of the latest sales or products through social media can influence consumer’s purchases. Not to mention online ratings, such as, Yelp, that provides easy information of the best restaurant around the area, where this will impact a consumer’s choice of expenditure. As a result businesses use this information to their advantage by creating: online advertising and online shopping.
With the constant development and improvement of social media, such as newer ones, like Snapchat, people do not want to fall behind this rapid change. They want to be constantly updated.
This is when websites like 4Chan, where people can post any photos, influence people’s choices, such as the IOS 8 wave. Social media informs the latest gossips, information, and news immediately, but there are also internet trolls, pranksters, and sadist that can post anything on the internet as well.
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WORKS CITED
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O’Neil, Lauren. “4Chan Prank Gets Apple Users to Microwave Their IPhones.” CBC News. CBC News, 23 Sept. 2014. Web. <http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/09/4chan-prank-gets-apple-users-to-microwave-their-iphones.html>.