Social Media as a Social Institution

Description Your major assignment for this class will be a library research paper. This will involve: choosing a topic of sociological relevance and personal interest; locating academic sources to learn about this topic; and writing a paper to educate your readers about the topic. Write this paper for your fellow classmates: intelligent, educated individuals who are familiar with basic sociological concepts, but who don’t know much about your topic of interest. You should feel free to structure this paper as an argument. In other words, it may be useful to take a stance on a sociological issue and organize your paper as a defense of this stance. Research Question: How does social media affect the way we interact with the world and each other?