Social impacts

Social media is already having a profound influence on both society and business. The societal impact has been both psychological and behavioral. Various events, crises, and issues in the world have received a boost because of the use of social media by millions of people. Stating a few examples would be that of the Arab Spring and the refugee crisis. In environmental crisis, such as earthquakes, social media like Twitter has proved in accelerating information and action because of its immediacy of dissemination and spread.