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Technology/Internet & Social Media, (sdf.org), 09/20/2019
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Ok, I give up... why do people constantly refer to "the
internet AND social media" as if they are two entirely
different things? The internet clearly encompasses social
media. What is the value in using one massively general term
like "the internet" coupled with one highly specific term
like "social media"? Do people feel that they're covering
all their bases when they do so?

I thought, perhaps, that "social media" was seperated
because it somehow might exist independent of the internet,
but this simply is not so. There are apps for social media
use, but they depend on the internet.

Someone help me out, because I just don't get it. Perhaps
it's because social media on its own is relevant to research
independent from the technology that it uses? But then why
lump everything else into "the internet" as if nothing
matters individually?

Maybe I need to think this through more. Or, maybe I need to
stop worrying about how people word things relative to the
technologies that I enjoy.