Is social media making us numb?

We all get our news quicker now than ever, the introduction of Twitter to everyones daily lives now means we find out the big news stories of today much quicker than main stream News outlets can deliver. However, is that always a good thing?

We have all seen storied posted that turn out to be true. As maligned as the press can be at least they have to do some fact checking before posting their story, the general public on Twitter, well that more #Nofilter!

The breaking news in the UK today has all been about MP’s running away from the Brexit mess that they had a hand in causing and the already uncertain future of the country made a little greyer! Along with this is the World Cup, Wimbledon, A Novichok related death and the poor kids stuck in the caves, this is a very busy week for the News.

However, one of the things that social news and the ability to hear the views of 900 million Twitter users (granted they haven’t all tweeted this week!) is to make light of some of these troubling stories. There is always someone ready with a bank of memes about people in the news, funny quotes and photos of celebrities from years ago coming back to bite them on the ass (Twitter is perfect for catching Trump out this way!) and of course the gif’s, sometimes, but not always, including numerous cats!

Is this as good as it seems though?

We all like a laugh, all giggle at the other people losing their heads about an issue and going on a 25 tweet rant about the situation. There is always a funny twist to make us smile, even in the darkest of days.

Does that make us numb to these news stories though?

I found myself thinking just that today, when the memes and comments started to come out about Boris and David Davis stepping down. People posting what he might do now he is no longer Foreign Secretary and I think some go it just right with the images of him on his way in to Love Island!

But once the little giggle passed I got back to the thought about how worrying this whole Brexit situation is. And it made me think that maybe all these jokes, memes and gifs that do the rounds on days like today maybe making us forget about how bad a mess we are in? Does it make all the people that are just on the edge of politics, that don’t really get involved in a deep way just seeing it as one big joke, because I really don't think it is!

While I get that we have to make light so some really dark stories or we would forever be miserable and disharted with the world I don't want that to be at the cost of people careing what is happening to their country or their communities.

It maybe that this isn’t the case, that people really do understand the severity of news when it breaks worldwide but I think we might have all had that little escapism through a funny tweet or video I just hope that we don’t move completely towards the parodies and way from the reality.

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