Social Media
Instagram
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Your children are using their smartphones to snap pictures of themselves, food, nature and other random things. But, what happens to these pictures?
They end up on Instagram.
If you’ve never heard of this social media app, here’s a brief introduction to give you an idea of what it is.
What is Instagram?
Instagram is a photo-sharing app for smartphones. With an average of 60 million photos uploaded per day, it is one of the most popular apps of today. Users can simply snap photos on their devices, apply a filter to make the photos look amazing, and share them on various social media platforms. They can also follow each other to receive updates whenever someone posts a photo, ‘Like’ the photo and comment on it.
Recently, a survey found that more young users are leaving Facebook and moving to Instagram, to avoid “trivial life details, drama” from friends, and the watchful eyes of [stalking] parents” (1).
Interestingly, the app does not just serve as a simple photo-sharing app, but has also been improvised by young users to make it Facebook-like. Youths now post photos, comments and even screenshots of typed texts to update their status and profiles and communicate with others on Instagram, just like how they do on Facebook.
