Social media platforms such as Internet, Email, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have played an important role in connecting people around the world . It opened an immediate and sometimes intimate connection between people of all cultures, classes and nations. Social media has removed the distance, boundaries, and differences that previously separated people (Sawyer, 2011). The ability to communicate and share information at any time has changed the way we interact with each other. Social media has also provided employers with a new and faster way to find and train employees, as well as solicit and use employee ideas and innovations that benefit the company. In her research paper, Rebecca Sawyer (201l) highlighted some of the reasons why we love using social media. First, we all want to be together and we naturally need to feel connected to each other. Second, we need relationships to feel a sense of belonging, communication, and interaction with others. Third, she writes that we use the knowledge we have discovered through social media to interact with others and compare opinions and perspectives on issues, topics, and events happening in any part of the world. Social media provides these opportunities through online communities and social websites. (Sawyer, 2011). One of the most frequently used social media platforms is Facebook. This has allowed people to exchange all types of information with others all over the world in seconds. A study conducted by Facebook found that eighty to ninety percent of the world's population is covered by 2G or 3G networks. Cost is the main barrier to using social media in remote areas of...... middle of paper ......another and sharing the experiences and opportunities that social media offers to our cultures and our countries.ReferencesChapter 2 - Themes of social studies. (nd). Retrieved March 28, 2014, from NationalCurriculum Standards for Social Studies: www.socialstudies.org/standards/strandsFacebook News Room, March 28. (March 28, 2014). Retrieved March 28, 2014, from Facebook: newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/03/connecting-the-world-from-the-sky Ghafoor, M. and Martin, T. (January 2012). Six ways social media technologies can accelerate large-scale change. Accessed March 28, 2014, from Accenture: http://www.accenture.com/us-en/outlook/Pages/outlook-online-2012-social-media-technologies-accelerate-large-scale-change.aspxSawyer, R. (2011, May). University of Rhode Island. Retrieved March 28, 2014 from DigitalCommons at URI: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu