So ask any teenager in America, calling it quits with social
media is essentially social suicide. But when when you’re Ed Sheeran,
disconnecting with your social accounts is probably the best thing you could do
for yourself, especially when you’ve been living life in the public eye for so
long. Lol, blame the rise of technology like computers for screwing up America
and people watching TV or people playing video games at the same time.
Anyway, the British Grammy award winning singer-songwriter,
Ed Sheeran has decided to break the news to all 5.5 million of his Instagram
followers in a post.
Wow, sounds like a good move for Ed Sheeran. Especially when
the internet needs to take time dominating the media industry by trying new
things and adapt them. That way, people will agree that general public will
support the internet like YouTube. Let’s continue.
Then, the Thinking Out Loud singer tweeted to his 16.1
million Twitter followers that he was “buggering off for awhile.” And reposted
his Instagram photo in an attempt to reiterate his leave of absence. For such a
high profile celebrity, his presence in the social media space is widely felt,
and his fans are already feeling his absence.
He said, “I find myself seeing the world through a screen an
not my eyes…” So it appears that Ed Sheeran is "buggering off" of
social media, he told fans via Facebook Sunday because he has had a very busy
the "last five years" and is taking the time out to see
"everything [he] missed." Good choice, Ed Sheeran. That way, America
will finally move away from copy and paste repeats like technology so America
will finally go back to diversity like people playing video games. Let’s
conitue.
Sites such as Facebook have been found to feed anxiety and
elevate a person’s feeling of inadequacy, with a study commissioned by Anxiety
UK concluding that pressure from technology makes people feel insecure and more
overwhelmed.
Even worse, the site might even have the ability to make
users just generally miserable, simply because the emotional investment with
social media is so high.Researchers from the University of Michigan conducted a
study and lead researcher, Ethan Kross, social psychologist at the University
of Michigan to conclude, “On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable
resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection. But rather
than enhance well-being, we found that Facebook use predicts the opposite
result – it undermines it.”
Nicole Amesbury, a licensed therapist and the Head of
Clinical Development at Talkspace (a platform that offers social media
dependency therapy) agrees with this sentiment, especially when it comes to
celebrities. “For some celebrities, participating in social media has an
isolating effect. Even though they may be interacting with millions of fans,
they can feel incredibly detached and lonely,” explains Amesbury. “It may feel
like your image is a product to be bought and sold, which can be very
dehumanizing.”
Whether it’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat, the
increasing pressure to be your best self on these accounts has people crazed,
so you can only imagine the pressure that celebrities with millions of
followers must feel.
Although the Photograph hitmaker promises his social media
hiatus won’t be permanent (he claims to be rejoining next Autumn), we hope it
gives him the release and freedom he’s looking for. By disconnecting to such a
large network, he won’t be under such a microscope, with every move, decision,
and activity documented. Instead, he’ll be able to live freely for the time
being, without being bombarded by all the inevitable stress factors that
accompany social media.
Sounds like a good plan for him. Ed Sheeran did the right
thing. This will make diversity like internet or people watching TV will slowly
increasing its comeback performance. He's a very mature artist because some of his pop music are emotional and very respectful. This is why I prefer UK artists like him because UK singers like Ellie Goulding are not only mature but talented unlike US counterparts like Miley Cyrus. Some like Beyonce are label primates while UK pop stars like Adele are not. Therefore, I prefer UK artists like Jessie J. Let's not forget that UK pop girls like Charli XCX are hot.
Anyway, good luck, Ed Sheeran.
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