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73 percent of adults use some sort of social networking site, according to the Pew Research Center, allowing people from all around the world to directly influence one another.

Websites and applications like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have extremely high traffic, with users from many different countries posting constantly, according to the site.

Facebook and Instagram have some of the highest levels of user engagement with users checking their feeds on a daily basis, according to the website.

Olivia Pringle, a freshman interior design major from Austin, said that though social media allows a person to make connections with people from all over, it also makes it difficult to communicate in person.

Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can cause a person to have pre-determined ideas about a specific group of people, Pringle said.

Its important to meet the person face to face first, Pringle said.

Rebeca Gomez, a freshman exercise and sport sciences major from Houston, said she uses social media as a tool to gain a further understanding of specific individuals.

By viewing her social media profiles daily, Gomez said she is able to gain insight into the lives and cultures of others.

It gives me more of a perspective on who that person is, Gomez said.

Matthew Watson, professor of cultural anthropology, said he defines cultural anthropology as a way of reflecting or telling stories about human beings.

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Social media promotes worldly views