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Technology/Internet & Social Media, (sdf.org), 09/20/2019
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Ok, I give up... why do people constantly refer to "the 
internet AND social media" as if they are two entirely 
different things? The internet clearly encompasses social 
media. What is the value in using one massively general term 
like "the internet" coupled with one highly specific term 
like "social media"? Do people feel that they're covering 
all their bases when they do so?

I thought, perhaps, that "social media" was seperated 
because it somehow might exist independent of the internet, 
but this simply is not so. There are apps for social media 
use, but they depend on the internet.

Someone help me out, because I just don't get it. Perhaps 
it's because social media on its own is relevant to research 
independent from the technology that it uses? But then why 
lump everything else into "the internet" as if nothing 
matters individually?

Maybe I need to think this through more. Or, maybe I need to 
stop worrying about how people word things relative to the 
technologies that I enjoy.