Social Media: Overconnected or Effective Connection?

When we talk of social media, to some they think 'information over-load', but to others, social media is a symbol of effective communication in modern times. One could ask: is social media only for the youth? or has it been able to cross and bridge the age divide between the old and young generation?
Atleast for those who are commuting, you may be familiar with the scene of a young person, sitting all almost unaware or not paying attention to the happenings around them, busy fiddling with their phone, until they reach their destination. Whereas, the older guy sitting alone with his face completely covered with the newspaper he is reading, almost gives you a sense that, he is really interested in the current affairs issues in the papers and would not want to be interrupted. One may argue that at times, the feel of holding a newspaper in your hands and reading the news, is irreplaceable. However, with that said, you can find infact, more than newspaper online, by just a click of a button on your mobile phone. I can almost believe that, even the guy who likes reading his favourite newspaper every morning would like to read more than one paper to get other news if not different angles of the same story.
We can agree or disagree, social media has made life simpler by providing information quicker and making it easily accessible. Different people, use social media for different reasons, others enjoy just to be informed of what is going on around the world, as they read RSS feeds, others enjoy engaging in  conversations and providing their perspective or oponion. Whichever way you choose to use social media, the benefits of information being easily and readily available when you need it, is always a great feeling to have access to it.