Sunday 6 March 2011

Social Media does more good to teens than bad by Dilan J. Patel

The statement above is quite frankly absolute nonsense. Many teens who use social media quite a lot could argue but well than that's just being biased. The internet was made for a lot of specific things such as research, online gaming and is now being developed to provide more socializing sites. Now as much as it sounds good of socializing and meeting new people, it can be dangerous. Unlike socializing outdoors, you cannot 100% fully know who it is you are socializing with and why they are socializing with you. Social media also can be extremely addictive for teens which can cause teens to remain glues to computer and laptops for hours without fresh air, something to eat or even just a bit of a stretch. Being on a computer or laptop so long can effect a teen's eyesight and even their concentration at school. The figures for the amount of teens who use social media are outstanding and are increasing by the minute. If so many people are using social media more then why wouldn't it be more good? Because teens unfortunately do not realise the amount of stress and pressure they are building up inside of them to have a good healthy social status. Such as it can make teens upsetting through cyber bullying and problems can also occur through seeing comments/posts of them which are insulting. To conclude, I fully remain with my opinion in disagreeing with the statement as social media causes an enormous amount of stress on teens who don't even have to worry about that yet and also can be make a teen upset and also in danger.

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