Have you ever thought about how social media can ruin your life instead of making it better?. The question we will be researching is,Is Social Media Harmful Or Helpful To Our Environment?. What I think about Social Media is Social Media can risk your life or if you have a child it can risk your child’s life. One reason I think this is because Social Media is the main cause of cyberbullying which mostly leads to teen suicides. Another reason is Social Media can cause addiction. And my last reason is Sharing too much information can cause stalkers and obsessed people.    

Cyberbullying can cause low self-esteem on mostly teens. Some evidence to support my reason is stated from one of my friends that go to School For Global Leaders, Julianna states “Cyberbullying can highly affect a person’s self-esteem”. Another classmate of mine, Rene states “More people means more cyberbullies which means a higher chance of people and bullies. I agree because low self-esteem is a main cause of depression which leads to suicidal teens.

Social Media can cause addiction. Some of my other friends that go to School for Global Leaders, Julianna and Rene they have stated “ You can get addicted stressed and desperate for likes,friends and followers”. Rene has stated “ When you get attached to Social Media you follow other people and change your personality”. I believe people start to get desperate for likes as we said and stressed if they don’t have the amount they want.

Sharing too much information can cause stalkers and obsessive people. One piece of evidence comes from the website ‘StopBullying.Gov’ they state the most common cyberbullying websites where bullies mostly occur is “Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, SMS, and Instant message”. Another piece of evidence comes from a fellow peer Rene states “When you share too much information, you’re basically exposing yourself publicly, and people can always find out private information and use it against you and to their advantage”. I agree people may use the information they have of yours and can threaten and or blackmail you to do very horrendous things.

Now many people think “oh social media isn’t that bad, what are the chances that I might get bullied and besides who cares anyway to pay attention to me!?” I admit I’m one of these people who states this. But for real many people believe on social media you can make long lasting friendships. My thoughts are way stronger than why is social media good  because social media is more harmful than helpful because if you think about it “long lasting friends?” more like long unofficial friends because they may seem like your friend but they can backstab you anytime. My fellow coworker Rene once again stated “Its true because you don’t know how they operate in real life so they can turn out to be fake friends and put on a show to make it seem as though they actually like you and backstab you whenever they want with the information they gathered about you”. I totally agree with him because people really can trick you and become your ‘friend’ and hurt you for a lifetime. More evidence Rene said “Meeting more people on social media is like meeting 50% of someone because your not actually meeting someone being their true self because you don’t know if they are acting.

Maybe to help your child or even to save your or someone else’s life you should limit your’s and their time online that way no one gets hurt. PLEASE TO HELP MAKE MATTERS BETTER SPREAD THE WORD AROUND!!!.

Social Media Debate; See The Bright Side

Have you ever used social networking sites or have known someone else who uses them? Do you, or that other individual believe that social media is harmful to society? If you do, then you may need to reconsider it. Social networking sites are beneficial to society, and after reading this, hopefully, you will be completely convinced that social media helps our lives.

To start things off, I will introduce the idea that social media allows people to keep in touch with friends and/or family. For instance, social media had allowed myself to communicate with my family when I would have otherwise been unable to, due to the situation I was in during that time. This example shows that social media can provide another method to contacting others. Furthermore, a family member of mine had said that “I really enjoy Wechat service which allows me to talk or text with my family and friends anytime I want and have face to face conversations. Wechat brings happiness in my life!”

Aside from helping you keep in contact with others, social media also allows people to communicate with others that they may not know, and share what they think. This can help build certain relationships online or act as a way for people to express themselves. According to the article “Video gaming is more social than we might think”, after two people met online in a video game, they became friends and talked nearly every day through a social media app, Discord. This shows a clear example of how social media can benefit your life. However, you may question the safety of online usage and whether it should be done. There is a solution to this and it involves being aware of what you post, so do not let it ruin your experience of social media.

Apart from all of the positive statements about social media, some people can say that social media can cause depression through either cyberbullying or viewing others’ lives and comparing them to your own. People can avoid this by blocking them or deciding to not view them.

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The ins and outs of Social Media

A couple days ago my dad was talking about social media and how it was the worst thing to ever be invented. I asked him, “why is that?” He said that its people posting and recording themselves doing stupid things, and how it wastes almost half of a day just scrolling and looking at peoples pictures. I thought about it but i’ll lose connection with my closest friends but he made. Then i said, there are multiple reasons why social media is a good  thing and bad thing one reason is that, it can hurt and maybe even start relationships, a second thing is your post may have a negative or a positive affect on people, and the last reason is you may encounter many people for example predators of even inspiring people to make you change as a person.

I told him that let me explain the good and bad about social media, it makes it easy to start a relationship for ex; a date from tinder you can meet single people and go out,said Rafael. Some people can inspire you to start a health diet. My other friend,Tyler, said, people might start to spread rumors and it can hurt them in there social and real life. Even your closest friends can start to spread gossip around behind your back to get fame.

Another reason why Social media media might have a positive or negative affect on you or others. From a article called Cyberbullying Crackdown, it stated a 15 year old Phoebe Prince of South Hadley, mass.,was also driven to suicide from school and online. Even if at the moment bullying is fun from your perspective but you might be putting the other kid through stress and depression that isn’t needed his life. Another quote from Rafael, he states they could have both positive and negative, so you have to be wise of what you are posting on the internet.

In other words some people think that all there going to do is to make you feel jealous about them and show them how their life’s super amazing and your just left out thinking you i don’t have what this other person has. Even if you feel pressure on social media you can always block and unfollow them or just avoid them as best as you can, For example when i was in 4th grade i was getting bullied on how i dressed up to school and they followed me on my instagram and started to say very hurtful things in my messages. So finally i was filled up with it and started to block and reporting him and every since i was ignoring them and he left me alone. Ever since i deleted insta and twitter i felt way more calmer as a person. To be honest i have snapchat to talk to my friends nothing else, As you can see you should be wise on what you post and that one mean comments came haunt you in your future.

Snapchat is Something to Chat About!

Do you use any apps on social media? If so i’m going to tell you about one that may seem very familiar to many people and this social media app is called Snapchat. Snapchat is one of my favorite social media apps and there are some upsides and downsides that I know of. One reason is that snapchat has filters that some people really like. Snapchat also allows you to keep in touch with your friends. But snapchat can also be dangerous when it comes to the location map.

There is a lot of reasons that people love snapchat filters. For example,I like it because it really enhances the look of peoples face and other people like them because they make plain old pictures into a cute picture of you with a puppy or a flower crown filter. Snapchat filters that lots of people use on Snapchat to take pictures are used by a lot of people that I viewed on Snapchat.

When and if you have Snapchat, have ever took time to think about the permissions you allow on Snapchat like for example the tracker map so your friends can track you. This feature is very dangerous because I understand that Snapchat is a kid friendly social media app, but anyone bad person can make an account on Snapchat, friend you, and then use the map tracker to track you down wherever you take your phone. Snapchat’s map tracker feature in my opinion isn’t really necessary. Why do people need to know where you go everyday because of this app feature. Allowing this one app feature on Snapchat danger if there are any bad people on Snapchat that might wanna hurt you, I mean if they can find you that is. I think  that it’s just not safe for people to know your location.

Snapchat is also very useful when you have no more minutes left for your phone calls. On Snapchat you can text, make audio calls and video calls as long as you have WiFi.

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IS SOCIAL MEDIA HARMFUL OR HELPFUL ?

DON’T SHARE YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS ONLINE …………..

REASON #1 …. IT CAN HARM YOUR FUTURE

In the article “Out of line online” it states “What you post online now may even come back to haunt you years from now”. There are a lot of people who make certain videos and post them. They can be inappropriate so they delete it but someone transformed it into their phone and start posting it days later, now the person who posted it feels embarrassed and is getting bullied. For example Donald Trump the president had a recording of him saying inappropriate things in 2005 and then when he became president they exposed him around 2017.

IT CAN LET SOMEONE KNOW THINK BEFORE YOU POST,SAY SOMETHING, OR DO SOMETHING.

REASON #2 ….. PEOPLE CAN STALK YOU

In the article “Protect Your Privacy Online” it states “There are child molesters, and there are a lot of crazies out on the internet”. There are people who chat with random strangers and that can have so many outcomes. Don’t talk to people over-line who you’re not familiar with. They can be anybody and you don’t know who they are.

REASON #3 ….. PEOPLE CAN EXPOSE YOU

I know some girl who had a private video and she sent it to a male thinking she can trust him but he exposed her when she said don’t show no one. Don’t send private things to people because you can’t trust people because you never know the effect. Also keep your privacy to yourself. That stuff like that can haunt you.

Adolescents and The Media!

Have you ever used anything social media related? If so you are probably very familiar with the app named ‘Instagram.’ Instagram is one of my favorite social media apps. However, with most good things there are also negative aspects. But, I will be here to inform on why Instagram is a great social media platform for teens to use.

There is a lot of reasons why teenagers love Instagram! For example,it helps improve relationships and make them stronger. According to a study that  “Common Sense Media” conducted 52% of teens felt as if though Instagram helped improve their friendships. On the other hand, only 4% felt as if though it hurt them.” This goes to show that although not everyone likes social media. However, there are more positives than negatives.   While Instagram can make many adults feel alone. It is the exact opposite for teenagers. In fact according to a study conducted by ‘the Griffith University’ and ‘The University of Queensland’ in Australia found that “even though teens have fewer friends than teens did a decade ago, they still report feeling less lonely than their counterparts. They also report feeling less isolated.” This has to do with the impact of Instagram and technology on our lives!

According to Camila “The media is really helpful as an adolescent grows and uses media it has important information that can help them grow in life. The internet is full of creativity and art which helps teens release stress and use their imaginations. Plus it can help develop life opportunities such as traveling education, and many more.” This is just another great reason why teens should be allowed to use social media!

About a week ago one of my old friends, Noel, reached out to me on snapchat and then we just talked and now we are best friends and she even lives in a different state. Social media helped Noel reach out to me and now we talk to each other for inspiration or help. I believe social media can have positive effects on teens lives. Thanks to social media teens are able to connect to long lost friends and social media can also help teens learn.

       One positive effect  social media can have is connect friends and family. Friends and family can help push and inspire teens to do better in school ad help them to get better grades.  Nedesge Pointdujour One person I interviewed said “No one’s gonna do better unless they want it themselves, you can offer people help but if the individual doesn’t want it themselves there is nothing you can do for them.” meaning if teens really want help they need realize if they will be able to help themselves as well. I also interviewed Jasmine who said social media can help connect people and inspire them to be the best version of themselves but if you get to the wrong side of social media platforms you end up depressed. With all the positive of effects of social media there are always negative effects so you have to be careful and choose wisely who you talk to online because they can either drag you down or help you rise to the acastion.

       Another positive effect social media can have on teens is media can help teens learn sometimes without being on a informational site. I feel like media platforms help teens learn grammar, personal i learned lots about grammar like what not to do and what to do when writing or even texting. I also asked my mother, Nadesge Pointdujour, the question “can teens learn online?” and she responded with “there are lots of useful things online. Over the years I’ve learned useful information online some things they will never teach you in school.” With that i followed up with the question, “do you think schools should change their curriculum?” and she responded with “ I also think the school system is deviating they don’t teach kids about things like how to build a resume or how to cook things like that.” I believe what she meant was the internet can teach you more about jobs or Applications then school can.   

       When it comes to believe what you see on the internet not everything is true. You can find out what is true on a profile by looking at comments or going through more of that profiles feed to find out if there posts are the truth and nothing but the truth. Personal I’m not going to believe everything online but you can still learn or get inspired without believing. Now if you want to believe a fact then go through the recent profile pictures based off that you can tell. Now, if you check the profiles comments you can find out other people’s opinions on the profile and based off that you can come to a conclusion whether or not you believe what profile says.

       So next time your on any online platform try to reach to an old friend or family member. Try to learn something new it might be for school it might not. Most important of all make use you stay aware when your on the internet and be cautious of what you decide to believe.

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Welcome to my podcast!! My name is Destiny Torres and this is my podcast. Today’s topic is the internet. Not just the internet in general. Social media specifically. Did you know that social media can be dangerous even if you don’t know it? Well it is. But don’t worry. You can stay safe if you are careful. That’s what I’m here to talk to you about. So let’s jump into it.

Social media can be dangerous because people can see your location (if you stay at your home long enough people can find out where you live. That’s not all though. If you post everything about yourself a stranger can find out everything about you and steal your identity. I know you probably don’t believe me but I’ll show you how social media can be dangerous.

As I have said before people can see your location and possibly find out where you live. In a group chat on Snapchat I found out where two of my friends live because their location was on and they were just staying there. If their location was on everyone can see not just friends then any stranger could have found out where they lived. Also in Out of Line Online the text states that “It might not bother you that anyone can find you online(or,if you’re using an application that uses GPS to broadcast your whereabouts, how to find you in person!) This just goes to show that literally anyone can find out where you live if your not careful. I found out where my friends live. This also shows that some people are oblivious to the fact that people can see your location that a article had to say it for people to know.

I also told you guys that if you post  everything about yourself a stranger can find out everything about you and steal your identity. My two friends had something to say about this comment. My good friend Jasmine said that “I don’t think it’s okay because  people can find out who you are and can kidnap you so they can steal your identity.” My other friend Julianna also had something to say about this. She says that “I think that’s bad because you can get your identity stolen and get hurt mentally and physically.” By mentally she means the shock that you just got your identity stolen and by physically she means that you can get kidnapped.

Now I know that some of you might be thinking that but Destiny. Social media is good for communicating with friends if you you want to meet up or just catch up on things. Here’s what I have to say to you. Just text normally. With texting you can only text someone specifically if you know their number. Which is hard to get if they didn’t tell you their number. Unlike some types of social media where people can try to talk to you at any time. Also, when using social media you have to reveal at least some of your information about yourself like your name and age that everyone and not just your friends can see. But when a stranger accidentally texts you you can just block them. Even though you can block people on social media to protect yourself they can still find out a decent amount about you from your account. Unlike texting where you don’t have to say anything about you if you don’t want to. You also don’t get addicted to texting.Kids get addicted to social media for likes and followers. Kids also commit suicide from cyber bullying. With texting bullies don’t know your number. That means that they are unable to bully you through technology.

That’s what you need to know about social media. Now that you know how to stay safe on social media check your settings and see if there’s something that can be changed to help you stay safe. Or something you change about your posting like the information you share.

Thanks for listening. Hope this helped. See you later. Bye.

In the beginning, I was not used to using WeChat. I only use other social software, but one day my mother told me to teach her to use WeChat. I started teaching her to use WeChat, teach her how to add friends, how to post the dynamics of moments, how to speak with voice, how to start a video call, and more.

I started to think that WeChat is a very interesting software. I started using WeChat and added a lot of friends. I think people can read many interesting thing in Wechat moments. I recommended WeChat to many friends, and my friends asked me why. I have summarized a few good reasons.

First, WeChat moments allow people to see many interesting pictures and places. Why do I get this reason? Because I remember once I was checking WeChat moments, I saw that my friend sent a dynamic saying “Shanghai is really beautiful!”, and there are a few pictures below. I opened the picture with the most famous building in Shanghai, the “Oriental Pearl.” I was surprised that I can now see this building up close. But I hope that one day I can see it myself. In my Wechat moments, my friends always post many interesting photos and many beautiful places of interest.

I saw those photos.They are beautiful.I see many new things and know many new things.I interviewed one of my classmate.He thinks”You can get inspired to try something new, like you see a picture of a food in Wechat moment, you can try to make it.” Yea, you can always find many unexpected pictures in WeChat moments.

Another reason Wechat moment can know what you friends want and like.

One of my classmates said,”You can find a gift what that person like or what they to do.” I have many friends, but every time I go to their birthday. I don’t know what they like, I can only guess. Everything that is sent at some time is not suitable for them. I feel very confused about this. Remember that I have a friend who has a favorite girl. Once on the girl’s birthday, he didn’t know what gift to give.He was very upset, he came to ask me, “What do you girls like?” I said: “Any girl likes it differently, just like some girls like dolls, some girls like flowers.” “What should I give her?” “He asked, I thought about it and then answered, “You can go see her Wechat moment and you will find something.”Sure enough, the girl made a dynamic saying “This lipstick is really good to look at, want to buy!”Then, the boy bought the lipstick of the color number and gave it to the girl. The girl was very surprised. The boy is also very happy.Now, after talking about my friend’s experience, I should talk about mine.When my friend’s birthday, I didn’t know what they liked at the time. This is very embarrassing. Once I had a birthday with my friend yaoxi, I thought, “Can I go to see her moment?”. Then I opened her moment, oh, she thought she wanted a book and a set of watercolor paints.On her birthday, I packed my gifts very delicately. As soon as she opened, her expression was amazed. She hugged me and said, “I really like the gift you gave, thank you!” After listening to my narrative by one of my Chinese friends, she thought that during WeChat moments, you can know what your friends want and give a good gift.Do you also have the trouble of not knowing what to send to your friend’s birthday present? I will give you a suggestion, you can go and see their circle of friends. You must have found out! !

The final reason Wechat moment can make relationships closer.One of my friends said”you can talk more instead being shy” Yes, this is correct. I have a classmate who is very shy and doesn’t like to speak in reality. However, she likes to post updates on WeChat moments.which is very different from reality.As a result, her WeChat dynamic has many people’s comments. She started chatting with everyone, and slowly she became no longer shy. In reality, she will play with us very much. Everyone thinks that she has changed a lot.I still have a friend – lilin. She thinks you can comment on WeChat’s moment.This will make people feel better.Ake me for example, I have a friend. But we never chatted on WeChat, and one day she posted a moment.

Perspective Project Script

“Social media is an integral part of today society. With loads of information being disseminated over the Internet, social media has become the very fabric upon which our society is being built. The people who are at the forefront of molding the future of social networking sites are teens and children. This is because vast majorities of the people who use the Internet are children and teens. Reportedly, many teens spend an average of 8 hours online every day. Much of that time is thought to be spent on social media sites, with only some attention focused on learning.” By Kelly Austin on teenshield blog.

Is social media helpful or harmful to society?I think that social media has positive effects on social media.

For Reason 1 communication evidence 1 you can keep touch with you friends evidence let people all over the world know about this for my evidence 1it prove my reason because you can keep touch for example you can talk to friends from other country.

Reason 2 make friends evidence i uses the wechat to make friends shake your phone to add friends for my evidence 1it prove my reason because i made i friends from wechat from being less lonely and depressed without friends .

 Reason 3 optional keep memories evidence you can look thru your picture that you took a long time evidence you can also look at the old clothes you were after an hour for my evidence 1it prove my reason because if you lose you picture you pictures you can retrieve your long pictures

Say something that hurts others social media can make others happy and mad Sometimes things that are sent to the Internet don’t necessarily say bad things social  media can make others happy and mad because No matter what happens, some people will be very happy but some people will say that everything is going to happen.

 I think that social media made me some new friends from social media when i was lonely alone.  realized in social media that a friend is in real life, he doesn’t like to talk, but when he is online, he is a person who likes to chat with others.

 The advantage of social media is that you can make friends, you can meet new friends, you can send photos, you can let everyone know you and like you.

Should Teens be using social media? Teens should not be using social media,it can be mentally bad for you.

Some people can make mean comments to make me feel sad mentally and physically.Can cause suicidal thoughts.A kid killed himself because of bullies.Mean comments can make you wanna hurt someone or yourself.When I use to get bullied for my height I use to fight people just cause they made fun of me.Bullying can affect you in many ways physically and mentally.It can make you think you’re a mess up or can make you think you’re weak and can’t do nothing.

It messes with you mentally and makes you think things you don’t want to think. A kid saw something weird and scary he was not ready to see so he stood scared till he was 18.He was scared for years for one picture he was not expecting to see.He was scared to walk alone or in the dark because of what he saw.Its like seeing a killer right before you that will scare you for life.

People can find where you’re at with snapchat .People can find your location and where you are and when you logged in .It is creepy knowing that any weirdo can find where you’re at and find where to find you you.So anytime someone wants to hurt someone they can just find them on snapchat which is not right because it should be more private because if not anytime or any day someone can find you and hurt you.It shows you how unsafe snapchat is with people and how they can’t handle what people might do.Its like snapchat is a spy and watches your every move. Who would want that?

It can affect school and more.It is addicting and sometimes that’s all you think about and wanna do.Last year I only wanted to be on snapchat and think only about snapchat.It got so addicting to the point where I could hardly focus but when I took a break it was easy to focus. I never got any answers right last year because I would not pay attention.It shows how addictive social media can be and make you off task with school work.Other people would say social media is helpful to keep you in contact with people you have not seen in a while.That’s true but social media is still bad because of how addictive it is.I was bored so I went on social media and did not want to come out I wanted to be on it all day.I didn’t even want to sleep because of how much I wanted to be on it.This proves how addictive social media can be in everyday things.It’s like having all your friends in the same class as you playing and talking to each other.

Is social media helpful or harmful to society? Social media makes people’s lives better. Social Media helps us collaborate on projects and it helps you learn.

For example I used gmail when working on a science project, We talked about what should be added in to it. Another example is when another student in my class Aidan was working with an 8th grader Josiah on a project they used google to write down the important facts they needed to complete the work. Aidan’s and my example proves my claim, because it shows how we used the Media to complete projects for school.

Social Media helps you learn. One example is Ms.Bragin another teacher here at SGL.

Who helps me with work says “In her personal life if she felt like working out or doing yoga she used Instagram which helped her learn where to look if she wanted videos.

Another example is when I was In kindergarden there was an online learning website named I Ready. It helped me to spell and get through math. Ms. Bragin and my claim, because it explains a time in our lives we learned something new using Social Media.

Possible Counterclaims is Social Media is ruining lives.

Whether you’re doing work or reading a book remember Social Media is a learning environment for all.

When I was in elementary school once a year there would be people coming to our school and talk about cyberbully and they gave us a clip to watch and it was always like someone people kys which is very scary. When i asked why is there even social media they said that, “like we put it on there for people to use.” Today my argument question is that “Why is there even social media.” I also prove that teens shouldn’t be using social media my first reason is It can ruin your life about the real world and stay away from reality and your family, another reason teens should not use social media because sometimes in social media people might bully you until the point you can’t take it anymore you want to kys,the final reason why teens shouldn’t use social media because sometimes teens use social media to do something dirty stuff or get something dirty from someone else or anything that harms people.

As I write this story i’m trying to mostly tell teens to stop using social media and cyberbullying to harm others, im mostly telling teens because adults most likely will handle the cyberbullying without taking pain like kys, but teens take it seriously and sometimes they will do something like be ashamed of themselves to go school, or kys which is a big problem. Like that if you don’t go to school ex, It can ruin your life because if you don’t know any knowledge and you go to work people will most likely reject you to their work. For example,In school or social media you can get bullied so hard you go home and you don’t care about reality anymore.

Another example is from- Bullying Crackdown, “who’s sending the taunting on social media texts and malicious Facebook postings.” Without having to confront their victims face to face.” This proves that there are still bad people in social media that cyberbullies you.

Another reason is “You might get bullied so much you go kys and ruin your life by social media.Social media is super bad for your mental health too because when you are 24/7 on your phone you might need glasses after, also there are a lot of bad people on internet that tries to scam you and do everything that is harmful to you even dirty pictures on text messages. People are cruel and the world is never in peace because of people’s. For example “there are always people that are cyber bullying if you are one of them you could be mean to be other people so don’t be try to be the strong one and block them instead of following them.” People can harm you so hard you want to kill yourself because the world is not filled with good people. I am really sorry for people that kill themselves because of social media. That is why i don’t like using social media. I don’t personally use it because i don’t want to kill myself and i’m too young for that. Another example is that the Cyberbully Research Center, told the associated press (AP), “These kids can access around the clock through technology, there is really no escape.” From- CyberBullying Crackdown. It’s really just saying when they have social media and cyber bullies, bully people on the internet the children have no escape that means like they are like doomed. After they get bullied  they either get really upset or want to kill themselves this proves that teens or under in general shouldn’t use social media. If you stare at your phone or any tech to long you might get lost in the digital world instead of reality.

Even though people are getting cyberbullied people still like to use social media  because people might think that social media is the best thing it lets you have memory in instagram that are older and can’t remember but you can remember if you look at it again and social media lets you say anything even if its bad.Which makes people want to do a lot of stuff and there are people with bad hearts so they will want to harm you on social media. But there is a lot more benefits without social media because people like me i haven’t died yet or harmed by social media before because i don’t use social media. For example In elementary school every year there will be some people that come to my school and talk about cyberbullying and how it can harm people that uses social media because it’s a lot of fun for the bullies and they do it just because they want to. People make their own choices so you choose to bully or not. In social media there is a lot of bullies which says a lot of inappropriate stuff to ruin others life.    

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Social media is websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking other platforms like instagram, snapchat. There are positive effects and negative effects of social media today I am going to teach you why to use social media more.

People should use social media more because there are positive effects and it can take control of your life and make friends, can fit in, Turn your passion into a business, Inspiration.

I think that social media can make friends because Nearly two-thirds 64% of teens who have made a new friend online say they have met new friends on a social media platform. Two-thirds 62%  of teens say they’ve shared their social media username with a brand new friend as a way to stay in touch. It can let you stay in touch with your friends.Social media can sometimes be beneficial to kids and teens when it comes to information. For example, when group chats occur and kids form study groups online to share information and assist one another. This also comes in handy when kids are absent from school because they can get information from friends who were in school that day. If a lot of notes were given that day, a good friend can simply take a picture of the notes and send it over to the friend who was absent. Also if you make friends from different countries if one day you go to visit them they can teach you facts. I think that you can make friends from  social media because they can interact with their friends and it can make relationship better.

I believe that Social media can make users to fit in more because  any other social media platform for that matter – to connect with people in your niche, it will show through and will bring your closer to your audience. So, don’t forget that, as with anything in life, you need to strike a balance. Don’t get obsessed over like and follower counts, but spend the time creating and maintaining those human connections. Also it can makes you to feel less lonely so you won’t feel left out because if you are feeling depressed and lonely and use social media to make friends.

Social media can inspire users/people to try new type of activities or find new interests One thing that students were inspired by social media and the way it gives a massive word to world issues. It can inspire you to do new things. Also social media have positive quotes to inspire you.

Other people might say social media consume your thoughts make you obsess of your image

Another reason is self image, insecurity can be shown on everywhere how ever social media has people who gives body positivity. For example there are youtubers who discuss about body positivity  and it makes people who feel better. Also it shows that people can bring body positivity to people who feel who feel depressed. In life people who bring negative comments you should bloc or delete them. Also think what you post or what you comment.

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Is social media helpful or harmful to teens? Teens might be a victim of cyberbullying because of social media. Social media can change the way people look at themselves. Snapchat is dangerous for teens. Snapchat has inappropriate photos, a map, and cyberbullying.

People could see where you are or your every move

“There was a boy who followed me and I had my location on and I checked the map and I saw that someone was really close by, then all of a sudden he was not there. I didn’t want to tell my friends. He texted me “I know where you are.“ I got really scared and nervous until he texted me he passed me. After I BLOCKED him.” Jadeyn is someone to listen to because if she wasn’t with her friends she could have been snatched.

-Jadeyn Madhere

“I was looking on peoples stories and I came across a story that has a post about a warning. It was a snapchatter. It was a predator that hunts for little girl. I got scared and searched for his name in my friends list and it said no snapchatter found, I was relieved.” It’s important to be aware that there are other kinds of predator out there, like different types of genders.

-Phoebe Huang

INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS

“It was on snapchat, and it mentioned someone, I swiped up and look on the stories. I saw something that frighten me. I felt shook.” you readers need to know its on their stories too not just people sending it to you. People may be something you would never think they are.

-Moises Lao

“I added this person and I didn’t know him. I added him when I was texting my friends. He said hey. I said hey back, all of a sudden a photo popped up and it was loading. Then it was almost done I thought it was a picture of him but it wasn’t. I asked my friends what to do to and they said block him and I did.” This proves my claim because people are sending inappropriate thing to kids or even adults and they probably don’t understand.

-Phoebe Huang

Spreading negative words/cyberbullying

Someone sent a message to katelyn simpson and it said, “why don’t you just go cut your wrist until you bleed out. You’ll do everyone a favour. Go do what dolly did, it should’ve been you not her.” She was afraid to say anything but her dad found out. If  I was in this position I would tell someone because keeping it to yourself will hurt more. Cyberbullying is not right because you don’t know what this person is going through on the other side of the screen. They may be afraid to speak out for there safety.

Ciara pugsley commited suicide in the woods behind her house. The bully called her a “slut” and “ugly”. This should be a crime because you killed someone through a screen.

-www.independent.ie

Others will say that on snapchat you can make new friends. But on snapchat the people may not be who you think they might be. “I added this person. It was a girl. We started talking like a friend. We talked for a couple weeks. One day she came clean saying “I am a boy.” I didn’t know what to do so I block him.” This shows that everyone is not safe. This person could have been collecting information. “There are child molesters, and there are a lot of crazies out on the internet,” says eric. If you do have social media be careful.

Imagine a place where you can connect with strangers and find your true calling. All of this happens when you have social media. Social media is a place where you go to make your life easier. Social media gives teens a healthy social life,and another way to learn.

     Social media helps teens have a healthy social life. This is a way for teens to communicate with friends and not feel left out. An article shows that “52% of young gamers said they play or watch online games with friends they met online”- says Washington Post.This shows why social media gives teens a social life and how they find people who they have a lot of things in common with. During an interview a fellow citizen said and I quote “ It helps me meet new people and make new friends”.This shows that it is a chance to connect with different people all around the world.

       Something that may sound weird but is true is that social media is a way to learn. In fact an article stated that “Heavy gamers who have a network of friends on social media seem to do better than those who play the games a lot and don’t have similar social networks” says-Baltimore Sun. Social media also helps the gamer industry because not only do teens learn new things but it gives gamers more opportunities. In a interview it says social media provides learning apps such as language learning apps and etc.This helps teens learn for free or if teens are afraid to admit they need help, so they can learn and not feel as if they have lost their pride.

    Some people believe that social media is a bad influence on teens because they can make teens feel bad about themselves.But the thing is social media inspires teens . I say this because during an interview a student said “social media gives me hope to be better when I no longer have the strength to continue”. This shows that social media inspires teens to be a better versions of themselves because they will see what people their age are capable of , which shows that they have no limit.

    Social media is like away to  be yourself and people like you to  connect. It gives you a way to be positive. You need to look for the right people that make you feel like they will help you be a better version of yourself.

For teens Snapchat is the best platform to use

Have you ever thought about how snapchat is way easier and safer than any other social media platform. The question we will be researching today is which social media platform is the best for teens? My argument claim for this is snapchat is the best platform for teens. Firstly, it saves memories that you can check at any time.Lastly you can chat with your friends and family.

I tell you that snapchat is the best platform for teens and then i tell you that it saves all the memories that you save and you can check it at anytime. Two of my friends from sgl or school for global leaders, Jasmine and J.C, say “you can check your photos from more than two years if you save it that is. I asked them why they say this and they said that They really use snapchat for not only this reason but this is more or less the reason they use but you may say “you can also save photos on instagram and more social media” but snapchat makes it more safe because it saves it on both your phone memories and snapchats so you get double the protection.Another one of my classmates from sgl stated ”If you forget something, you can check your memories at anytime”.One time I wanted to check what happened on last day of school when i was in seventh grade from sixth grade i wanted to see any photos from that day so i checked my memories on snapchat if I saved which i believe i did and i did find it in my memories. Yay.

My second and last reason to why snapchat is the best platform is you can chat with friends and family.Once again a classmate of mine or J.C said”Chatting with friends and family, you know who you are talking to due to bitmoji and you have a very and i mean very low percentage of talking to cyberbullying.He knows who is talking to in group chats thanks to this and the username but most of the time you don’t even know who the username belongs to. The website commonsensemedia.org states “You can take pictures,videos with funny filters and much more that you can share with friends”. This really means you can have fun with your family and your friends but remember to look out for the fake accounts.

On the flip side instagram and or other social media can be more better or safer than snapchat. They warn you to watch out for new added accounts that may be hackers or cyber bullies and it’s really easy to use.Yes that is true but snapchat warns you also plus you can CHOOSE who sees what you post from anyone in the world to just the friends you have added and it’s one of the fastest social media platforms to learn to use and use in general.Thanks to commonsensemedia.org, we have some evidence to back us up.”Most people use snapchat to goof and stay in contact with his/her friends but besides that, it’s safe to use”.I use snapchat to keep in touch with all of my classmates and friends to goof  and make sure im on top of my school work weather im absent or not.This is a quote from none other me or Rene and i have said this “Snapchat requires little info and it could be done in minutes”.

Snapchat is the best platform for teens and it could keep your memories and make you stay in contact with your friends and family.Just remember to spread the word to others to convince people to start using snapchat instead of instagram and facebook etc. were counting on you.    

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The other day my friend had some crucial trouble with social media is that got me wondering is social media safe? I try to think it it safe or not, and then I came to a conclusion is not so safe. I thought of all the reasons why social media can make people’s lives worse. For one thing there are a lot of crazies people out there that want to know every single thing about you.

The first reason I thought of was that social media is a is a dangerous website where identity thieves can steal your identities if you aren’t wise with your posts. I read this article and Carl, from the national crime prevention, said, “There are a lot of child molesters out there that wants to just make your day worse and can really affect your real life”. This shows how you are not safe on social media, and people just are watching your every move. This can show how people just want to know everything about you and it can hurt you in the real life. Also one of my friends in my real life almost got hacked by someone, and almost lead address to a unidentified stranger online. This was really scary for my friend, and he hasn’t used his laptop ever since. He says,” I only use my desktop computer now, I don’t want to go back on my laptop so the hacker continue finding my address.” This shows  how dangerous people online could really be.

Then I thought, don’t teens and middle school kids use social media and the negative people use social media can possible harm them in school. So I found out that social media can lead people to broken friendships, embarrassment, and sometimes ruined future opportunities. In the same article I was reading earlier, Vanessa, part of the suicide help hotline, said that,” Being a responsible with your personal information can lead to broken relationships or a ruined future life. Now that warns me to be more wise about what I post and I should be more thoughtful about what I will say. Also I got a chance to interview Rafael Fermin Lopez from 704 and he had a great response,”When I posted something I shouldn’t have, it really affected me in my real life.” This is a real life experience of someone who regrets what they posted and now he says he has to deal with it in school.

On the contrary, some people may think, oh social media is a place to be inspired and to be helped and to blah blah blah. But at the same time, there aren’t that many people out there that aren’t that nice to people. Like on Article 5,  this one girl met a friend online they’ve been friends for a while until she realized that he was secretly trying to find her location. She was basically friends with a hacker! Also, my mom told me,” When I use social media, people are just trying to probably make people’s days worse”. As you can see, when people use social media there’s just no possible way to avoid negative stuff. That’s all the time we have, please everyone make sure that you are protected online so you can possibly not deal with cyberbullies or hackers. Peace out.

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Just the other day I was talking to my mom she told me she thought social media is safe. I started thinking to myself the perks of social media sure you can keep in touch with friends but still there are more reason why it’s dangerous. I know that there are more reasons why you should stop using social media. For one thing, social media is a danger to all ages.

I told my mom she should delete app relative to social media she asked why, the first reason is, people on social media bully others. “Aisha got on my snap and started saying I had split ends and my hair was ugly and I told my mom and she got in trouble” says Leandra. Leandra hates bullies because they try to bring you physical and emotional pain by hurting you and calling you names. In the article cyberbullying crackdown it states 14 year old Jamey Rodemeyer “beset by cyber bullies, the students from williamsburg NY,took his own life on september 18,2011. If people are killed from being bullied then why do people still do it. Throughout our lifetime being bullied could lead to death.

Another reason, social media is a danger to all ages is because it can ruin friendships. In “when friends become bullies” in this text a girl named Ally Del Monte        “ the boys at her elementary school in westchester county new york, banned her from the monkey bars cause they thought she would break it. “It’s what friendship was, she thought. Ally didn’t know real friendship she never really had a friend. So she did not know it was bullying it. When I was little I had a friend who I was texting out of nowhere he said go jump in a garbage truck it’s where you belong I told the principal and he got in trouble. Friends aren’t always what they seem they can be the pain the reason the friendship is ruined. I know none of you want that to happen right.

Although there are people who believe that it’s only a danger if they let it yes but you aren’t always aware of the dangers. Leandra a friend says “I saw a girl on instagram of her in front of her school a guy went to the school and told them that he was her uncle…she died. They don’t really care but they still should think about. “I knew a girl who was being stalked and she didn’t know. So when on social media be aware and careful of what you do/post and if so delete all social media for your safety.

When I saw all my friends using Snapchat, I thought that it was just a social media platform where you take pictures with funny filters and post it on your story for only your closest friends to see, but it wasn’t until after I got that I realized it was much more than that. I believe that social media should be avoided by teens because it can expose us to inappropriate things, distance us from reality and make us obsessed about our image.

One of the reasons I believe that social media should be avoided by teens is because it can expose them to inappropriate things. I asked my best friend Phoebe if she had had any experience of inappropriate things on social media and she told me

“One day, I was on Snapchat . I was texting my friends in a group chat and someone added me. He had a normal username so I added him back  but when I asked him who he was, texted me a inappropriate photo of himself. I felt disgusted, but I didn’t tell my Mom. So from now on, I text people hey when they add me and if they send me a picture, I block them.” This interview backs up this reason because Snapchat exposed Phoebe to nude pictures of a man which is unfit for a thirteen year old girl.. While I was interviewing Phoebe, I remembered at time where I had experienced something inappropriate on social media.  I was scrolling through people’s stories on Snapchat and on someone’s story, it said “swipe up and add this person for funny memes” so I did but when I checked their story, it wasn’t funny memes, they were inappropriate pictures of people. I immediately unfriended and blocked this person because I could get in trouble if my mom. This proves that social media exposes us to inappropriate things because it shows that people go out of their way to make people see inappropriate things.

Another of the reasons that social should be avoided by teens is because it can distance them from reality. I interviewed one of my friends, Moises about if he had ever been distanced from what’s going on around him and he told me

“Sometimes I don’t pay attention to my baby sister when I’m supposed to because I’m on Snapchat.” This shows that social media distances us from reality because he wasn’t paying attention to his sister which means he wasn’t aware of his surroundings because of social media. This reason makes me think of a time where I was distanced from reality. While  was walking to school one day, I was on my phone looking at peoples stories and I wasn’t paying attention to where I as going. I walked into the street and almost got hit by a car. It it wasn’t for my mother, I probably would have gotten hit. I have never been so scared for my life. This proves that social media distances you from reality because I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going because of Snapchat and I seriously could have gotten hurt.

I know some people with say “Social media gives kids time to have fun with each other ,.” Bullying is not fun. I was searching a article called “Cyberbullying crackdown,” and they said “For years, 14 year old Jamey Rodemeyer had been victimized by bullies. The attacks didn’t only happen in person but also continued online, where bullies used social media to taunt him day and night. Beset by cyberbullies, the student from Williamsville, N.Y, took his own life on September 18, 2011. This proves the reason because cyberbullying has caused an innocent child to take his life, thats not fun thats terrible.

If you see anybody being bullied or somebody posting inappropriate things, speak up or tell the right authorities.

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 Social media and its negative impact

One day while scrolling through social media ,Instagram to be more specific. i came across and old friends account ,but instead of me felling joy over finding this old friends accont felt overwhelmed and upset.why because of jealousy, seeing her happy and having the perfect picture life while mine wasn’t hurt my self esteem. But there’s more, social media doesn’t just lower self esteem it gives dangerous people an opportunity to do bad things and or cause harm.Every person i bring this topic to always says the same thing “it helps you connect with far away friends and family” Yes this is a good thing but i can’t help and think social media’s negative effects on kids and teens overpowers this one positive.If you would like to learn more about this very controversial topic i suggest you read on .

      I got three words LOW SELF ESTEEM . Why do i say this because those lovely apps on your phone called Snapchat ,Instagram and  Facebook even though you probably don’t use Facebook because only old people use Facebook ,cause these three words LOW SELF ESTEEM . And that’s not a good thing .For example during an interview with my fellow classmate Ella i asked if social media ever causes her to feel upset or sad about herself she told me and i quote “it does ,even though i  shouldn’t i feel sad when i see people who look better than me” this clearly shows how social media can cause low self esteem because it not only supports my reason (social media can cause low self esteem)but connects with real life. It shows how a real life normal person feels sad and has gotten a negative outcome from just looking at a picture on snap or scrolling thru there feed.It connects with real life because it’s coming from a young teen who’s just trying to live life but keeps getting knocked down because of other picture perfect life .Another piece of evidence that can also support my reason social media can cause low self esteem is from the article on  m.huffpost.com. Is “60% of people using social media reported that it has impacted their self esteem in a negative way”.This also supports why i think social media can cause low self esteem because its credible,true and unbelievable.I say this because it states real statistics that comes from scientist and researcher that went to school for years to learn how to do theses studies and if they believe this why shouldn’t we .

   Another negative outcome that comes from social media is the dangerous people and opportunities they get because of social media. In the text protect your privacy online it states  “there are child molesters and there are a lot of crazies out on the internet” furthermore you can obviously see how this connects with my reason it shows the sertin danger you can and will face at one point if you have social media, and how i’m not the only one who has this same mind set.in addition another piece of evidence that can go with my reason would be my own personal experience.I’ve only been on this earth for 13 years. I’ve only been on social media for two or three years, and i’ve had multiple exsperzes with people much older than me.texting me or commenting on one of my pictures WITHOUT ME EVEN KNOWING THEM.There was this one experience where there was a guy commenting on me and my friends pictures and texted us but he would tell me he was 16 tell one of my friends he was 18 and then tell another he was 19.I’ve been taught how to use social media in a safe way but teens and kids that don’t wouldn’t know what to do in that situation.I just hope you take and understand thats this piece evidence is coming from experience.I’ve been put through this horrible experience. And so many other people have to, this SHOULDN’T be taken lightly.

         On the contrary some people still believe social media is fine how it is,because of its one positive .That being how it helps you connect with far away friends and family. Yes this is a really good point and i can’t deny it.But like i said although this may be true the detrimental effects of social media can not be overpowered.In addition to causing low self esteem and being dangerous social media has also been proven to affect students grades .In the article “negative and positive effects of excessive social media use on teens” it states”teens who get hooked on such forms of social media find it hard to spend too much time away from it there school work can suffer as a result”i can connect with this piece of evidence on so many levels .i’ve myself gotten stuck in an internet hole or procrastinated to the point of not doing my work, or not paying attention to real life relationships.Because i’m so focused on whos posting what and who’s texting me back.in fact i also found another piece of evidence on the website we.weebly.com and it stated “in a comparison of teenage Facebook user who spend 1+ hour per day and less than 1 hour on  Facebook per day the Gpa of non users was 3.5 – 4.0 while the Gpa for users was on average 3.0-3.5” at this rate after reading through this evidence you can tell how well it goes with my reason.It brings real statistics that you can trust. And shows how after doing a bunch of research ,researchers have come to the conclusion that social media is affecting your studies.

  So now that you’ve read my speech and had an opportunity to watch my youtube video . I hope you understand the negative effects social media has on us. That being causing grades to go down, self esteem to decreases and danger to be more frequent. I hope you spend the time to spread the word on this topic and teach others what’s going ,on all social media forms and cites. Tell all the kids and teens you know that social media has a negative effect on them if they don’t know what they’re doing. And lastly stop the cycle from continuing before it’s too late.                                                                          

Imagine if noone in the world use social media and you were the only one that used it.People should use social media because it can make people lives better and more helpful. Social media can help you stay connected with people that are far from you. I interviewed my teacher and she said that it helps to see what people are doing in life. You can also see pictures from far away friends like her friend matt. You can get oppertuins in life like knowing new people around the world.     

Another reason why social media can help People is well getting money. Someone called O’Neill shared how she got $2000 by a post and making headlines. Also someone called Mimi had 806,000 followers and got 20,000 likes and received $1000. This proves my reason because while they’re in social media they can still get money and help their own life.

      One more reason social media can be helpful is because it can help you learn. You can read poetry and do lots of stuff that can help you like YouTube you can watch a video how to cook or how to make something like eggs. The reason why proves my reason Is because it is helpful and you can learn something through it.

        Some people may say that social media can make people’s life stressful. But I think sometimes you lose your self and social media and I say it can relieve your stress. According to my teacher she was in the bus and was looking at Instagram and she was looking at good stuff as bad stuff was happening to her. Also there is meditation apps and drawing apps that you can use whenever you want when you have trouble times. The reason why this proves my claim is because these are stuff that can make you relief and calm in your own way.

         As soon as you get a chance you can download social media any type and tried this

Do you think social media is harmful or helpful to society? I think it’s harmful because social media can change teens personalities/ behavior. I think it’s because they get influenced by other people, judgemental comments, and last but not least they change theirs acts for followers.
To prove my point I interviewed one of my family members and she said “People become followers to get followers  meaning they will follow trends they normally follow but since they see other people are doing it they think it’s cool. I also found in  the article “Made-for-Instagram” it says “Then, of course there’s the belief that viewing the world through your phone’s camera is an impoverished way to live. Instead of snapping pictures, you should simply be looking, for what critics say”.  This shows that this generation made people not have a mind of their own.
Another reason is people can get affected by people’s judgemental comments. I interviewed one of my good friends and asked her what does she  and she thinks about the situation and she said “Some comments can be misleading and can result in a negative or positive way. Also in out of line online it says “ text message that was misunderstood” I used this evidence because people change themselves excepted so if you slip up and say something wrong it can affect people and change their personalities. What I’m trying to say is, if you make judgemental comments can cause people to change themselves in a positive or negative way. So be careful what you say to people. This shows people care too much about what people think because if they see bad comments they want to change it so you have nothing to say, for example Cardi b fixed her teeth because she saw bad comments about them.
My third reason is people change themselves/act for followers and likes. I interviewed  my friend and said “If you act a certain way you might come off more appealing to people”. In “insta winners” it talks about how Mimi Elashiry spending money for 3,000 followers. People are starting to do anything to be known. They are willing to change for fame because it seems like a trend to be known, or as other people say clout.
People say helps people with communication, but I think it can mess up communication skills in person. I interviewed my fellow classmate Krystal and she says “I think social media is affecting us in a negative way because it’s making us lose or unlearn how to talk to people in person”. This is showing me I’m not the only one who believes social media can mess up communication. I know from experience because I started getting used to texting that I had nothing to say in person. Now that you read my article you know to cut down on the social media because you’ll have nothing to talk about in person.

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Do you want to read a positive article about social media? Wait you do?

Well too bad because that isn’t what we are talking about today. Picture social media at its worst, cyberbullying, hate speeches, people tracking your every movement. If used the wrong way, social media can be a dangerous and harmful weapon of destruction and pain.

The first reason why I think social media can be harmful, if used the wrong way, is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying has been around since the beginning of social media, from myspace to facebook to instagram and snapchat cyberbullies are everywhere on the internet, their like cockroaches, annoying and drives you insane, the only difference is the insanity drives to self harm or death.  In “Cyberbullying Crackdown” they mention many suicides due to cyberbullying such as Jamey Rodemeyer and Phoebe Prince who were only fourteen and fifthteen. This shows that people can be broken by a simple social media comment because they care what others think. In “cyberbullying crackdown” I learned that “50% of students surveyed have been a victim of cyberbullying.” This shows that so much people are affected by bullies on the internet.

Have you ever been so hurt or offended because of a hate speech someone posted on social media? Well the second reason why I think social media can be harmful is the hate speeches people make in the platform. I once was scrolling on youtube when I saw a video of someone hating on this person for opening up about her anorexia. The video was taken down after many negative comments and dislikes. This proves my second reason because it shows how hateful someone can be to someone just trying to open up. There was this video of someone singing a song about how being “gay is not okay”, that was literally the name of the song like seriously, obviously the song was taken down. This shows that even in recent days people can’t get equality through their brains.

The last reason why I think social media can be dangerous is that it can be used to track people. In “Out Of Line Online” it says “if your using an application that uses gps to broadcast your whereabouts, they will find you in person.” This shows how easily people can track you down. You don’t even know when it’s going to happen.

Some people may say that people should use social media because it has positive impacts. I agree, but some people don’t think before they post and post things that make people feel insecure. There was this video “Dear Fat People” that was bashing on people that were overweight. This hurt many people. This piece of evidence  reveals that people can be reckless of what they post.

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Funny story one time I was going on Instagram then suddenly wondered how many    kids go on social media then it hit me so I choose to search it up so I type in how many kids go on social every second then it hit me when I read “More than 98 percent of college-aged students use social media, says consumer insight service Experian Simmons. In addition, an annual nationwide survey of college students by UCLA found that 27.2 percent of students spent more than six hours on social media a week in 2014, up from 19.9 percent in 2007.” I was shocked when I found that 71 percent of kids use social media. “Social media is bad for kids “ my mom would always but my dad disagree “social media can, later on, help you find a better job later in the future, ”I ask my friend in Instagram she agree that Instagram is better off use to help make a friend.

I agree with my mom because social media is bad because I remember experience with my sister how she used to be addicted  to Tic Toc, Snapchat, Instagram and twitch she stayed the hangout with friend every day 24/7 on social media she hang out with friends when she came home till the next day and she has been doing it for a week until my mom found out by the teacher . the teacher was mad at my sister for failing a test and not doing homework my mom was furious when she heard about the complain when my mom entered the room the first thing she did was throwing my sister’s phone until there was a huge crack on her phone then she deleted all the social media then she started mumbling to herself ( btw that is how my mom cooldown ) then I was forced to have her phone so I guess she didn’t l learn  her lesson Ms.Dimura says how it can negatively your grade “going on Instagram can prevent you from reading a boobook since you can scroll down if you don’t like it. You can’t do that with a book!” say ms Dimura.

my second reason  why kids shouldn’t go on social media every day 24/7  because they can stay up all night Linette says”one time I try to sleep on a sleep on school night so instead I play on my phone but I lost track on time instead I played the whole night “ says Linette  and ms. Dimura says that this shows that it can be addicting because you can get very concerned about the next level that you got lost track” says ms Dimura.

My third reason is that it can hurt your mental health    you can risk your life for a dangerous stunt for example on time I saw a video on youtube on an old man riding a skateboard it is like seeing a cockroach in my food I feel so disgusted on what I saw it was horrible but still he posted it on social media I guess this is what the say no pain no gain.

Instagram Is For YOU No Matter What You Are Looking To Do (A Youtube Transcript)

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The other day my friends were over and we were talking about Instagram. My one friend, Rachel, has recently decided to delete Instagram. When I asked her why, she said she always compares herself to others or just feels like she is missing out on experiences. I thought about what she said but I couldn’t forget all the reasons why Instagram can make someone’s life better. For one thing, I’m able to go on Instagram to remember all the blessings in my life. Instagram also connects me to my friends and family. I also get inspired by all the cool things I see on Instagram.

I told my friend to keep Instagram, and said the first reason Instagram will make her life better is because it allows people to easily access all their favorite pictures of vacations or just daily memories that people post on their story or even pictures that remind them of all of their achievements. My other friend, Matt, who now lives in California, agreed with me. “I have all my pictures from college and of my sister graduating, I like being able to go back and scroll through all of my memories.” Matt liked Instagram because we was able to have a photo album of all his favorite memories on his phone. And since Instagram is a social media platform, all your photos are on the internet so you can access them from anywhere. Personally, one time I dropped my phone into the largest puddle and even though I was upset I no longer had a phone, I was more upset by all the pictures I lost (this was before I knew about icloud, mind you). But I had posted so many pictures to my Instagram which saved them, so that when I got a new phone I at least had some memories. If I didn’t have Instagram, I would have lost all of my pictures and favorite memories. As someone who has a TERRIBLE memory as a result of suffering two childhood concussions, I have been very thankful for instagram. Wouldn’t YOU want the power to overcome amnesia? I know you definitely have some great memories you’ll want to look back on someday. Don’t play with fire and risk it all!

Another reason Instagram can make people’s lives better is because it can connect you friends and family. I have so many friends I have met from different places and Instagram allows me to keep up with them regularly without talking to them on a daily basis. I moved away from the town I grew up in and I didn’t think I would keep in touch with that many people, but as we got older, we would still tag each other in pictures that we posted for flashback Friday. I even have family that I am not extremely close with but I still love them and care about them and want to know what is going on with them. I have realized, that through Instagram, I can see what’s new with my friends and stay updated on their life even when we are too busy to talk. A simple like on a post can show that you’re in the loop and supporting each other. Sometimes when people I miss like my posts, it’s like they’ve lit up a candle in dark room, helping me to see them and myself a little bit better. Who wants to look at a photo alone in a pitch black room? My friend Matt also talked about all the friends from New Jersey that he was able to still keep up with. “They might not be people I want to talk to everyday, but at least I can know they’re good.” Matt talked about how he can message friends when he sees what they have accomplished but without Instagram, he would never know what is going on or be able to keep in touch.

The final reason I gave my friend as to why she should keep Instagram is because it can inspire her to try new things. In her article, “Why Instagram is Good for Your Soul” Meghan Webner, a student studying at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, discusses how Instagram has benefitted her. One of the reasons Webner feels it inspires her is because she wants to take good pictures. “There have been a number of occasions where I have gone on an adventure with only a goal of achieving that perfect Instagram pic. By doing this, I am able to explore new places whether it’s with my friends or by myself. “ (Webner 1) Instagram is the trend and people want to take good pictures that keep up with the trend. Seeing a popular restaurant or a nice view and thinking that would make a great picture happens all the time and Instagram gives us a place to show these pictures off. Instagram can also inspire people to try new things. In the article, Webner also discusses how Instagram has inspired her. The greatest part about it is so many people use it for all of their own, different interests. “You can get fashion inspiration, find a new workout routine or discover a new band. The possibilities are endless.”(Webner 1) Since Instagram can connect you to millions of people, you are able to learn about new fashion, food, art, or anything else you are interested in. Take my love for hiking for instance. Much of it was inspired by seeing amazing pictures of awesome landscapes and adventures that people my age were posting. It empowered me to believe I could get out there and challenge myself in the same way.There are Instagram accounts for just about anything you are interested in. Whether people like Webner are inspired to explore for the picture perfect moment or even just to try something new, Instagram can make people’s lives better.

On the contrary, some people, like my friend, Rachel, may believe that Instagram makes people feel worse when they compare themselves to others or even when they see their friends doing something super fun and they feel left out because they are not there. “What about trolls?” Rachel asked me. Though people may say some negative things on Instagram, you can choose who you follow and who follows you so you can surround yourself with positive people and positive posts rather than the negative trolls, or negative commenters that try to make people feel bad by putting them down. For example, accounts like @garyvee and @anxiety_wellbeing post daily positive and uplifting messages that can help you through hard times and encourage you to take care of yourself. Personally, I choose to unfollow accounts as soon as I notice jealousy creeping in, and I immediately feel better. So, even though instagram can become a toxic place if people are left unattended, it can also be a very uplifting place with positive messages that can make you feel confident and capable.

Instagram can make your life better because it can allow you to easily access all your favorite memories, it can help connect you to friends and family, and it can even inspire you to try new things. Instagram is a great way for people to scroll through and see either old faces or new experiences. Whether you are looking to remember the good times or you are looking to be inspired for your next adventure, Instagram can make anyone’s life a little bit better, so you should encourage your friends and family to get on board and create an account too and we can all have an instagram party together! Let’s turn people’s frowns upside down by sharing the likes and spreading the love!