Argumentative Essay On Social Media

Social media is a game changing invention but it has come with a hefty amount of backlash. When I was younger I didn’t have a phone and social media was nothing compared to how it is now present day. It’s astonishing just how far the internet and social media have come. Not just when it comes to how advanced or how widespread they’ve become, what shocks me is just how influential social media has become. It’s almost borderline unsettling how much humans as a whole rely and depend on social media for nearly everything they know or want to discover. Social media has become not only a way to locate others and communicate with others but a way for people to learn and stay informed and aware of what goes on outside the doors of their cozy little nook. Looking back to my childhood days, I recall lounging on the couch with my mother in the morning watching news on the television but now that has become a distant memory if I need news today, I get it from social media on my cell phone. The poor television in the living room has become obsolete from lack of use because of a boost in social media's involvement with news and correct political issues.

Society’s dependence on a vast array of information and communication technology has not only changed the way we communicate but has also reinvented social activism. Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook and forum websites like Reddit has given digital activism more potential than ever before to create real change. Whether the activism pertains to political, social or economic changes–digital technology allows individuals working collectively to achieve a common purpose with more ease in their pursuit of change.

Social media is a very big deal in today's society, teenagers use it to socialize, find information and for entertainment. The first thing we could find on social media is really nice comments on teens photos. The second thing we could find is teens speaking out and being heard. Social media is helpful to teens because it boosts their confidence and lets teens have a voice. Despite this, some people say social media leads to cyberbullying, but only a small percent of teens said it made them feel less.

Nowadays, a lot of people are using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and so on. Since the Internet has propagated rapidly, social media have progressed a lot. The generalization of the internet makes us to live conveniently and fast. People are almost using smart phones, i-phones or comfortable devices which can access to internet. These equipments make us to do social network easily. It helps contact friends, family, and other people even though they live far away. It could be, however, abused, if you don’t use properly. Especially, it is important that we understand and regulate the use of social media by young children.

Social media is a world-wide network being used by millions. It’s either Facebook, Snapchat, even just text messaging that can be considered social media. Nowadays kids don’t ask for toys or some cool contraption that they saw in a store; hence, they are now asking for any technological device they see at stores. Social media can be very treacherous, for example: false advertising, inappropriate website, giving away personal information because they think the person on the other side of the screen is their friend, or because they’re going to give them something they’ve really wanted. Teenagers have been becoming more vacuous throughout generations. They don’t know what’s good and what’s bad at this point. Many of us rely on the phone and many people say they can’t live without it. Once they lose their phone they go into a state of panic and find themselves dumbfounded not knowing what to do with themselves anymore. When trying to look for a news story, you find yourself reading an article about what a Kardashian was wearing, or “How to get Noticed on Social Media” , or when a celebrity just had a baby. All illogical news, no importance.

There is a transformation happening today that is completely changing the way that we do things. The ways that we are communicating are shifting from face to face interactions to short, interactive messages. Technology seems to be making it easier to stay connected, but it is restricting our interactions with others and leading to isolation.

Our society has become heavily reliant on social media, and today’s younger generation cannot avoid using it in their everyday lives. As time has progressed, social media has advanced significantly, becoming easier to access with a touch of a button. These advancements provide both positive and negative consequences to youths’ relationships. Due to the rapid advancement of social media, youths’ real-life relationships with their peers have been affected both positively and negatively.

Social media has brainwashed and has had a large impacted our society today. As a child, my mother forbid me from using any social media whatsoever. I would beg and beg repeatedly and attempt to do anything to change her mind but her rule never budged. Me being a typical kid, of course had such a strong hatred for this rule and despised my mother because of it. I never really understood why my mom made this rule, but now as an adult with many forms of social media, I thank her for it. Social media like everything has its benefits, but over all it is very negative concept, and will only be worse in the future.

In our present society, people are continuously making this world more accessible. Time and distance is not an obstacle in communicating with each other. We are using technology to maintain and strengthen our familial relationships. we also use technology to understand other cultures and meet people all around the world. Mobile technology made it easier for more people to maintain social life online. But, in spite of making us more social or socially active, these technologies are causing the opposite. In many cases, this is a malicious curse. Use of technology is one of the most compelling reasons for the social awkwardness of this millennia.

What is Social media? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it is “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” Most people have some form of social media, whether it is Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat or Twitter(and countless more) but most social media accounts belong to the younger generations. Therefore it impacts the younger generations more. Children are growing up surrounded by mobile devices and interactive social networking sites such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, which has made the social media a vital aspect of their life. Young adults are now conditioned to depend on social media for everything from friendships to relationships.

In the recent decade, there have been numerous technological advances that we are able to take advantage of today. There are now self-driving cars, augmented reality devices, as well as millions of websites for almost everything. Out of all the latest online features we can access, social media networking has made the greatest impact to the most number of people. There are over 1.59 billion active Facebook users, over 400 million active Instagram users, and over 320 million active Twitter users (Richards, 2015). The constant updates and numerous ways to customize your own profiles give people of all different backgrounds something to enjoy. These numbers prove that the majority of our population are impacted by social media on a daily basis. Although social media can be a great way to interact, meet, and communicate with people regardless of distance, there can be many negative aspects.

As time goes on technology and the way that we use it has advanced significantly. People all around the world have grown to become very tech-savvy everything that is done today technology plays a huge role making everyday task easier and quicker to do. With all these great technology advances it does come with its downfalls such as kids getting ahold to it and becoming overly dependent on it and its features, like social media. Social media is something that an average person uses daily connecting people throughout the world easily. In recent years there has been many different social media sites that have taken over the minds of teens which have brought the rise of many different problems. There is a special type of message every person should be taught to use on social media – Netiquette; the acceptable way of communicating on the internet.

A 41- year- old mother and her baby were driving through Beaumont, Texas during hurricane harvey when they got stuck in high waters. A bystander saw them floating in a canal and called 911, help was on it’s way immediately. The mother saved the baby's life because she was trying to hold her up as high as she could. They were in very cold water and the baby was suffering from hypothermia. They were rushed to the hospital. Sadly, the mom died but the baby survived. If the women wasn’t informed by social media that there would be first responders out to save her, she would have never left her car and they would have both drowned.This true story, from USA Today, raises the question: Does social media help better inform citizens? Social media alerts you whenever someone is in need for help. About 71% of girls are on social media most of the day so it is very easy to reach out to them.

Social media is an abundant part of my everyday life, it is frequently the way I communicate. There are numerous amounts of social media sites that are used to interact with people, however Facebook has to be the one that I mostly use. When I log into it I lose my trueself.

Our generation is so consumed with the idea of social media and has convinced us of how we are meant to be for us to be “accepted”. We are influenced by such unrealistic standards, we look up to celebrities who create such vulgar music, words and quotes. We stop doing things like camping or go out to other places because social media and technology has ruined that for us, and everything feels easier with social media. Too many of us are in love with materialistic things that we do not even notice the harm it can do to us. Adults instead of helping us how to manage time on our phone all they do is complain about how we are always on the phone and let us not forget they are the ones who buy it for us.