Argumentative Essay On Social Media

Social media has become a huge part of today’s generation. It is how we interact with others from different parts of the world. Others share their everyday lives and exciting moments through videos and photos. There are several different social media outlets that make these ongoing events available to teens. Including, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat; which all share some form of communication.

Your behavior on social media can hurt your business, leadership, influence, and even destroy personal relationships. No I’m not overstating it. Today’s social media world seems filled with so-called trolls, toxic personalities, and people who just love to rant online. Are you one of these people?

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.

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.

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.

    To begin, social media is intended for people to communicate with other people across the world through information, pictures, and posts. Even though this advancement in technology provides forms of new communication to the world's fingertips, it brought about many unintended consequences. The majority of people in the world use social

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.

When people think of social media they probably think of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. All of these websites allow you to post, comment, and like things other people say. It’s a great concept and all of these types of social media are very popular. I have an account or two on all of these websites, but after a while started to notice something. It started going from nice posts and pictures of my friends to videos and pictures of people I didn’t know all with very negative comment sections. This made the whole experience of seeing what my friends were doing a stressful time. After that occurred four years ago I decided to seek out an alternative form of social media that would have a more positive feeling to it. I needed to prove to myself that not all social media was a bad place or just a waste of time.

Selfies have become a form of communication and culture. They provide us with a sense of validation and self expression. Often, this dictates how the world interacts with and categorizes those who put themselves on display. In much the same way that we learn interpersonal skills as we grow older, we have adapted ourselves socially along with the development of social media into our everyday lives.

Do you ever ask yourself, is this post necessary to share with others? How will this post affect the lives of those around me? As of 2017, The Global Overview showed that “2.80 billion global social media users use social media sites.” With that being said, “the whole world now uses a smart phone and almost two-thirds of the world’s population now has a mobile phone.” (Digital in2017: Global Overview). Today the majority of young American adults use social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, Instagram and etc. As of the recent years, social media has been a great way to connect with friends, family and has also been a great way to promote small businesses. Amy Jo Martin once said, “Just as we teach our children how to ride a bike, we need to teach them how to navigate social media and make the right moves that will help them. The physical world is similar to the virtual world in many cases. It's about being aware. We can prevent many debacles if we're educated.” (Brainyquotes.com) With that being said, Amy is stating, just how we teach our children anything in life we must also teach them the basics of social media because that will one day affect them later in life. Therefore, social media can be effective but can also affect others life’s around us.

When you think of social media, the first thing that comes mind is communicating with your friends or family. This is one of the benefits of social media. You can communicate with your grandma that lives 300 miles away from you just by typing a message and clicking send. You can share your life events with her just by posting a picture. Even though this seems to be great, which it can be, have you ever thought of all of the bad things that can occur when using social media?

As a mother to an exceptionally smart 16 month old girl, I see firsthand how the face of technology and social media has changed the world we live in today. My daughter is so young, and yet I still catch myself resorting to the use of my phone to keep her entertained in public places. She knows how to work my phone without my help. I think as a parent this is our go to move in order to keep our children from throwing temper tantrums and being disruptive. Growing up I was not allowed to get a cell phone or have any sort of social media accounts until I was sixteen years old. Today, I see six and seven year olds with cell phones and internet access. I personally am a firm believer in social media. I think it is a great way to communicate with friends and family in other places, but how much is too much? As millennials, are we raising our own children to have addictive personalities?

Social media is, generally, any online platform that promotes communication between your friends. Social media often allows users to post pictures or words to express themselves and let his or her friends know what is going on in his or her life. Being a new and evolving thing, obviously us as humans are going to create controversy about this new technology’s effects on the brain and body- whether they be good or bad. Most people believe anything they hear about social media’s effects on attention span, or its effects on people’s own view of themselves; no one ever talks about the benefits of social media though. Social media is a mostly good thing, and here is why.

Can you imagine how things were 20 years ago? How did we communicate and exchange information? Some things then may not be that accessible to us now, but in this day and age, everything is almost made possible by the advanced communication technology that surrounding us. Printers, televisions, radios, telephones; all are now within our reach, especially because global trading is available to all over the world. Furthermore, with the invention of the internet, all sorts of information are accessible to the youth in just a click or a tap. Along with all these, just imagine the vast information being thrown in each and every one of us almost every second, which would lead to a lot of problems.