Argumentative Essay On Social Media

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.

The wonderful creation that took over this new generation is social media. Social media is a way for people to express their selves, promote, make friends, entertain, etc. Some of the major platforms are: Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. According to Margaret Rouse, from Whatis.com,” Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration.” I agree with this statement. Social media is a part of our lives that may never go away.

When I was a child, many years ago, there was very few social media sites. Facebook was only for college students, twitter, and Instagram both hadn’t been established yet, and myspace was the thing to do for young teenagers like myself. I was all into social media back then, always updating my myspace top friends, keeping the best music on my profile, making sure my picture is on point, etc. I did these things because I had time to do these things, and I was able to leisurely spend my evenings checking up on different social media sites. When making sure no one would be mad at my top 5 friends list, that is the least stressful time in my life. Because now people expect so much more from you than just that. A lot of people ask for a lot, but give very little back in return. That is one reason I stopped messing around with a lot of social media, as well. Family I never talked to in my life would ask me for loans, and different favors. ‘Friends’ would feel like it would be necessary to post everything about our lives on social media. I am completely for Social Media, and this world we live in, but we must be very careful, because it can engulf us in the simplistic aspect of it. It is so simple to just unlock your phone, and check any social media site, post on any of them, and see what others are doing through their posts, so why wouldn’t you love to be on social media all the time? It is fun, until it starts affecting your real life. That is where this thing, Social Media,

Internet started 30 years ago on August 6, 1991 by the World Wide Web. However, the first social media came out roughly about 30 years ago. The name of it was Six Degrees and it was created by Andrew Weinreich on 1997. Six degrees had the capabilities of uploading a profile, making friends, and send messages with family or friends. Nevertheless on 2004, Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg, a 19-year-old who created the biggest social media that changed the world. Till this day, Facebook has reached up 2 billion users and still in counting. Nonetheless, most users are from their teens to mid-40s, that had the capability of spreading information across the globe setting a chain reaction that created and spread fake news. Fake news is easily spread though social media to large numbers of people who are willing to believe and share the fictional material. (Brennen 169-172) According to Gretel, “In the midst of a nationwide debate over the proliferation of fake news on social media sites – and, as one 2015 study by the Media Insight Project shows, at a time when nearly 9 in 10 Millennials regularly get news from Facebook – the numbers, at first glance, may point to a bleak, uninformed future.” Therefore, teens need to use social media to disintegrate some of the repercussion of news.

In this age of social media, we are constantly worried about being popular. We are driven by “likes,” “comments,” and “followers.” Not caring what our peers thought, our middle school selves posted anything and everything. Now, as seniors and having had access to social media for an abundance of years, we are far more cautious about what we post but not in the way you might imagine. Instagram is a resourceful tool but, if used incorrectly, could impair your social status.

Social media is slowly taking over the world. This is why when you say something online, no matter who you are talking to, be sure to comprehend what your saying before you say it. Social media allows users to insult, bully, and threaten others without any fear of punishment because your anonymous, and its easier to bully them on social media than in person. People who cyberbully deliberately uses online platforms to harm, humiliate and threaten others.

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.

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.

How much of your time is spent on a cell phone or computer daily? What percentage of that time is consumed doing things other than scrolling through your Instagram, twitter, and Facebook feed or snap chatting peers? Seventy three percent of wired teens use social media websites. We live in a society where social media dominates a vast majority of our life. Vanessa Lapointe, through a relatable series of emotional developments, targets teens and families caught up in social media to clearly inform them about the dangers of tech-based social apps, and the vitality of monitoring what we say, do, and like. Our actions, although they may seem immensely minuscule, have large implications.

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.

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.

As a child is growing up everything they are exposed to affects their personality and shapes them into their own persona. The schools they attend, the television shows they watch, and the people they are around can influence their ideology of the world and their place in it. Some people view social media as a good way to distract their children and keep them entertained, but children should not be allowed to spend their majority of their time on social media accounts. Some parents may argue that they should not shield their children from the “real world” but it is important to reduce the amount of social media children are exposed to in order to reduce prejudice, avoid cyberbullying, and reduce the amount of inappropriate content they are exposed to.

Ten million years ago, humans lived a simple life, worrying only about getting protection from wild animals and gathering food. With the invention of small tools, made from stone and other tangible resources, humans living in the Stone Age overcame their worries and led the way for not only mental, but technological advancement. Over time, the human race has become more educated and technological; however, in the last 100 years, humans have become concerned about insignificant matters and problems ranging from the type of phone to buy to how many likes an Instagram photo gets. Through the juxtaposition of the quality of life before and after the technological revolution, one can realize that the quality of life before the revolution was less-stressful, while the quality of life after was much more unpleasant and demanding. One aspect of technology which has contributed to the increase in anxiety and distress in humans is social media. Within the last 20 years, cultural critics of social media have argued that it creates a false sense of connection and contributes to decreased productivity among its users. Although social media aids in the greater access and exchange of online information, while connecting people socially, it does not enhance wellbeing because it inhibits people from meeting their basic needs by creating false realities and negatively affecting mental health.