Hiatt, Hannah. Mrs. Fingarson. English 11. March 13, 2017.

Social Media is affecting our society in a negative way. From being the number one cause of divorce, ruining people’s careers, and being a haven for teen suicides, many misfortunes arise due to social media. People may not notice its damaging side effects yet it is slowly but surely proving detrimental to all involved in the game. By taking a step back and maintaining self-control, any human being immersed in the frenzy of social media can enjoy its perks without getting caught up in the whirlwind of unfortunate events.

Social media sites have taken over our lives in the past years. Social media plays an important role in our life today. Whether it is good or bad, over the past years social media is a rising trend in the world today. Everyone use social media, young and old. It is hard to imagine that we did not have social medial until 10 years ago. I am interested in this topic because I myself use social media every day, I have seen good things happen to people through social media just as much as bad things. I found myself checking my twitter page and other peoples page without even thinking about it. Sitting behind a phone screen or computer can be fun but also bad. People communicate all day every day through email, texting, phone call, and of course social media. Social media has a great impact on people today than ever before. Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter are becoming the most visited sites on the internet. These websites and apps allow people to easily share location, pictures, link, and messages with other people. Social media is being accessed by parents, students, businesses. It is being used by many different people all around the world for many reasons.

In today’s technologically-driven world, you would be hard-pressed to find an individual who was not apart of social media. Facebook bolsters 1.4 billion users, roughly one-fifth of the entire world’s population. Instagram has 500 million daily active users. And according to data collected from a security app, which monitors how many times users activate or unlock their smartphones, average users check their phones 110 times a day. This equates to once every six or seven seconds. It’s easy to say that social media has become an integral part of our everyday lives. And although it has brought about many benefits, allowing us to easily connect with friends and family across the globe, has let us mobilize for a cause, and really communicate in

Everyday more and more people become conditioned to their social media. This has become a bigger problem in today’s society. The reason this is a bigger problem is because of the children who grow up with technology at a hand’s reach. They have no idea what happens in the real world when their devices are glued to their hands.People are becoming more and more addicted to social media.

Today technology has impacted society both positively and negatively by reducing face to face social interaction. Our cellphones allows us to post personal information, pictures, and post comments anonymously. Anything posted online can be seen by anyone at any given time, and can remain online forever. Social media has also became a distraction to both young teens and adults “Social media is a powerful procrastination tool” (Shah, 2016, para. 3). This quote explains how social media

Social media negatively affects our society today as it is slowly ruining our everyday lives. Is it really worth it? It has turned in to an addiction for people of all ages. Susan Tardanico states, nearly 93% of communication today are done so through nonverbal communications. Social media has rapidly transformed our traditional way of communication and relationships, because it has done so it is very difficult to cope that our so called private world is not really private anymore. It has such a negative effect on our society from friends, to work, and even families.

Social media is one of the largest industries in the world “there are more than two billion active social media users worldwide, representing a global penetration rate of 28 percent” (Bennet). Whether you like it or not it seems almost everyone in the United States is involved in some form of social media. While it has many positives such as increased communication and spreading of ideas, it also has several very annoying negatives:

In today’s time social media is major part of everyone’s daily life. For instance, “people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook” (Lawrence, 2012). This demonstrates that social media has a major influence on an individual’s life. Not only is social media having an influence over individuals, it is also influencing the way society communicates. For example, communication was once through phone calls or by mail, but now communication is being executed through various form of social media such as, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Tumbler, etc. In addition to social media being used for communication, smartphones are also contributing to this as well. Furthermore, smartphones can be used to access the web when there is no internet.

Social media is one of the most common ways for people to communicate anywhere and at any time in modern society. Some people think that it is beneficial to have in society. Although, many people are starting to see negative effects arise from the use of social media as well. These negative effects are increasing and becoming more problematic every day. The disadvantages of social media far outweigh the advantages. Social media effects everyone in society, especially teenagers by negatively impacting their lives, face-to-face interactions, and mental health.

Technology is used every day in almost every situation and by almost every man, woman, and child. Computers and cellphones have influenced our world staggering ways. The electronic device that we use in our homes, like our clocks, televisions, telephones are used as part of our daily lives. Even on our jobs and in our schools, technology has become resources that we use to make our lives more manageable in ways that we take for granted. But one of the most notable influences on society we encounter in modern time is social media. According to statistics, “the percentage of US population with a social media profile from 2008 to 2017. In 2017, 81 percent of U.S. Americans had a social media profile.” (U.S. Population With A Social Media Profile)

Today, social media is one of the most important things in our lives. For some people, food is just as important as the food and water that supplies our lives. It is now normal to see people using their smartphones, tablets, or laptops whenever and wherever they are. To be honest, that's their right to do what they want to do, but there are three major negative effects caused by the use of social media. too much to do with culture.

In 2017, Social media is widely used and known. From twitter to snapchat to facebook to YouTube. Social media is being used right now throughout the entire world for numerous different reasons. It can be argued that Social Media has many positive qualities like, connections, information, advertisement, as well as negative qualities such as cyberbullying, and image.

In the text “Not So Social Media,” Roxanne Henke gives her view on the way that social media is affecting behavior of people in real life social environments. It’s obvious that many people today use social media; Some would say that people use it too much. According to Manuel Castells in the article “The Impact of Internet on Society: A Global Perspective,” the number of social media users reached 1 billion by 2010, and has gone up drastically every year since. Henke uses personal experiences and

Social media in this day and age weighs heavy on our everyday lives. Society tends to spend way too much time on their mobile devices and computers on social media of all sorts including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. It can create unwanted problems in relationships, weight gain due to lack of physical activity, It may distract you for long periods of time without realizing it and delay you from real world responsibilities. Social media may be one of the biggest issues this society has. Another issue social media causes, it makes us lazy as a whole. We lose the ability to spell, use proper grammar, or even punctuation.

Users of social media can do many different things, they can make their own profile (making it viewable world-wide), “they can also instant message any other person that has that same social media site, and they may also look at other people’s profiles, including pictures and may also read all their personal information without their consent.” ("The Negative Effect of Social Media on Society and Individuals") However, there is a vast problem with the continuous use of social media. Users have become so addicted to the everyday use that the “real life social media” such as libraries, schools, post offices, parks, coffee shops, and so on have diminished in importance and are slowly being forgotten. To replace all the real-life ways to socialize we have in place social media sites such as: Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Myspace, and so on. Social media has become a tool of importance for humanity for both good and bad. So why should we be so concerned with all the disadvantages that can come along with over using social media? “Because we are losing interest in all the things that are supposed to bring us closer together and making us more isolated each day the more we rely on this tool. Children today cannot even imagine a world where there is no use of cell phones or social media. It has implanted itself into our world today.” (“How Social Media Has Changed Us: The Good and The Bad.” Return On Now, 5 Sept. 2014,