Persuasive Essay On Social Media

Social media has been a topic of debate for years. Some people are strongly against any use of it while others like the instant connection it provides. A major concern over social media is the lasting effects it has on teenagers. Social media can affect teenagers through many ways including things like their self-esteem. Cyberbullying is a raging topic of discussion centered around teens social media use. It can also effect their people skills and create a lack of community involvement. Some parents think that watching what their children do on social media is an invasion of privacy but is your concern for their privacy greater than your concern for their safety? Social media poses a great danger to today’s children. It can affect many aspects of their lives.

Social media has led many benefits. For example, people are able to spread awareness about mental illness, connect with support groups, and expand searches for research participants. However, users of social media may unknowingly spread false information. Social media also has other drawbacks, which include decreases in-person interactions and increases in cyber-bullying. Children are now have the availability to access a vast amount of information through social media, but the responsibly of having a social media account may be beyond their developmental age abilities. Therefore, the vast increase and interest in social media may lead to researchers investigating human behaviors while noting differences among groups. Additionally, researchers will likely investigate how to assist parents in maintaining appropriate boundaries with social media while remaining safe. From a prevention viewpoint, educating parents and teachers about talking to children about proper use of the internet may be a practical

Children are often seen as immature and incapable of making good decisions, and therefore are thought to not be able to have social media. While there may be some truth to that, we must keep in mind that they are only as mature as they are raised to be. A news story released in 2011 talks about a 13 year old girl who was abducted by a 46 year old man she had met online who she believed to be 15 years old. It was later released that both her mother and her father had no clue that she was even on the social media site where she met the man and had never even cared to check up on her activities since they were hardly ever present in her life anyways. Because she was never raised to know any better, this horrible incident occurred. While this does occur rarely to

It’s no coincidence that a 16-year-old teenage girl, who thought she was meeting with her teenage pen pal, met with a 43-year old man and came up missing the next morning. It’s also no coincidence that a 13-year-old homosexual boy, who was constantly harassed with cruel messages online, hung himself last night. CNN reports that teenagers in the US spend approximately nine hours on social media a day. That’s over 250 total hours of average social media usage a month! Meanwhile, within the countless hours that the typical teenager spends online, it only takes one second for trouble to transpire. The large amount of time that teenagers spend online paired with the millions of users on major networks leave the door for social media abuse wide open.

In recent years the world has become very accepting; some might even go as far as to say overly accepting to the convenience of social media. There are a number of different applications, and websites that are available to us for example: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and Pinterest to name a few. These different venues provide a means of communication, reconnecting with long-lost friends and family, networking for business, as well as it is an outlet for self-expression. But just like anything else that is put to good use; there are those who abuse these privileges. More often than not it is the children how suffer from the misuse of having the World Wide Web so easily available to all. With the emergence of catfishing, privacy intrusion, and cyber bullying; children are facing some serious dangers. The minimum age to open an account on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Kik, and Snapchat is 13. For Vine, Tinder and Yik Yak it 's 17. YouTube requires account holders be 18, but a 13-year-old can sign up with a parent 's permission. Despite these clearly stated and published age restrictions, large and growing numbers of children 12 and under are using social media networks, often with their parent 's knowledge and consent. (Graber, D. 2014). This essay is being presented to argue the need for better reinforcement of age restrictions on social media.

Many children get cyber bullied. Several children also do not tell their parents what is happening in their life. Some may not think it is a serious matter. Others receive threats that make them not want to tell anyone.

In recent years the world has become very accepting; some might even go as far as to say overly accepting to the convenience of social media. There are a number of different applications, and websites that are available to us for example: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and Pinterest to name a few. These different venues provide for us a means of communication, reconnecting with long-lost friends and family, networking for business, as well as it is an outlet for self-expression. But just like anything else that is put to good use; there are those who abuse these privileges. More often than not it is our children how suffer from the misuse of having the World Wide Web so easily available to all. With the emergence of catfishing, privacy intrusion, and cyber bullying; children are facing some serious dangers. The minimum age to open an account on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Kik, and Snapchat is 13. For Vine, Tinder and Yik Yak it 's 17. YouTube requires account holders be 18, but a 13-year-old can sign up with a parent 's permission. Despite these clearly stated and published age restrictions, large and growing numbers of children 12 and under are using social media networks, often with their parent 's knowledge and consent. (Graber, D. 2014) This essay is being presented to argue the need for better reinforcement of age restrictions on social media.

Many social media apps like Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram are used today. There are many children at age 6-12 who use social media. Social media can be a dangerous place to be in. Is it appropriate for children? No, because there is negative, inappropriate, and cruel things on them. From violent videos, to adult films, to inappropriate language. Children at that age should not be using social media. As of today, many children are getting bullied, kidnapped, and murdered. It is unbelievable how many innocent children have been treated. It is sad, this is why children should not be using social media. It will take them to an incorrect path or lose their life.

In today’s generation kids as young as 6 years old have phones! As kids begin to grow up they learn more about the internet. Kids start to learn more about Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and many more social media sites. The question that many people ask is “Should kids have social media restrictions?” Kids should have social restrictions because one it can lead to bullying at a young age, it can lead to depression, and it can also lead to lack of sleep. There are many arguments in the world today about this very topic. About 3 million kids are absent from school due to online bullying.

The world has changed dramatically since the creation of social media sites around the year 2000. Today, people communicate face to face or on the telephone less frequently. Fewer individuals obtained knowledge or information through books, newspapers, or television. With the creation of social media sites like Facebook, society has moved into the digital age where information and communication are just a quick click or search on our phones. Children born after 2000 will only know of a world with social media, a primary example being Facebook. One in seven people have a Facebook page and one of every four minutes on the internet is on Facebook. Left unchecked, Facebook can have grave consequences on a teenager’s physical, psychological, and social development and can lead to cyberbullying.

Nobody likes you, you’re ugly, man you are fat, you’re annoying, and maybe everyone would be better off if you just killed yourself. Those words sound harsh, don’t they? Although these words are harsh, they are some of the most commonly phrases used by people who cyberbully. These words or phrases are ones that most people wouldn’t say to a person’s face, but they have no problem posting them online hiding behind a screen. Many kids or adults will say whatever they want if it is online, they are much braver then they would be in person and they don’t have to look into the faces of the people they are speaking to. Schools, parents and lawmakers need to do more in order to stop cyberbullying, so people understand what it really means

Kids today spend an average of 7 hours a day on social media,“At ages 7 to 11, children are still thinking very concretely, and they haven’t yet developed the ability to consider hypothetical situations,” explains Lisa Strohman, Ph.D. So an 8 year old girl posting a video about how to do her hair is just thinking, ‘My friends will see this and it will be great!’ She can’t take that next step and think about who else might watch that video and write mean comments or even repost it and use it to sell hair products.” Children under the age of 13 should not be using social media because it damages not only the person they are but also the brain.

With the economy the way it is today, most parents have to work. So how do we protect our teens when it comes to social media? They use text, snapchat, and an array of apps that can cause a plethora of issues. Teenagers do not always make the best choices when they use social media which often puts them in unsavory positions with the individuals that they have shared with. The encounter everything from bullying to suicide because technology has invaded every part of their lives. Instead of the bullies being at school they are now in the homes of vulnerable kids. It’s times for parents to take a stand, educate, and hope that we can get through to these kids so that we can stop the damage that is being caused.

As if advertisements were not bad enough, the sites that these adolescents go to from the Internet can be just as dangerous and influential. Social media sites can be used for anything from finding long-lost friends to organizing business plans making plans with friends. However, for the younger generations, social media sites are used for dangerous, harmful, and unbecoming ways. Adolescents have been known to do many inappropriate things on social media sites such as cyberbullying, looking up adult content, and taking part in child pornography. Although most social media sites have age limits, it is not very difficult for children under this specific age to lie in order to be permitted to access the content.

I’ve decided to take this step and come out of my comfort zone to discuss and explain my experiences, both positive and negative, around social media platforms and their effect on young people’s minds. But before I dive deeper into my discussion, let me ask you one questions. Do you really know what your children are being exposed to online? Now you’re probably looking at me and wondering how a 16 year old has the audacity (some of you may call it stupidity) to stand here in front of you to discuss my ideas and experiences of and with social media. Most of you may be uncomfortably aware that your children are significantly more knowledgeable and interested in the 24 hour online culture than you may be and this is something I want to explore with you today.