Persuasive Essay On Social Media

The consequences of social media usage among adolescents are prominent throughout the film, Generation Like. Generation Like is a PBS film that dives into adolescents' relationships with social media, empowerment, and online behavior. Social media impacts the way children socially develop. Around the ages of 9 to 11, children want to feel accepted and admired by friends as well as

We are dictated by social media. It’s controlling. It’s possessive. Yet, we haven’t even paused to realize it because as teenagers we don’t know any differently. With teens as the subject of example, it is clear that social media has become a way of life. So now there is a debate. What exactly is it that social media does to us? Is the teenage generation the first product of a world run by social media? Most importantly, is this a positive or negative thing for us? There are many different things to consider. With all factors in mind, the biggest question of all comes to mind. Since it first emerged, what has social media truly changed about today’s teen generation?

In the world of social media people from all over the world are able to connect. However, is this connection really good? Are strangers being able to view your every move ok? Why not social media? You as a social media user are in charge of what your audience is able to see, but at the age of 12 are you really capable of understanding this power and controlling it? Adolescents under the age of 18 should not be allowed to have a social media account, where they can encounter potentially dangerous and life threatening situations such as bullying, child molestation, and sex trafficking. The innocence and immaturity of a learning and growing child prevents them from understanding the potential online dangers they can encounter, such as

In the film, a company called "The Cool Hunters," searchers for trendsetters. They find teens that "look outside their backyard for inspiration" according to Dee Dee Gordon who is a Teen Market Researcher. These people go out, take pictures of trendsetting teens, and interview them while posting publicly their findings. In result, more and more teen's spot what is on these sites, almost mimicking what they see is cool. Once that happens, these trends no longer are considered genuine. Due to the trends posted publicly, teens are receiving a less than authentic experience. This type of researching and advertising corresponds with Douglas Rushkoff's argument on how teen market and media are fixed into a "giant feedback loop." The researchers

My personal thoughts on the impact of the social media by the PBS Frontline “Generation Like” video was very informative and showed how much I have been out touch with reality with the communication movement with today’s generation and how involved the social media plays a part in our lives. After carefully examining the video and looking back at past court cases, I believe the social media can be a double-edged sword for our adolescence teenagers. The media can either be positive or negative impact on our adolescence children. The video by PBS provided a transparent imagine how teens were able to accomplish a positive self imagine and fame on different social medias like Facebook, Twitter, and My Space to build their self confidence about themselves by communicating with their peers and on a global level of

Thesis: Stay in the present moment, don’t let yourself believe you’re going to forget a memory because you didn’t document it through social media.

Not only is most of the world on social media, but many of the users are addicted to it. Checking social media has become a habit and part of many people’s daily routines, especially teens. Most studies are based around teens, because they are the most frequent users. In fact of the ninety-five percentage of teenagers that are on the internet, eighty-five percent of them are on social media (Marwick and Boyd 1). With the colossal amount of new and ignorant users, there is bound to be a plethora of issues to surface. This brings a large factor of immaturity to the table, increasing the intensity of all issues. Wray Herbert, a journalist of psychological science, writes in his blog about the teenage brain that adolescents “lack judgment and the ability to weigh future consequences” (1). This basically means that they perform actions based on impulsivity, without thinking how it will affect themselves and others involved. Teenagers have a hard time controlling this behavior because they are at a time in their lives where they make mistakes and have to learn from them. The easy fix would be to just delete all your accounts, right? That is the theory that many people think is the answer; however, they are wrong and it can be easily disproved.

When you correlate social media with a tech-savvy young adult, you can assume technology takes up most of our lives in the not so healthiest way. One of the ways we communicate with technology is through social media. Social media is a platform used for interaction towards different audiences. In addition However, social media has countless different platforms in today’s world. It is an essential part in people’s lives. Shaping the future, social media continues to become the innovation as time goes on. The social media platforms I often use are Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. There are many benefits and reasons of social media platforms that explain why I use social media on a daily basis.

Social networking sites continue to grow and evolve as technology advances. People of all ages are using social media to communicate with friends and family. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and LinkedIn make it easy to keep up with the latest gossip, news, relationship status, trends, etc. While social media has its pro’s and con’s, it also has another huge concern that a lot of people don’t think about and that’s privacy risks. What some people don’t realize is that when they post on social media, it’s easily accessible even after the information has been deleted. Anyone who posts on social networking sites is at risk whether it’s from a computer or mobile device. Therefore, one must protect their privacy from hackers to avoid being a victim of identity thief and other cyber-attacks. While there are several ways to manage privacy, the most powerful way is in the hands of the user. With social networking being a part of our daily lives and easily accessible to everyone, it’s important for one to take the appropriate steps to protect their privacy and not allow social behavior to influence privacy protection. When you think about privacy protection, think of the three C’s; post with caution, click with caution and take control of your own privacy.

To begin with, in “Are we slaves to our online selves” of Jules Evans states “Growing up in today’s online world must be difficult, because the very adolescent experiment, every awkward mistake, is out there online, perhaps forever (503)”. I totally agree with the author, because today’s society is more concerned about becoming popular and famous rather than caring about the ones that surround them. Social media has become a big part of our generation’s lives, people now on days are more in their cellphones than with people, and it can be both harmful and disappointing. Social media has a negative effect, for example, kids/teenager are more expose to cyberbullying, effects on social skills and also compromise education.

As I watched Generation Like by Frank Koughan and Douglas Rushkoff, I noticed the teens were all of different race, background and social class. But one thing that they had in common was the strive to be accepted and liked by their peers. For example, Kaylie Lynch who is a sixteen-year-old who loves The Hunger Games and is recognized as a huge fan by the creators and her public social media, feels empowered by others noticing that she is associated with The Hunger Games just because one of the actors from the movie replied to her tweet. Another example is Taylor Oakley who started a YouTube channel after high school basically to have someone to talk to after all three of his best friends moved away to college. He felt that every view he had on his video was a friend he gained, a virtual friend that turned into real ones. The teens in Generation Like demonstrated the characteristics of Erikson’s Identity versus Role Confusion Stage.

teenage girl decided it would be acceptable to send a provocative photo of her to a guy that she had a crush on in school. Since Snapchat photos merely last a few seconds, she would send it to him on there. Only he will see it, she thought as she clicked the send button. Minutes later, she received a notification stating that he had taken a screenshot of her photo. The guy convinced the girl that the photo would only be viewed by him. The following day at school, the girl began to be harassed, and it seemed like everyone knew something that she did not. A teacher pulled her aside and advised the girl that she had seen a provocative photo of her on a number of students’ cell phones. That photo she thought would be safe was now set out in the open for everyone to see. Social media will never completely ensure one’s privacy. Once a photo is made public to the internet, it is out there somewhere forever. Snapchat, the social media app, provides a false sense of security and privacy for its users. Temporary photography is utilized via this application to communicate with others. When a photo is sent on Snapchat, the user has the control of the amount of time that the receiver can view the photo, one to ten seconds. Then, the photo disappears on the smart device, but the other person is able to screenshot that photo and do what they wish with it. After a photo is sent out to another person, the sender has no control of what is done with the photo. Snapchat is a hazardous social

The new generation is now using media as a form of socializing. Children use social media as a means to contact their friends, they use television as a way to relax, and kids play video games with their friends. Children are watching movies that are above their cognitive perception, and also playing video games that are rated above their age group. With all of the new media, it is starting to get hard to keep up. Cyberbullying has become an issue and violent video games have become normal.

Robin Henig and Maria Konnikova separately researched and wrote about the “millennial generation” and how different aspects are playing into the decline of maturation from adolescence into adulthood. Society around us changes every day which means the things you have to go through are different versus what other generations had to overcome. The world needs to take into account all of the ongoing norms that keep altering in generations today. Consequently, the technological world’s easy access to social media is what really needs to be focused on. Although social networking allows for great connections and even potentially expands your friend group, it is only causing a decline in social interaction around the world and in my opinion leading us as humans to more judgement, ridicule, and bullying. Moreover these acts of bullying are affecting Gen Y's adult years more than people are realizing, as it potentially results in psychological problems, wrong decisions, and even alters social interactions with others.

Every teenager hates when their parents relate back to their generation being in school and how it was so easy. The world needs to take into account all of the ongoing norms that keep altering in generations today. Society around us changes everyday which means the things you have to go through are different than what other generations might’ve had to overcome. Robin Henig and Maria Konnikova separately researched and wrote about this “millennial generation” and how different aspects are playing into the decline of maturation for adolescence into adulthood. Technologies easy access to social media today is what really needs to be focused on. Although social networking allows for great connections and even expands your friend group, Konnikova is right. Networking is only causing a decline in social interaction around the world and in my opinion leading us as humans to more judgement, ridicule, and bullying. The acts of bullying are affecting Gen Y's adult years more than people are realizing, as it potentially leads to psychological problems, wrong decisions, and even alters social interactions with others.