Social Media And The Negative Effects On Teens

In the adaptive environment of technology and social media, quantifying exact usage of social media by adolescents remains fluid. However, the following statistics are staggering when considering the implications, 7.5 million children under the ‘required’ age of 13 have Facebook accounts, despite the terms of service agreement set forth by the social media network. In addition, on average, 11-18 year-olds spend 11 hours a day exposed to electronic media. (Shapiro)

Technology has caused too many teenagers to spend number amounts of their time on social media sites. Spending too much time of your cell phone causes you to miss out on opportunities.

Social Media has been a cause to many detrimental effects in teens and will continue on in the future. Models show off their “unattainable” body and flaunt it, surely causing envy in women that can’t get that body no matter how much they try. Media has its own way in showing what we could be, but what we're not seemingly mocking us. Teens will try and copy that image no matter how unhealthy or bad their choices are. The National Eating Disorder Association (2006) reported that in the past 70 years national rates of eating incidences of all eating disorders have dramatically increased across the board. This controversy erupted once everybody saw how "skinny" was admired and strived for it. Media has depicted the perfect woman to be someone

There are pros and cons with our new found social media way of life and how it affects our generation of teenagers. When looking at our daily routines having our social media tell a story of where we have been and what we have done. It lets us be ourselves and lets us post our accomplishments for the world to see, however, there is a flipside to this. Letting people online know what your location is and “checking in” wherever you leave the house leaves yourself vulnerable for unwanted people to find you. More and more you see teenagers who display signs of mental health like anxiety and depression triggered by what they follow on social media. They use social media as a way to judge their lives and how they look at themselves. There has been studies that even suggest that teenagers who use facebook can actually make you feel more lonely and even show signs of depression. Sometimes instead of getting outdoors or interacting

Social media has taken over our county. According a study done by Georgia State University in 2013 “around 50% of teens used social media sites the number grew dramatically from 25% in 2009.” Social media has both good aspects and bad aspects, social media allows you to connect with friends and family across the world, social media gives you a chance to create stronger relationships and to build new relationships. However, the drawback from using social media is that it doesn 't allow teens to have the real human interaction that you get when you talk to someone face to face. In addition, using social media demonstrated to spread untruthful, and sometimes personal information. There are some discussions about social media actually being positive, speaking from personal experiences I can see the both positive or negative effects of social media in

Recent studies have shown that 23% of teens say that they have been the target of a bully online, and getting bullied can lead up to teen depression. Another 15% said that they were the ones bullying other teens. Most teens sleep with their phones, and most don't go to bed when they’re told to, but some teens do. Because the blue light that comes from the phone is bad for some people's eyes, and most teens are sleep deprived of being on their phones too much at night. Some teens do nothing but go on their phones/social medias, “Kids ages 8 to 12, or teens, are spending about six hours in front of screens.” Yet again a lot of teens are really active and play sports. For those who aren't, most are getting or are obese from not doing anything the whole day, and just being on their phones. Social media can lead up to teen depression, loss of sleep, and it decreases in physical fitness.

After being asked an important question of how social media affects teenage kids lives, I went in to doing my research. One article stated, “41% say they are ‘addicted’ to their mobile devices, and 36% say they sometimes wish they could go back to a time when there was no Facebook,” (Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives, 2013). Teens are too attached to their mobile devices and the outcome has proved it. Facebook has a more negative effect on teenager’s lives because they lack physical connections, miss out on experiences, and no longer hold the quality in friendships.

The use of social media has been around for years and has a tremendous impact on the world and today's generation. The use of social media has changed the world and lives in different ways and affects people differently. People use the media for different things some examples are promoting businesses , clothes , makeup , anything really. As social media grows and exposes the world to different things this can cause negative outcomes , especially towards the teenagers. The phrases " sex sales" or the terms " body shaming" are very real and true. Nowadays social media praises the sex appeal the use of " public figures" on Instagram and Snapchat , Twitter etc . using bras and bralettes as tops and ripped jeans that tear all the way up to the inner thighs. A well as glorifying a specific body type as a message of this is what we are suppose to look like or you will not be accepted in society. Causing them to constantly feel the need to compare themselves and try their hardest to become something they are not. The media has such an impact on the lives of teenagers promoting anxiety and causing teens to fall into teenage depression.

Most teenagers have cell phones that they use for large portions of the day. Yet we do not know what they could be doing on there. Social media has a huge impact on someone’s life when it comes to Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and ect, however a lot of it is negative. The social media platform is enormous and still expanding every second, almost every kid has some platform of social media. Kids as little as five have some social media accounts! What the older generation grew up with and this generation now are way different. Social media has a negative influence on society because it is a platform for bullying, can lead to poor grades and puts your safety at risk.

After they have been exposed to the dazzling world of the internet, teenagers tend to live their lives in full view to their online audience. They have been “checking-in” their locations online, posting personal affairs on their social media walls, and sharing their selfies to let people know where they are and what they are up to. For some people and experts from different generations, the idea of doing all these things seems to be odd. One of these experts is Sherry Turkle, MIT professor and psychologist, who studies the opportunities and challenges associated with our digital connectivity. Turkle, in the Tedtalk “Connected, But Alone?” claims that the technological devices, that have been recently invented, have a psychological power that makes their users do things that only few years ago were very strange and unusual (02:20). Although that the social media has brought a new type of interaction with others into our lives, it made many users, especially the teenagers, be less confident about their own identities, and it reduced their interpersonal relationships with other people around them.

They reflect their lives differently from their real life because of desire of popularity in social media. With that lying is becoming a habit. The young people who have not formed social identity easily express themselves with social media. They talk shamelessly and easily convey ideas. They try to be popular in social media to show that they are not alone. They want to have what they see in social media. The things they see in social media cause young people to feel insufficient. For example, when they see a sportsman who has photographed in the gym, they want to see themselves in the same way as they are. The girls learn artificial beauty by not admiring themselves as they see the popular people who make up. Young people become narcissists with social media. The characteristics of people with narcissism cannot tolerate unilateral hearing, selfishness, breaking rules, and criticism. What is the relation between of social media and narcissism? Narcissists often change situations to show themselves, constantly uploading their own photographs, showing everyone their own views. They do not accept criticism. They have a lot of self-confidence. The narcissists have arrogance in their attitude and behaviour. As AJ Agrawal

Social media sites are described as rapidly growing platforms of user-generated content: digital images, videos, and blogs. They encompass a vast majority of contemporary websites and serve as a place to divulge in interesting discussion, reconnect with past friends or family, and even serve as footholds for important parts of one’s life through posted content. Social media sites are sitting on their throne in the fast-paced world of instant communication. However, it is also for this reason of mass communication that bring about the detriments of social media. They can often influence younger minds, specifically teenagers, into partaking in drug abuse through several forms. It is an unfortunate fact that teenagers are exposed to this type of social peer-pressure daily, through a variety of sources such as their favorite music artists. In fact, most modern day “rappers”, consistently post self-glorifying images of themselves smoking marijuana. The social environment of open drug use and advertising on social media sites plays a major component in the recent trends of drug abuse present in teenagers aged 12-17 in the United States through various influences.

Social media is a booming new-age industry. With billions of active users, and billions more in ad revenue, it's safe to say that social media is here to stay. This seemingly economically beneficial platform could be detrimental to today's and future generation's to come youth. Social media is harmful to the adolescent mind.

Kids of all ages now in days are exposed to technology which scares us all. Although many parents worry that their preschoolers or younger kids are being harmed by this kind of exposure, the kids most affected by technology now in days are teenagers or adolescents. Social media has become so vital to teenagers; consequently, promoting anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and an unexplainable amount of cyber-bullying.

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 time 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.