Social Media Literacy Persuasive Speech

How much time do people spend on a cell phone or computer daily? What percentage of that time is consumed doing things other than scrolling through Instagram, twitter, and Facebook feeds or snap chatting peers? Seventy three percent of wired teens use social media websites (CNN). We live in a society where social media dominates a vast majority of our life. Lapointe 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. By using scare tactics, Lapointe’s argument becomes not

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.

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

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.

I fondly remember the days when I was naïve enough to think that when someone went through the trouble of uploading a photo of a product into their Instagram account (or Facebook, or any other social media handle) it was because they actually, truly enjoyed using it (eating it, wearing it, you get my point).

“We don’t have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how we do it” (Qualman, n.d). According to Merrain Webster 1828, “social media is form of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messaging, and other online (such as video). Technology has involved into something that everyone can utilize effectively just by the swipe of finger or by pressing a single button. We don’t have to go the post office for hand written letter from families and friends abroad, but we can get them through simply opening a chat box online. However, social media has become the addiction to many young people today and even adults alike. We eat with your phones. We study and communicate with others on your various devices. We even go into the bathroom with our devices to ensure that we don’t miss a tweet, recent Instagram post or a WhatsApp message.

Ever since I was little and did not know how to do basic things like walk, talk or solve an algebraic equation. Naturally I would get discouraged and would not try to do it again. However, my parents effortlessly raised me, had encourage me to keep going. That I would get what I wanted if I put my heart into it. I’m not spoiled like Simon sinek would say we were raised with bad parenting skills.; my parents did not argue with my teachers over a stupid grade or to force me intro honors class room.

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.

In our technology growing world, we are confronted with exposing our privacy every second of the day. From as easy as taking pictures from an iPhone to downloading a game on the App Store, personal information, no matter how well one tries to hide, the material can be released for dozens to see. Honan writes, “iPhone shots can be automatically placed on a map… Clicking on them revealed photos of an apartment interior… Now I know where she lives” (3). When taking a picture, thinking of whether other people will see it somewhere else usually does not enter our brain. If the picture is not shared on any website then the picture should be safe, right? Wrong. From reading through Honan’s essay, he encounters several ways that our privacy is no longer private.

There have been students who have threatened other students online and in person, but most people are too scared to confront the situation, so they hide behind the screen and terrorize people just for the satisfaction. There have been teens sharing inappropriate photos online that should be banned right away, and could prevent and perverts from finding out where they might live or find out any other kind of private information they have no business knowing. Snapchat is an app that over 30 million users use on the daily. Little that adults may know, there is now a modification Snapchat has come up with allowing users to share their location. A little map will come up and show anyone who wishes to find out where they live or stay. This could be very dangerous, it could lead to someone being kidnapped, killed, or abducted. Your child could be on the amber alert just by one app with one setting on it. Teens need to be more careful with what they do/post online. A lot of us are unaware of the dangers that could happen at any time. Anything you post, once you post it, it’s going to be there forever. Even if you delete it just seconds after, it can never be unseen ever

If you haven’t heard, President Obama was in Hollywood yesterday. He traveled with his motorcade to Hollywood for a guest appearance on a late night TV show. Fans who were visiting the area got a big surprise that they will never forget. As for the locals, they are still grumbling over the traffic woes. Every time I see the motorcade I just smile in awe. Little American flags on the corners of the cars, police everywhere and patriotic music blaring. OK, technically the music is from my car, but it’s a good time to share a patriotic tune when the president drives by. I always wave as it’s possible he’s looking out the window wondering who is playing their radio way too loud in Los Angeles and I don’t want him to think it’s the other cars stuck

“Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome president-elected Donald Trump.” said the reporter on the news. The news made me think to me more than I thought it would. I looked at everything from Twitter to Facebook. I thought about all the things that influence news and social media. Everything that has mentioned about Trump and Clinton. There’s Trump saying how the media is inadequate and how they manipulate the truth. There’s Clinton, who the media likes to talk about her emails.

“The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.” -JR, a French artist. Social media and texting can decrease your social skills if all we do is spend time on social media and texting because if all we do is type and not talk we will slowly lose the ability to interact with each other. I challenge the decision to allow teenagers more access to social media and texting. Social media and texting can often cause distractions, lead to suicide, and loss of social skills amongst one another.

The persuasive speech I viewed was titled “Implications of Social Networking and Text messaging”, which I immediately was drawn to which looking for a video on YouTube. It caught my attention because I use social networking and texting every day as a form of communication and wanted to know what was so detrimental to doing so. During the entirety of the speech, the speaker stayed true to the title. He talked about the negative outcomes of using too much social networking and texting but made sure to be credible with facts, and fun statistics throughout.

Bob a young boy was in his room with a gun in his hand. He was debating on whether or not to commit suicide, due to the fact of people on social media making fun of him, his father opens the door.