Social Media Negatives

According to the Pew Research Center, “41% of social media-users have experienced at least one negative outcome as a result of using a social networking site.” In this article, Norton uses logos, pathos, and ethos to explain his standpoint to his audience. Logos are used when Norton brings up the legal issues of social media such as privacy concerns. Bringing the reader into Norton’s own personal experiences of abuse and name-calling uses pathos. Finally, ethos are used indirectly in the article due to the fact that Norton is a writer and has experience with social networking and the negative impact it can have. Norton uses logos, pathos, and ethos by establishing evidence and logical points in his article to persuade his audience against using social networking.

The age group that uses social media the most is 12-17 but the majority of people who use it all together are under the age of 30. 42% of adults online use social media and 97% of teens online use social media. Three in four teens access the internet on cell phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Ironically, even though it is called social media, it actually causes a lot of people to become less connected with other people in real life. Steven Strogatz of Cornell University says “ social media sites can make it more difficult for us to distinguish between the meaningful relationships we foster in the real world, and the numerous casual relationships formed through social media. By focusing so much of our time and psychic energy on these less meaningful relationships, our most important connections will weaken.” What this means is that we spend a lot of our time and energy online trying to create relationships with people online that distracts from real life people and social situations. Sure, social media is good for connecting

As technology editing tools have become easier to use, many people have felt obligated to go on a photoshop epidemic every time they share an image to the world of social media. In a pervasive world where images of unrealistic standards fuel over the media on how one should look, social media has one of the most significant impacts in body dissatisfaction in today’s society. Throughout the last decade, social media has become one of the most common and favored ways for people to communicate, connect, and share. Thus, there have been many debates and discussions on whether social media has a positive or a negative impact in the way an individual perceive themselves. With the rapid growth and rise of smartphone usage among adolescents and young adults, social media outlets have become an essential part of one’s daily life. Today, when adolescents and young adults turn on their smartphones, often times, the first thing they will refer to is a social media site. It has become a place where they are exposed to news, images, and expectations. Thus, often times, these images, ideals, and expectations are ingrained in their brain and bombarded with what is considered to be beautiful in today’s society. Moreover, these unrealistic standards will often lead to a form of comparison, influencing them to take extreme measures. Although social media serves as a platform where people can connect, communicate, and share, it has a negative impact on one’s body image because it can lead to a

Social media is used daily and we spend too much time on it. Truong (2017), a Health News Writer for Refinery29 has said, Teen females that spend just 30 minutes or more on social media daily have a negative view about their body image. The photos posted on social media are unrealistic and make females feel bad about themselves. Social media like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter puts a lot of pressure on young females to look perfect and if they do not then they are not attractive. Some female teens will start a diet and even develop an eating disorder to look like the females in the media. Females teens spend too much time on social media causing them to have a negative view about their body image and we need to help them have a positive view about their bodies.

Have you ever wondered how life would be without social media? Would we be able to maintain communications with family, friends, and co-workers? Without social media, how could we impact the world and influence people? Would it be possible to unite people in times of need? There are many questions about what kind of impact social media has on the world. People are always trying to assess the impact of social media on society. “Social media remains new enough to receive credit and blame for a lot of things- good and bad- that are frequently overblown” (Lowrey). I’m arguing that social media makes a positive change on the world, because it connects people together, enables influence, and helps unite people in times of need.

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:

Social media is used as a tool to talk to loved ones and friends to make us feel close to them, but it has been shown that social media has the exact opposite effect. It's makes some people feel alone, while other people live it up in trash cans with their egos as big as Rockefeller’s network. Common sense seems to dictate that it would be smarter to not put so much value on one photo, but in the memories that those photos hold, but, nowadays people only care about the photos, not memories. Its result is a generation filled with young kids suffering with mental health problems.

This just in...”Suicide Number Seventeen in the Town of No Hope…”, “County School Teacher Charged with Identity Theft…”, “Sixteen Dead After High School Massacre.” These headlines clearly demonstrate a self fulfilling prophecy of humanity’s magnitude of failures. Negative events occur. The media promotes these events, which in turn creates situations where these events are likely to recur. Unfulfilled desires are a direct result of the idealized and glorified life displayed through media. One’s treasured privacy is destroyed through networks ability to persuade and provide information. Laws are broken in relation to the media's glamorization of violent crime. Thus, excessive and uncontrolled devotion to social networking has detrimental effects on people.

Living in a very technology  based world can pose both negative and positive consequences. Some negative consequences can be children looking up to social media celebrities  that are not good role models, and some positive factors may include computer based programs to help better children’s education. I will be talking about both negative and positive Sociocultural  Factors in society ,and how we can potentially better the circumstances at hand.

Peer pressure is an incredibly widespread issue in today’s society, and can have many significant and long lasting effects. Social media plays a huge toll in this major topic. Humans can influence others to do things that they shouldn’t do. Peer pressure can cause many bad things such as drugs, sexting ,alcohol, and gang joining.

Every night Charlene texts her best friend who she usually talks to all day. Charlene just downloaded the new version of IOS 9 on her brand new iPhone 8; a leather case, new screen protector, and front-facing camera were included to ensure all her virtual communication needs. Unfortunately, the blue pine at the front of her house snapped as forty miles an hour wind rushed from the north. The magnificent beast slowly descended onto the electric power line, which caused a blackout within every house on the block. Lights go out and nobody can communicate except the family members in that household; however, without the social media realm, Charlene finds herself crying, not from the darkness, but the loneliness that encircles her. Isolation becomes an extremely possible realization because of the constant virtual communication. As hundreds of millions of smart phones create an online social network, there may be disturbances happening within the offline physical world. Most teens and adolescents are increasingly involved with the digital universe; this creates problematic barriers. Growth of an individual depends on many specific factors in daily life. Negative aspects of media, including change in physical well-being, social skills, and brain development ultimately create a decreased quality of life for the user.

Social networking has revolutionized our world, but has aroused many difficulties. CNN says, “teens spend 9 hours a day...consuming media” and “girls spending about an hour and a half a day on social media and boys a little under an hour”. Teens are so caught up socializing with friends on Instagram or checking the feed, that they have forgotten how to properly talk to anyone they meet in public. Teens are having trouble distinguishing between a true friendship and a fake one. While social networking is easy, teens are having trouble balancing their “in person” conversations and online conversations. In addition, many teens find posts about events they weren’t invited to, causing a sense of exclusion. Pewinternet.org says, “the bulk of teens (42%) saying it happens occasionally and just 11% saying it happens frequently.” about finding post about uninvited events. Teens also have to think carefully about what they post, so they can get the best reaction from friends or a certain number of likes. This results in a vast waste of time and unnecessary stress pertaining to a simple matter.

In modern society, there are multiple types of social media to fit the needs and technological strengths of its user. These applications and web programs help people see their peers’ and idols’ lives and accomplishments firsthand. Companies use social media to promote their merchandise and sales. Family members can interact with younger relatives through video chatting applications, watching them grow up while living thousands of miles away. However, social media is not always the best tool for connecting people. Pre-teens and teenagers who refrain from using social media, specifically Instagram, are sheltered from cyberbullying, pedophilia, and unnecessary alcohol information, all of which may or may not be age-appropriate.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat are just a few social media websites and applications that have transformed the World Wide Web. Social media is defined as websites or applications that allow online users to produce and share content. Of the 7.6 billion global population, 2.46 billion of them actively use social media. Many use social networking to stay in contact with others and access information more quickly. Although the proposed reasons for social media use appear positive, they present many negatives. One should limit his or her social media use due to its damaging impact on today's youth and spreading of false information.

Like most of my peers I related to the article, “Social Media Is Changing How College Students Deal With Mental Health, For Better Or Worse,” heavily. The article explained, in detail, how social media can affect the mental health of a first year college students. I agree with this article to an extent. I also think social media affects not only people my age, but younger generations as well.