Social Media 's Impact On The Lives Of Teenagers And Young Adults

Social media, it has taken the lives of everyone who has heard it over the years from teens to adult and changing the life of everyone. But, has social media been harming the minds of the new generations? Being in a world where social media is available to approximately everyone, many have been affected negatively by social media.

Bing! Chloe, Andie’s friend, texted her wanting to know if they can hang out later. They then proceed to talk about their day and all of the juicy middle school gossip going around. Most teenagers would concur that this is “the norm” nowadays. Teenagers find talking in person or on the phone too intimidating and as a result, find themselves challenged when trying to form new relationships.

Older generations don’t realize how much technology has affected this generation of teenagers, along with the social media that comes along with the technology. As stated in “How Social Media Changed Teens’ Lives Forever”; “Negative posts or comments also can do great damage to a teen’s self-esteem.” (Ashley Black, Thomas Atseff and Colleen Kaveney) While many parents think social media is just a way to connect with others, many teenagers take it for granted. For example, “quitting social media because it made her miserable and obsessed with appearing perfect online”, is what a teenager felt about social media and what it has done to her. Though many think that social media is a great way to connect, teenagers take it to another level.

Howard, Levine, Davis, and Peek (2003) found that young people increasingly use the Internet to get health information. Teens were more likely to approach health issues at a better angle when they were able to conduct the research themselves. They were also more likely to talk to others, including their

While some young people utilize technology to create great content such as music, literature, or coding, it has created a budding effect of a generation that is obsessed with consumption. The truth is the majority of youth’s time has been excessively dedicated to passive activities like watching tv or online videos, gaming and scrolling through social media. According to Common Sense Media, when it’s summed up America’s youth is using an average of 6 hours of media daily, not counting for school or homework. That is a massive chunk stolen from a child’s day and the effects can be extremely damaging. It is leading the young generation of today to become overstimulated, over-scheduled and under pressure to perform both academically and beyond

Today’s society of young Americans are concerned with social media and the trends that are presented, but what makes something a trend? In the past couple of years, it seems like in order for something to be a trend white people have to like it and make it popular. The media portrays to everyone in America that these trends were originated or even inspired by white people, but this isn’t true. A lot of the trends that are happening are actually from black people whether it’s black people’s facial features, appearance or hairstyle. The trends today represent cultural appropriation by offending black people and taking credit for these trends. However, white people think trends are innocent and don’t understand why they can’t do the same things

The rapid growth of technology in our society has become more dominant than it was in the 17th and 18th century. Today, technology is used for almost everything in our day to day lives. But the most common usage of technology is for communication and industrialization. However, every good thing has its disadvantage if it is over used, and since technology has become very dominant, it is used by both young and older people but more predominant among the youth of the today. Even more, technology has brought about social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, my space, piazza.com, instagram, tango, and last but not the least texting. According to socialnetworking.procon.org, “47% of American adults used social networking sites like

Youth today use the internet as their main source of sexual health information. According to a survey of American teenagers between 13-18 years of age, 84% turn to the internet to search for answers to a health problem. Amongst teenagers that use search engines to seek health information, fifty percent say they typically merely click on the first site that comes up, and only go additionally if they still have concerns. However, studies indicate that 55 to 90% of the sexual health sites consisted of wrong or misleading information.

Social media nowadays become a huge part of young adults’ life, where according to the report that 90 percent of young adults are using social media (Vaterlaus, Barnett, Roche, & Young, 2016, p. 594). The high usage of social media platforms calls for more research (Vaterlaus et al., 2016, p. 594). As mentioned before, this writer is planning to study individuals who use Snapchat app as their way to fame, in order to answer this research question why some Snapchatters are famous and have a huge number of followers regardless of what kind of contact they provide to their audience.

How does social media usage by teenagers and young adults affect academic performance, attitude towards school, and concept of identity?

At any given time of day, anyone can access an abundant amount of information at the click of a button. Men, women, kids, teenagers, adults and even the elderly are learning how to use the internet to their advantage. Among all the benefits the internet has provided to us, online communication has proven to be the most beneficial. Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have made it easy for everyone to stay in contact with each other. Regardless of how far apart a family member or friend is, everyone is just one click away. If someone is not having a good day, they can share their feelings with everyone in a matter of seconds. These social networking sites have become quite popular among adolescents. They allow teens to stay more connected with their friends outside of school. Now teens have become more obsessed with their friends Facebook or Twitter status than engaging in outdoor activities like football or

In todays day and age technology and social media has made it easier for us to communicate with family and friends. However there is the select few who have used it as a domain to express their negative views towards one another. Which over time can make the victim feel vulnerable, exposed, powerless and dissatisfied with who they are . When all of these elements combine this can lead to teen suicide, assault or even worse, murder. Which can seriously impact a community and the Queensland Police Force.

Social media plays a huge role in the lives of teenagers as well as young and older adults. It was reported that 60% of all 13-17 year olds worldwide have at least one social media profile, and spend more than two hours a day updating their social networking site. In fact, I see this playing out right now all around us. When we grew up, we were always outside playing in the street with our friends, but now younger kids are online talking to their friends instead. The main reason for teenagers to use social media is to connect with friends, sharing self expression such as artwork, music, photos, and views. I know multiple people who post videos of themselves singing, or pictures of their artwork to display their talent and share it with not only their friends but hoping to get noticed one day by a talent agent. Using social media at this age could benefit a teenager’s social connections with peers whether they are from school, teams, clubs, church, or family members that they don’t get to see as often as they would like. It also could help a teenager develop a self identity, and express who they truly are (AACAP, 2011).

Recent reports suggest that about one in four adolescents have used the Internet to access health information in the last year. Health and wellness related websites have a powerful influence on the attitudes and behavior of young people. The massive amount of health information available online is astounding. Using

Some of the top benefits of social media over the years are that it is free to anyone, the content can get out to resources virtually immediately, and it can be delivered to a wide variety of people. For these reasons, communication through social media has become an extremely accessible and convenient way to communicate. It is also popular for those who need to be in contact with others. One example that comes to mind is a teenager who goes away on a trip to visit a friend or family. They can be hundreds of miles away but still talk to their parents as if they weren’t. Another example is a person who is shy and has a hard time making friends face-to-face, social media sites are a great way to meet people and build relationships.