Antisocial Networking

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In the articles “Antisocial Networking?” written by Hilary Stout, and “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such A Bad Idea” written by Melissa Healy are about social media and how who you shouldn’t worry about, and how you shouldn't use as much as we do.

First, the authors of these articles believe the opposite things For example,”Children used to actually talk to their friends(Healy).” This shows that she is against people using their electronics to communicate instead of talking face to face. Also that they probably didn’t have electronics when she was growing up so she doesn't understand as much.

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