Today, over 76% of teenagers use social media and 94% of teens check their phone daily. Tennagers sepnd too much time with and on their phones. This causes them to miss real life connections, it can lead to think poorly about themselves, and it gives them a feeling that they have a lot of true friends on social media when in fact they don’t. Technology seems to be connecting us but it’s separating and isolating us more than it’s doing any form of good.
To begin with, technology is hurting us by making us miss out on really good real life friendships we could be making. Writer Lauren Tarshis of the Scope Magazine article Is Technology Killing Our Friendships? Says,” Other experts, however, warn that too much online communications can get in the way of forming deep friendships...If we are constantly checking in with our virtual world, this leaves little time for our real world relationships.” This tells how we spend way too much time looking at our phones instead of looking for a real physical friend that we can do things with or to talk to. Writer Alison Stevens, writer of the article Social media: What’s not to like? Social media can boost teens’ self-esteem — or foster depression, also talks about this issue. Stevens says,”They can feel cut out of social interactions. They may feel judged.” This tells the huge impact of social media. Kids won’t want to things for the fear of being judged like they can be on social media. And finally, writer Rachel Ehmke form the Child Mind Institute, who wrote the article How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers, says this about the topic,” For one thing, modern teens are learning to do most of their communication while looking at at a screen not another person.” Most teens have learned to chat over social media instead of in the real world which hurts them because they won’t have anyone to talk to when they are troubled and are in need of talking to someone. The second example of technology hurting us is that social media and excessive phone usage leads to unhappiness and depression. …show more content…
Stevens from Science News for Students says,”Calling these behaviours drama ‘is a way for teens to avoid the language of bullying’...such hurtful interactions can lead to depression.” This tells that we like to ‘cover’ up bullying by giving it a different name. It still has the same effect as regular bullying and that can lead to people thinking poorly about themselves. Tarshis from Scope says,”Rosen also worries that some kids mistake the ‘friends’ on their social media feeds for true friends.” Kids and people can be bullied so much easier because you don’t see the person’s physical being. This can lead to people turning to fals friends to talk and being shut down by them making that person feel more isolated than before. Finally, Ehmke from the Child Mind Institute says,” It’s also surprisingly easy to feel lonely in the middle of all that hyperconnection. For one thing, kids now know with depressing certainty when they are being ignored.” Being ignored is really hard for anyone. It can lead to people blaming themselves and thinking poorly and to know if you are being ignored only confirms that awful feeling you have. Finally, technology is invasive in our
To begin with, technology is hurting us by making us miss out on really good real life friendships we could be making. Writer Lauren Tarshis of the Scope Magazine article Is Technology Killing Our Friendships? Says,” Other experts, however, warn that too much online communications can get in the way of forming deep friendships...If we are constantly checking in with our virtual world, this leaves little time for our real world relationships.” This tells how we spend way too much time looking at our phones instead of looking for a real physical friend that we can do things with or to talk to. Writer Alison Stevens, writer of the article Social media: What’s not to like? Social media can boost teens’ self-esteem — or foster depression, also talks about this issue. Stevens says,”They can feel cut out of social interactions. They may feel judged.” This tells the huge impact of social media. Kids won’t want to things for the fear of being judged like they can be on social media. And finally, writer Rachel Ehmke form the Child Mind Institute, who wrote the article How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers, says this about the topic,” For one thing, modern teens are learning to do most of their communication while looking at at a screen not another person.” Most teens have learned to chat over social media instead of in the real world which hurts them because they won’t have anyone to talk to when they are troubled and are in need of talking to someone. The second example of technology hurting us is that social media and excessive phone usage leads to unhappiness and depression. …show more content…
Stevens from Science News for Students says,”Calling these behaviours drama ‘is a way for teens to avoid the language of bullying’...such hurtful interactions can lead to depression.” This tells that we like to ‘cover’ up bullying by giving it a different name. It still has the same effect as regular bullying and that can lead to people thinking poorly about themselves. Tarshis from Scope says,”Rosen also worries that some kids mistake the ‘friends’ on their social media feeds for true friends.” Kids and people can be bullied so much easier because you don’t see the person’s physical being. This can lead to people turning to fals friends to talk and being shut down by them making that person feel more isolated than before. Finally, Ehmke from the Child Mind Institute says,” It’s also surprisingly easy to feel lonely in the middle of all that hyperconnection. For one thing, kids now know with depressing certainty when they are being ignored.” Being ignored is really hard for anyone. It can lead to people blaming themselves and thinking poorly and to know if you are being ignored only confirms that awful feeling you have. Finally, technology is invasive in our