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 …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
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 …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