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Prompt VH730325 | Teenage Social Media Use | Response ID : 14990589

The use of social media has never been as high as it is today. All manner of people are using social media from the elderly to children. But the majority of users come teenagers, and this has caused many parents to grow worried. They worry cause they dont know who there child might be talking to and worry if their children are actually socializing. So now people believe that social media is not benefiting their children in anyway. But other believe that the use of social media does hold many benefits for teens.

Professor Sherry Turkle, she has studied a large group of teens, and how

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