Social Networking If you’ve ever had your phone placed beside you when doing homework, you know that it is very distracting and you feel the need to check up on your social media every couple minutes. “74% of American adults online use social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, as of January 2014, up from 26% in 2008” (Kiesbye 1). Social networking is increasing rapidly worldwide and it has become a controversial issue. Many ask if social networking is positive or negative for today’s society. Even though social networking may provide educational benefits and improve communication; it is negative in our society because people do not realize that what they put online can be seen by everyone, there
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People support this viewpoint because education is expanding with technology. For example, many schools now provide students with chromebooks, tablets, iPads, etc as a learning tool for easy access for research, communicating with teachers, and doing other interactions in class. Many acknowledge that social networking is an easy way to keep in touch with people you don’t get to see often to keep updated with their lives. Of course there are positives to every solution, however in this case there are more negatives demonstrated in social networking. Of course there are educational benefits, but social networking is more distracting than beneficial. Students can go online, play games, and watch videos on these chromebooks, tablets, iPads, etc. while the teacher is teaching in class. (“Cons of Digital Devices in the Classroom” 1). It might be helpful with staying in touch with people, but when people are constantly on social networking checking statuses and getting addicted to these sites are causing serious problems in our society. Social networking may have some positive effects on society, but the negative effects stand out to be more vast …show more content…
Social networking has caused many problems of addiction, cyber stalking predators, and most of all a huge distraction from school, work and relationships. We can fix these problems by making smart decisions on what personal information to post and making all accounts private to become less vulnerable of predators. Another solution is to be disciplined and take some screen time away. It is good to still have real relationships with people, not just social networking relationships. Just like checking your phone every couple of minutes when doing homework, 70% of people said they check their smartphone before an hour of getting up. (Davis, Martin 3) The addiction to social networking will keep increasing if we don’t take the time to put it
People support this viewpoint because education is expanding with technology. For example, many schools now provide students with chromebooks, tablets, iPads, etc as a learning tool for easy access for research, communicating with teachers, and doing other interactions in class. Many acknowledge that social networking is an easy way to keep in touch with people you don’t get to see often to keep updated with their lives. Of course there are positives to every solution, however in this case there are more negatives demonstrated in social networking. Of course there are educational benefits, but social networking is more distracting than beneficial. Students can go online, play games, and watch videos on these chromebooks, tablets, iPads, etc. while the teacher is teaching in class. (“Cons of Digital Devices in the Classroom” 1). It might be helpful with staying in touch with people, but when people are constantly on social networking checking statuses and getting addicted to these sites are causing serious problems in our society. Social networking may have some positive effects on society, but the negative effects stand out to be more vast …show more content…
Social networking has caused many problems of addiction, cyber stalking predators, and most of all a huge distraction from school, work and relationships. We can fix these problems by making smart decisions on what personal information to post and making all accounts private to become less vulnerable of predators. Another solution is to be disciplined and take some screen time away. It is good to still have real relationships with people, not just social networking relationships. Just like checking your phone every couple of minutes when doing homework, 70% of people said they check their smartphone before an hour of getting up. (Davis, Martin 3) The addiction to social networking will keep increasing if we don’t take the time to put it