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    I believe that the frequent use of social media and mobile devices has a more negative affect on teenagers. I myself am within the era of social network and mobile devices uproaring, it is very distracting and addicting. I live in a household with 6 other women and we all share the same spaces, almost too much sharing!. There will be times when our work scheduales all fall into the same pattern and we're sitting in the living room, and a half hour or more has passed, no one has said a word to eachother. The teen that reported that she didn't like talking on the phone because it takes too much time reminded me of myself. There has been times we're i've had to contact my boss about me being late, and instead of calling i would text him despite it being an easy way out. I wanted to be more comfortable and i felt it was easier for me to express my reasonings over text. I myself can very much relate to the teenager that creates an indentity for himself which in this case is much different than the actual him. I have a facebook myself and i could remember spending hours on a beautiful day sitting inside on my computer, posting certain pictures, statuses,…

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    We live in a world of vast amounts of information. This information is readily available through the use of technology. Information comes in the form of online news articles, journals, social media, and YouTube videos. Of all the sources of information, students use social media the most. Since social media is easy to use, the reach and ability to interact with others has steadily increased especially in younger generations. Social media is prevalent in households, workplaces and schools. The…

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    different shift, a shift for the worse. Social media is changing society and its people for the worse. Many people are blissfully unaware of the arcane change. They may believe that their are great benefits…

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    Social Media Social media is the collective of online communications channels. Which can be used as means to socialize with other people. Social media the most widely used by people around the world esspesialy in Indonesia. Social media in addition to facilitate us in conducting a social activity media also provide a negative and positive impact for its users. Social media have many application like instagram, facebook,twitter and many more. There are several supporting argument and centra…

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    most recent years, social media has become very popular among all age groups. The age group that social media attracts the most, are adolescents. Both social media and social media apps have drawn the younger generation in. Social media sites and apps such as Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. A study in the Netherlands, by Valkenburg, Peter, and Schouten, found that adolescents, “visited the friend networking site on average three days a week.” When the site was visited they would stay…

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    After the implausible develop of technology, social medias such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn plays indispensable roles of our lives. In fact, there are three billion of Internets users in the world, which takes more than 45 percent of total population. Among the heavy Internet users, nearly 2.1 billion of people have some type of social media accounts in their smartphone or tablet. Social media is crucial to our society because Sally Kohn from TED talk “Don’t like…

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    DeWolfe launched the website MySpace, a social networking site designed to virtually connect users from around the world via internet. Later that year, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg established Facebook, one of the largest social networking sites in the world, which was soon followed by Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram. Although these outlets were surely not the first of their kind, they stand as the most prominent contributors to the wave of social networking, whether through apps or through a…

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    The effect of social media on adolescents When you are on some kind of social media like Snapchat,Facebook or Instagram, do you think it can affect you physically and mentally? Social media can affect you physically and mentally by giving you anxiety and lowering your self esteem. Also, it can influence the minds of adolescents to believe it is all about the “likes” mindset which causes them to be controlled and focused on how many likes they get. In addition, social media can bring in…

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    person has left a digital footprint on the internet, most being on social media sites. According to Merriam-Webster, social media is “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” Internet started with the first dial up internet system in 1978. The first social media website was founded in 1997, sixdegrees.com with over one million users (Bennett). Today, there are over 200 well known and used…

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    today’s world the use of social media is becoming an activity that everyone is using. In 1997, a website called Six Degrees was created as the first social media site. On Six Degrees, users were able to add friends, set pictures, and send messages, like Facebook today. Today; websites have transformed into apps and computers have become phones, having the same range of use. Most people use social media in everyday life; some for good and some for bad. In the same way, education can incorporate…

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