Social Media and Youth Essay

although because of this show I no longer eat hot dogs. My curiosity about learning different subjects led me to subscribe to different “fun fact” pages on social media where they usually post a few fun facts about random topic every day. I have found this to be very addicting as I find myself waking up every morning to check in on my social media news feed to read about the fun facts posted for the day. These fun facts usually satisfy me at a given moment but I never take the next step of…

It’s amazing how short it took to complete the long-census form. Thirty minutes, one siting and a cup of coffee to stay focus. It’s quiet a simple task to fill out the survey because the questions were straightforward and the examples for each question answered all the misconceptions I had if any about each question; however, what exactly is the long-form census and what is it used for? In my experience the long-form census is a survey used to collect data from the people of the country. The…

Social media has taken over the internet, and has disrupted the American dream. Social media has become the new world and it is giving people the freedom to socialize with people around the world. With this new trend of technology, people can get distracted, and forget that it is a social media site a not reality. Some ways social media conflicts with the American dream are income, job opportunities, and privacy. Many people from across the world would love to come to America because of how…

While reading chapter five, Fallacies of Argument, and chapter six, Rhetorical Analysis, there were key words that stood out to me that related to the podcast, Researchers Study Effects Of Social Media On Young Minds. Fallacies are argumentative moves flawed by their very nature or structure. There are fallacies of emotional argument, such as bandwagon appeals, which is when we urge people to follow the same path everyone else is taking. Continuing, fallacies of ethical arguments are important…

Advertisements, from billboards on the side of roads as well as ads found while scrolling through social media sites, are everywhere thriving for attention. Advertisements communicate information to consumers about a specific product, company, or service offered by a business. Quickly glancing at an advertisement does not provide enough time to completely analyze it. Through the use of Aristotle’s three appeals, ethos, pathos, and logos, Mercedes’ advertisement strongly notifies viewers that the…

In this instance the Recipient-A has agency over the Prototype-P. Since the inception of the viral video concept, social media viewers have had the power to decide which types of videos become viral and sensationalized in the way that “Damn Daniel” has. Viewers are the driving force behind the success of a viral video in that they decide which videos to watch, and more…

In modern media, there are a variety of methods of communication that were not available during the times of Plato, however in stating his opinions on communication, one can infer as to what his opinions would be on these new methods of communications. Twitter is one of these new forms of communication, which allows the worldwide community to communicate a variety of beliefs, photographs, and humor with each other in under forty characters. Plato would have several critiques and interpretations…

Website Filter Do you get mad because you cant get on a website? In this article I will be talking about why everything on are computers are blocked. I can see like certain websites but like youtube kids actually use that for school. Ask other schools, I have friends from Lennox and Tri-valley and they say they have youtube and other cites but like no games. If websites were unblocked on every students computer I feel kids would be much more happier and if the kids get caught on a website that…

Social Media, a place to share information within a click of a button. Everyone from all over the world can connect with each other. They can interact and make new friends. Teens should be able to have access to social media because it helps us express our personalities and confidence, and it is good for our mind to comprehend. In addition, our personality changes drastically once we use social media for a long period of time. Our emotions become an important matter when social media is being…

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was a video awareness cause trending during the summer of 2014. Throughout social media an individual would pour ice water on their head and you would see how they reacted, this created so much buzz. This created awareness throughout this whole world with celebrities from Kanye West and Kobe Bryant participating. Alsa.org states that 17 million people uploaded an Ice Bucket Challenege video, I particapated in this cause last summer. “According to Google, last…