What Benefits do Teens Get From Social Media?
It Lets Them Learn To Do Good
- “It lets them do good. Twitter, Facebook and other large social networks expose kids to important issues and people from all over the world."
Twitter. Digital image. CNN. N.p., n.d. Web.
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Gives a sense of belonging.
- "I think just as damaging as social media can be, it can help to build self-confidence, too,"
Bibliography
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/common-sense-media/5-benefits-of-having-a-social-media-savvy-kid_b_7224882.html
- “A study conducted by Griffith University and the University of Queensland in Australia found that although American teens have fewer friends than their historical counterparts, they are less lonely than teens in past decades.”
Claim
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/living/social-media-positives-teens-parents/
Counter For Reason Two
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/28/social-networking-benefits-validated/?page=all
Teens use social media to feel like they belong, get emotional support, and to learn new ideas.
Facebook Friend Requests 101. Digital image. Gibbons Digital. N.p., 21 May 2015. Web.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/05/teens-social-networking-good-for-them
- Social media can also have teens commit sucide.
http://listverse.com/2013/09/11/10-suicide-stories-with-an-incredible-happy-ending/
Sucide of Amanda Todd. Digital image. Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web.
It offers them emotional support
- "Suicidal teens can even get immediate access to quality support online.”
- 15-year-old Kylie Kylem, Twitter
Letters by Strangers from around the World save Suicidal Boy, 13, after Troubled Child Announced on Internet He Wanted to Kill Himself on His Birthday Read More: Http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291367/Suicidal-boy-Noah-Brocklebank-13-saved-letters-strangers-world.html#ixzz3bIi091Js Follow Us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook. Digital image. Daily Mail. N.p., 10 Mar. 2013. Web.
My Thoughts
- If there want social media, how would our world be?
- Impacted the world in the last years
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