Pros and Cons of Social Media
on Adolescence
Focus of the Research:
This research paper will focus on how some of the most popular social networks such as Instagram, Facebook and Tweeter effect adolescence. The three factors that will be examined throughout the paper are the following: Social, Physical and Psychological. Social networks are important tools that are used by adolescence each and every day to communicate, educate, to stay current, connected and for more reasons. The positive effects as well as the negative effects of social media will be mentioned within the paper.
Three of the most popular Social Media used by Adolescence
What is Facebook?
Facebook is a social network site that allows people to connect and share with your family members, friends and more online instantly. This site was originally designed for college students to find their college friends and to stay in touch with them. As soon as Mark Zuckerberg created this site, it became the “hot spot” of online connection with friends/family. By the year of 2006 anyone is able to create a Facebook account over the age of 13 years old as long as they can verify a reliable e-mail address. By 2015 it is considered as the worlds largest social network with about more than 1 billion users all over the world.
What is Instagram?
Instagram started out and continues to advertise with the following marketing catch phrase: “Instagram is a fun quirky way to share you life with friends through a series of pictures!” Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger created this site at 2006. A user of Instagram can snap a photo using their smart phone and alter it using the pre-generated filters of their choice. After altering the picture, the users can share this image on a social platform that can be viewed worldwide. Users can attach a hash tag an image of their choice for it to be searchable and likable by other users. This is a site that allows its users to share moments that are important to them through series of images that can be presented as a professional photographer took these photos. According to the latest statistics, the site has more than 300 million active users worldwide.
What is Twitter?
Twitter is another social media site that allows its users to compose “tweets” that can consist of 140 characters max. Twitter can be accessed by anyone who wishes to go on the site. “Tweets” can be read by anyone if the users allow access but in order to “tweet” users need to have an account. By using twitter, users can connect with people around the world instantly. Users can follow celebrities, friends, family members, politicians, and news around the worls and more with simply one click. Users of Twitter can also use hashtags to participate in a certain discussion/conversation. As of the last reported statistics by Twitter, Twitter has 228 million active users and 500 million tweets are produces daily.
Let's Examine the Pros and Cons of each Social Media Sites on Adolescence:
1. How do social media affect individuals socially?
· What age group of adolescence utilize it and for what reasons
· The positive effects of social media on adolescence socially
· The negative effects of social media on adolescence socially
2. How do social media affect adolescence physically?
· What age group of adolescence utilize it and for what reasons
· The positive effects of social media on adolescence physically
· The negative effects of social media on adolescence physically
3. How do social media affect adolescence psychologically?
· What age group of adolescence utilize it and for what reasons
· The positive effects of social media on adolescence psychologically
· The negative effects of social media on adolescence psychologically