Argumentative Essay On Snapchat

The “always on” lifestyle has become a cultural norm of showing off the tiniest details of our lives. The thought process that people might care about what we had for breakfast has taken over. We, as a culture, have taken a giant leap from worrying about the government spying on us to shamelessly throwing our secrets at them. They do not need to peek through the cameras in our computers or tablets, it is all free for them on the internet. “Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.” - Neil, Postman.

Snapchat is an app in which teens send pictures, videos, or messages to others.

We have the opportunity to catch up with old buddies from the past. This medium of communication has broken barriers of time and distance. People in other countries and in other time zones can still be interacted with and contacted. Our opinions on any given topic have the capability of reaching large numbers of people who share the same opinion. Businesses have also begun using social media, finding the advantages in connecting with the larger portion of their audiences. Workers can be contacted through conversations using the social media medium, orders can be made by asking a company through a social media, almost anything can be done through social media, but has social media broken too many barriers?

There have been several cases of young people being abducted because of the tricks that can be so easily pulled off on a social media platform. One girl, for example, began connecting with a guy online believing him to be around her age. He claimed to be throwing a party on a Friday night and invited her. She accepted the invitation, but upon arrival, she discovered she and the guy were alone. No party was ever planned, only an abduction of a gullible teenage