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Even Teens Think It's A Good Thing By Natasha Hinde

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Since the early days of social media, everyone has questioned: what is the impact? In "Even Teens Think They're Using Social Media 'Too Much' - Here's Why That's A Good Thing," by Natasha Hinde (Source 2), and "Young girl with smartphone, social media," (Source 1) there exists sufficient evidence to claim that social media is detrimental to teenagers. I believe the positive aspects of social media are drowned out by negative ones. Two reasons from both passages include intense time-consumption, and mental health issues. For starters, Source 1 depicts a girl texting with a mess of imagery and text behind her. By the artist’s hand, this represents an overwhelming world that teens experience when using social media. Also, she’s being surrounded …show more content…

The passage uses interviews and personal recollection to state claims regarding social media usage. According to 19-year old Peter Havers, “‘When my self confidence and feelings of self-worth were at their lowest, I would go on social media… to escape into other people’s lives, rather than living my own’” (Hinde, 12). Instead of facing his problems, Havers would rather look at other people’s advertised success. In combination with this, he also admitted to social media directly influencing his mental wellbeing, “...Havers struggles to find the right balance and hates the effect it can have on his mood…‘I dread the thought of only having four likes on a photo and partly for the dopamine hit you get when you see a notification come in’” (Hinde, 13). Through a combination of addiction and influence, social media takes its toll on mental health, but some people say …show more content…

Sure, the case could be made for economic incentives from social sites like advertising and FaQs, but there’s no clear benefits between Pool speaking on instagram, twitter, etc. versus speaking to a friend at school. Comparable to Ellie, Chris Martin, CEO of self-help charity ‘The Mix,’ shares a similar message about social media, “‘They use it for seeking help, looking at and expressing their feeling to some degree, and for supporting each other…’” (Hinde, 26). Other forms of help are available for people having issues. Simply pouring your thoughts onto social media does not count as big enough of an upside to justify all potential

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