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Hilary Stout's Antisocial Networking

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My brother is turning down opportunity. I can literally walk into his room at any time to find him doing homework, watching anime, on his phone talking to friends, on his ipad playing games, and all while blasting random music. For the past four weeks, this class has looked into the effects of social media, both good and bad. And social media is everywhere; in nearly every family you can find people who use social media 24/7. In the adaption of “Antisocial Networking” written by Hilary Stout, she expresses her views on the effects of electronics on the younger generation. She believes that electronic usage and social media are slowly destroying kids’ abilities to interact. Stout’s claims on the usage of electronics by everyone is true. To begin, is everyday life. People spend so much time each day online, 7 and 1/2 hours average. Most people end up being online more than they sleep. They’re missing out on reading, games, and just about everything you can enjoy in life. Imagine the amount of friends they …show more content…

How can you have a conversation with someone you can’t even look in the eye? You can’t, it’s rude and downright disrespectful. With so much time spent looking down at a phone, ipad, or computer, most people won’t even make eye contact with you, but look down. Don’t you find it heartbreaking that these people are so willing to do this to themselves? Especially when each day they lose a little more, it seems as if they put too much into their own entertainment. When you have a sleepover it should be about playing and laughing. Instead of just sitting side by side playing on a computer. Some may think social media makes “social butterflies” out of people. But, “social butterflies” are excited and talkative with great social skills, and they look people in the eye. So, when each day on a device is really just depleting your social skills, how can you become a “social butterfly” when you really aren’t becoming more skilled

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