How Social Media Affect Teenagers

The murder of Emmett Till was a big part of the Civil Rights. Back then it was easy for a white man to get away with doing things to colored people because only white people were on the jury.The way Till was murdered was such a horrible way to die. He got punished for doing something that he didn’t know was against the law.

Political participation is defined by the authors of Texas Politics as “all of the opportunities we have as individuals or groups, associations, or political parties to join in shaping common life”. (Pg.52) Chapter 3 of Texas Politics discusses political participation in great detail, addressing virtually all aspects related to the evolution of political participation. Cal Jillson divides the chapter into several sections: The Evolution of Suffrage, Modern Voter Registration and Turnout, Decision to Vote (or Not), Political Campaigns, and finally, Types of Elections (Chapter 3).

In the essay “What adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace” by Brent Staples, the key point in the essay was that teenagers lose the joy of growing up without internet. Teens are missing the little things in life that make the biggest impact. Lets not forget about the good things that internet can do for us like: pay bills, meet new people, or even sharing pictures on social media which you can do from the comfort of your own home. These kinds of interactions can become highly addictive, but it keeps everyone connected.

Whether at war or at home, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been around since the earliest records of violence in the history of humankind. Although it has been known by different names such as shell shock or combat exhaustion, the symptoms have remained relatively the same and not exclusive to war or combat. PTSD is known to be incurable, but with the advent of modern day treatments and therapies many symptoms of PTSD can be mitigated and alleviated.

Did you know that eleven teenagers die everyday due to car accidents involving texting and driving? In the world of advanced technology we live in today, many convenient ways of communication are available to the public. Some of these ways, such as texting, are being misused and abused all the time. Teenagers spend far too much of their time staring at a screen. Consequently, texting is causing; car accidents, poor grammar and punctuation, and face to face social interactions are diminishing. People throughout the world should lessen the amount they text, otherwise problems that we didn’t even know of are going to emerge.

Stress and Anxiety levels have increased in younger generations immensely over the last decade. Social media is a huge contributor to these extremely high levels that teens are now suffering from. Social media is now everywhere all of the time. It is known for being glamorous and a place to show off how good one looks. The problem with this now is the constant pressure for the youth to have to be perfect. It is what 's causing so many teens to develop stress and anxiety disorders. It is important for teens to learn to deal with their stress in a healthy way so that it does not turn into an anxiety disorder. Learning to not compare oneself with others can allow for generations to live a stress and

Teenagers are spending so many hours a week online, it is affecting us in multiple ways. It results in us getting less of things we need most. There can be deeper problems within us by using too much social media. Lastly we do not know how to manage our time we spent too much time on social media. One good thing about social media is That it strengthens our relationships.

The second article ‘Social media can damage body image’ explains the positive and negatives about social media and the way adolescence can approach it. Social media creates high expectations and pressure as people who use social media are often likely to have issues with their body image. Magazines and television commercials with thin women and muscular men displays that people feel disappointed about

Some have it and others don’t, but it’s a must have. Social media is a huge trending topic right now it helps you keep up with the latest fashions, newest songs, friends and family far away, and even gossip that’s going on. Even though people can do all this with it, social media also effects teens’ identity because people can see what others post and can choose to comment either positively or negatively.

Social media is a very dangerous place that makes teens feel insecure. Teens spend more than one-third of their day on social media looking at stereotypical images of “perfect” bodies and people. As a result, they become insecure about themselves because they are not like the people in the pictures. The media states that a perfect person is skinny, tan, has shiny hair, straight teeth, and completely clear skin. However, because teens are going through a lot of physical changes they do not usually look like social media 's definition of perfect and they become insecure. Social media makes teenagehood harder by creating a stereotype of what a perfect body should look like, celebrating extremely thin, unhealthy

Social media and social networking sites (SNS) have greatly impacted everyone, especially among adolescents. It has come to a point where social media has become a part of them as it is what they will do on a day-to-day basis without fail. With the availability of smartphones, social media or SNS can easily access everywhere. Social media or SNS has its positive impact and negative impact that affected teenagers.

First, the internet usually lowers self-confidence and this leads to depression. According to "My Secure Cyberspace, "Think Time: Teens and Social Networks," about "39 % of teens have been bullied online." That means almost half of the teens using sites on the web have been cyberbullied. Bullying in general is not good for people. About "18% of teens have been punished or disciplined because of something they say on social media." Without discipline, people do not learn, in addition to this, "31% of teens share something they do not want

Social media is a double edged sword which may effect people either negatively or positively according to it’s way of usage .Social media is the interaction and communication between a group of people or individuals in which they post, share, and exchange ideas on the internet changing the way in which teen interact with their parents and friends as well as how they make use of technology which have been interesting to observe in People that are being able to communicate and talk with each despite the distance between them as in countries with a finger click ;however, parents had been opposing social media because of it’s massive burden to their children , friends and family as a whole in which it causes many physical , mental and even emotional

Modern technology is a rapidly increasing danger to the ever-changing minds of today’s younger generations. This paper explains how Tmental health is being detrimentally affected by the constantly growing accessibility of social media and other similar such technologies detrimentally affects mental health. Social media is then analyzed as an outlet for narcissistic tendencies and how those tendencies affect adolescents and their mental health. Behavior and social skills are also evaluated in how they are negatively impacted by such technology as well. Modern technologies, (particularly social media sites), provoke psychological disorders in adolescents due to their accessibility, their potential to encourage narcissistic behavior, and their

Social media and social life is a cause that makes young girls feel different about themselves and wanting to change the way they look. In today’s generation, there is a lot of young teen girls that are very self-cautious about their body. Stuff like this only happens because they see girls who eat so much but never gain the weight, they can fit in anything they find at the mall, boys/men prefer them more than thicker woman, etc. This pressures females to stop eating, instead of them to stop eating what they can do is eat and ignore the fact that they’ll gain weight. Eating is just a way of life and it’s something that keeps us alive. There are ways to maintain weight by eating clean, checking their calories, working out by staying active other than just sitting at home watching TV. Wanting to fit into clothes is something that is not very important since whatever anyone wears it will look nice on them. All girls do feel like they can’t wear what they want since they need that certain body type. It has been shown that girls who are skinny wish to have a thickness into them just so they can fit into something