There are hundreds of Social Media websites in the internet that can cause harm mentally to people. Some teens have no clue about how dangerous social media could be. If you use social media in excess it can be very dangerous for teens. There 's three main topics that stood out to me in my research. First, Cyber bullying, people that bully others in social media and hide behind a screen. Second, Social Isolation, having a big list of friends in social medias, but in real life you have no friends. And finally, Social Media is dumbing down our society, because people don 't develop their interpersonal skills with each other. Cyber bullying has become a deadly epidemic in our society. Society has become too attached to social networks. The Cyber bully victims are too addicted to social media that they cannot detach themselves off of social media. Social network are a platform for bullies to prolong and continue their bullying from school to the victim 's house. Giving the victim no rest from bullying. Additionally, the victim that gets bullied online and at school have no escape from all the hate they regularly get in their day to day life. Cyber bullies like to use social media, because there are no consequences for their hateful comments they make to their victim. Making the victims to become isolated and depressed. Cyber bullies mentally abuse their victims until the victim cannot take it anymore and commits suicide. Social media brings the dark side out of people, because
Social media can lead to many things such as cyberbullying, a person catfishing, or invasion of privacy. Many people tend to use social media as a way to bully people. Which isn’t a good thing bullying shouldn't exist at all. Not only that but people also tend to use social media to make a fake account to talk to someone or pretend to be someone else.
One article states that "73% of heavy social media users report feeling lonely compared to 52% of light social media users" (Clark). This just goes to show how many people are affected by social media and how it impacts their personal lives. Another thing that has a big impact is kids getting cyberbullied. Bullying can make people feel worthless and make people insecure in the future which can lead to people not achieving their American dream because they think they are not good enough. The article informs us that "59% of teens have experienced some type of cyberbullying" (Clark).
Facebook? Well, nowadays, anything is possible. With today's advancement of technology, bullying have entered the virtual world which is public and has a larger audience. Cyber bullying is when the bully uses a technological device to humiliate and insult the bullied victim. Bullies can use text messages, emails, social medias, posing as someone else and befriends the bullied victim to get humiliating or secret information out of them, posting embarrassing pictures of the person online on social media and/or websites.
The main way teens create and build relationships is on social media. When given into the wrong hands this can lead to harmful content being spread (Anderson par. 3). Teens with access to social media platforms can be prone to predatory behavior occurring, grooming, and potentially getting sent explicit images. Teens that have been sent explicit messages without consent have been 12.4% more likely to develop mental health disorders. Not only does the images affect their physical health it can also lead to many other scenarios leading to harm to themselves.
My issue analysis will explore the topic of the effect of social media on people's lives, mainly teenagers. I will focus on the impact social media has on our mental health, using resources that bring forth arguments that show both the positive and negative sides of social media. There are different segments of social media that connect to the mental health of teenagers. Social media allows today’s youth to be in touch with almost anyone/ anything in the world. For this reason, it is important that we understand the affects it has on our mental health.
Many people do cyber bulling because they find it easier to post hate comments on social media rather than keeping it to their selves, the ones that
Photos and videos can be posted without identification, and can spread to many people quickly. When someone gets bullied online, they don 't know when the bullying will stop. Bullies can reach the victim when ever he or she wants to. Sometimes, cyberbullying can be very difficult to
Former First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, once stated that “it comes to social media, there are just times I turn off the world, you know. There are just sometimes you have to give yourself space to be quiet, which means you've got to set those phones down.” In her words, she directs the society of how social media distracts society from reality. Social media has caused a great deal of controversy over the years. About 81% of the population of American citizens have a social media profile and actively post.
There may be some reasons why social media is good for kids, but all and all social media is dangerous to the well-being and education of minors. To start with, social media is dangerous to kids that are online because people can be anonymous, predators, and/or cyberbullies. For example, Hinduja, a professor of criminal justice, at Florida Atlantic University says that about 20% of youth have been either victims or perpetrators of cyberbullying. Also, masking one 's identity on the internet make someone more likely to be a cyberbully (SIRS 1). Masking one’s identity can be a serious problem.
Cyberbullying on social media is an emerging international public health concern, related to serious mental health concerns, with significant impact on one’s depression, anxiety, self-esteem, emotional distress, substance use, and suicidal behavior. According to Judd Rose with power comes the abuse of power and where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new, so while the need to communicate more efficiently is being met there are those who tend to abuse it by using social media to bully
Hines (2011) stated that this makes bullies go to extremes while inflicting harm upon their victims. 3) In cyberspace, once can rarely escape the tormenting, as the offenders can extend their wrath past the school grounds and effect the victim's lives and their mental peace at any time of the day and in any setting (Tokunaga, 2010; Patchin & Hinduja, 2006). This marks a stark difference between traditional and cyber bullying as in the former, as a rule, one can experience the bullying while in school or when the bully is around. But in the latter, the bullies can enter the victim's home via wired networks and continue the tormenting (Raskauskas & Stoltz,
The first, anonymity allows cyberbullies to prey on vuinerable peers without taking personal responsibility, just as they bring people together for constructive reasons, social media can connect dissatisfied, disgruntled, dislike, disliking, negative thoughts, and misguided people together, then they get logether and they might make a group because they have one mind, further fueling, negative attitudes and beliefs. Second, Social Media make us forget about the real world, most people prefer to spend time in Social Media, because they feel that Social Media has become a routine that they do everyday. Social Media not only make them busier than the real world, but Social Media succeeds in making them dependent or Social Media, and sometimes they forget to eat and bathe for being too passionate about Social Media, sometimes social media also make us smile by ourselves for seeing the news, or post from people who are in Social
Another reason for cyber-harassment is people want to prove themselves and validate their popularity. Most people who cyberbully believe it is not a big deal and do not see the pain that they cause. Instead of empathizing with the victims being bullied, hurting others makes such people feel dominant. Moreover, the bullies, sometimes, believe that the more individuals they torment the more powerful they become.
People are not paying attention to society anymore. This world has gotten so cruel, such as all you see is people driving to work, on their phones or just listening to music. In the old days people use to say hi to each other when walking down the street, all you get is a glance and a push out of their way. Everybody is so caught up on social media now and days which is very bad because it has gotten so terrible over the years. Nobody realizes that our society is changing and still continues to change until this day but people don 't pay attention to how bad it is.
Therefore new websites are being created to fit the needs of each person, business, dating, friendships. Paragraph #3 - Cyberbullying Not only does social networking just for sharing photo’s or connecting with one another, it is also a leading cause of cyberbullying. Because social networking is used almost everywhere and used by everyone, it’s hard to not be apart of it if it’s in your everyday life.