Social Media Distracts

For example, “The average college student spends [three] hours a day checking social sites, and only [...two…] a day studying” showing that social media keeps your attention for extended periods of time (EricaDhawan). Due to the means of quick communication online and other social content, social networking encourages slacking off and wasting time. Studies showed that “When alerted to [new social network...activities],[...the majority of] users [took twenty] to [twenty-five] minutes on average to return to the original task [...in some cases] it [took as long as two hours]”, reinforcing the idea that social networking is addictive and reduces concentration on work and academic responsibilites (Social Networking). Due to the many ways of using social networking sites, and active flow of content, it draws people in and keeps their attention with frivilous distractions, keeping them from working to achieve their full potential. Furthermore, office workers “[...] spending just thirty minutes a day on social media [...] at work [could] cost a [fifty] person company [six-thousand, five hundred] hours of [productive activity, or more] a year” proving that social networking has the potential to do serious damage to the progression of businesses and the economy as a whole (Social Networking). Due to prolonged leisure and avoidance of labor, social media disrupts the progress

It can be argued that “Social networking [can be used] to arrest criminals who have bragged of [or planned] their crimes online” in order to effectively pinpoint and circumvent criminal activity (Social Networking). Due to the accessibility of information on social media, it is beneficial for solving and stopping crimes. However, “Offline crime [...] may result from posting personal information such as vacation plans, or [from] stalkers gaining information about a victim’s whereabouts from photos or location tagging services” bringing to light the fact that social media has security flaws that criminals can exploit (Social Networking) Social media rarely discloses one’s identity or location, creating an easy way to misuse social media to coordinate violent or crimes pertaining to personal subjects. Finally, recent research shows that “Identity theft affects millions of people [each] year, [and costs] victims [a lot of time and money to fix]” confirming that identity theft is widespread, common, and costly (Kent Lewis). Due to lack of caution and consumer knowledge, coupled with security instability, social networking sites opens the doors to fraud, which can be time consuming and very expensive to