Social media is not a good thing, and I do not support the use of it, because it is a cause of distractions, it disconnects people from the real world, and because people think they can multitask when they can not.
It causes people to get distracted. When is comes to students doing their homework it was " demonstrated that some students,even on their best behavior, can't concentrate on homework for more than two minutes without distracting themselves by using social media" (article 1). This proves that not a single student can avoid distractions for any amount of time. When " people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower on standard cognition test" (article 1). This quote proves that when a student is distracted they score less on test and it effects their grades.
…show more content…
When two people are hanging out it was "demonstrated that merely having a cell phone visible in the room- even if no one was checking it- made people less likely to develop a sense of intimacy and empathetic understanding during meaningful conversations"(article 2). This proves that even when a person is not using the technology that it still effects them. It is not just a few people that feel like this, in fact "forty-five percent of teenagers reported feeling annoyed when friends get distracted by technology while they are spending time together"(article 2). This states that it is not just a few people that feel like this it is actually almost half the people who were asked agreed in the fact that they do not like social