Opposing Viewpoints On Social Media

“Social media is an amazing tool, but it’s really the face to face interaction makes a long term impact.” –Felicia Day. SIRS database reports that people have mixed emotions when it comes to social media. Some of the bad things are safety, privacy risk, cyberbullying, and false reporting. There are some good things that come from social media like keeping up with family members from out of town or sending funny photos to your best friend. Social media has the biggest influence on the young people of America and some parents do not know how to protect their kids from the dark web. This paper will examine viewpoint one, two, and my viewpoint on social media and whether it is good or bad for young kids. To begin with,

To begin, social media makes us miserable. Firstly, social media is taking over all of our time. For example, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz a writer for the New York Times, tells us that “it is now official. Scholars have analyzed the data and confirmed what we already knew in our hearts. Social media is making us miserable.” (Stephens-Davidowitz). Thus, this point proves that social media makes people sad. Secondly, social media can show us how dark the world really is. For instance, Nicholas Carr from the Boston Globe, reports people can post whatever they want and it is not good with very young kids being able to see what all the bad people see (Carr). Therefore, this confirms that social media is not always rainbows and butter fly’s. Thirdly, we are losing life’s values. To illustrate, Jenna Wortham from the New York Times, tells us that “but if we can’t pay attention to one another, we might as well not live on the same planet.” (Wortham). Consequently, this information shows that social media is a black hole and we can not stop it. For all these reasons, life would be better without social

Firstly, social media can hurt kids with cyberbullying and can lead to self-harm. For example, Faiza Patel from the Washington post shares schools should make more of an effort to protect and monitor what the kids do online (Patel). Thus, this point proves that social media can affect you and your loved ones with every post you put on the internet. Secondly, not everything online you see is real. For instance, Brendan Nyhan a writer from the New York Times, reports that false news was posted on Facebook during the 2016 election and made people believe the wrong thing about a candidate (Nyhan). Therefore, this confirms that fake news is real and people believe it. Thirdly, social media can change the way we act. To illustrate, Kylie Lang from the courier-mail, tells us that “social media can make us crazily self-obsessed, and distort reality with unparalleled ease” (Lang). Consequently, this information show that the more time on social media the more time we spend in the real world acting like real humans. For all these reasons, social media can have a negative effect on our