Asli Doymaz
3/20/14
P. 4
The Effects of Social Media on Students
It is amazing how the Internet is changing people's lives. People are able to quickly do research and gather data on the web, navigate through websites, and most people are able to find anything on the Internet in a matter of seconds thanks to search engines like Google. The Internet has provided our world with a different means of communication and is accessible to anyone at any time at a click of a mouse. Despite all the beneficial aspects of the uses of the Internet, as users of social media increase, so does the debate of whether it gives good influences to individuals. Social media, however, has a negative aspect due to the fact that it affects relationships with others, people easily get distracted, and it may cause cyber bullying.
According to researchers, social media is affecting the way kids look at friendship and intimacy.
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Screenshot of "Garys Social Media Count"
English: Screenshot of the social media toolbox fo...Patricia Greenfield, a UCLA developmental psychologist says that teens' ideas of friendship have been influenced by their immersion in the on-line world since young people feel socially supported by having large networks of on-line friends. This results in a decline in intimate friendships. Instead, many young people now derive personal support and affirmation from 'likes' and feedback to their postings. Other research at UCLA shows that teen's preferred mode of communication, texting, makes them feel less connected than face-to-face communication. In the studies of various forms of communication between friends, the closer the experience was to in-person conversation, the more connected the friends felt. For example, video chat rates higher than a phone call, but the phone creates a closer connection than texting. As one can see, the influence social media has on teenagers cause them to view the relationships they share...