Social media has become a staple of modern society, P ew Research has found that over 70% of Americans actively engage on the media platforms, meaning that to find someone who doesn’t use any social media would make that person the outlier. With the rise of these massive online platform s has come all the benefits of the ability to connect with people from all around the world, as well as massive amounts of entertainment content to be viewed and enjoyed by all. On the surface this seems perfect, what could be wrong with any of this? Well, actually there is a plethora of issues arising due in large part to the rise of social media in people’s lives , but the most concerning aspect of this danger (and the one I want to focus on) is its effect on the youth . I was around thirteen years old when I was introduced and started to engage with social media, and I felt the firsthand negative effects of it immediately . My young teenage mind was so quick to sta...
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