ESSAY: DO YOU THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IS GOOD FOR TEENS?

 Social media is an internet-based form of communication. Social media platforms allow users to have conversations, share information and create web content. There are a lot of people using social media including teens. Social media platforms popular among young people include  Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat and TikTok.

I think social media is good for teens if they use it normally and wisely. Teens can use social media for doing homework, giving opinion, sharing information, get in touch with relatives, like and comment people’s posting,  uploading photo and stories in instagram and so many more!

But there are two side effects about this social media. It’s the benefits and the risks. The benefits of social media are teens can have fun such as making friends and maintaining friendship and sharing interests. Also social media brings us creativity and self-improvement. Example teens can sharing educational contents, developing their talent and learning something new. Social media can help people too with sharing some motivation contents to people who have mental health issues.

The risks of social media are uploading inappropriate content, like embarrassing or provocative photos or videos of themselves or others, sharing personal information with strangers for example, phone numbers, date of birth or location, cyberbullying. But it also effect to our health if we addict to social media it’s possible teens to spend a whole night using social media therefore teens will get sick and no time to sleep.