Lately, you have heard it on the news very often. Social media has a bad influence on teenagers. Opinions are strongly divided on this. I myself very much agree with this statement. If you compare how teenagers used to interact, it was very different.
Due to the developments in social media over the years, the personal contact between the teenagers is greatly reduced, because everything goes over the telephone. For example via WhatsApp, Facebook, etc. Also due to the large use of social media among teenagers, there is a lot of sleep deprivation due to being busy with all media before going to sleep on the phone. The consequence of this is that school could deteriorate. Because teenagers are busy with their phone every minute of the day, there is often no time for homework, and due to the lack of sleep, the ability to concentrate is deteriorating. By easily creating fake accounts on Facebook, for example, it is now a piece of cake to make fun of someone on the internet and to make it very difficult in daily life. For girls, in particular, it can also have major disadvantages on their self-assurance. This is because you only see thin models on social media. This allows many girls to develop an eating disorder that nobody wants for his or her daughter. And all because of being addicted to social media. Because of the many information on certain topics, it is very difficult nowadays to distinguish the real news from the fake. For companies, social media is a useful tool to attract the target group of teenagers, so they quickly get their attention. The teenagers are easily influenced by this because you see it pass a lot, it must be good and you will order it. This allows many girls to develop an eating disorder that nobody wants for his or her daughter. And all because of being addicted to social media. Because of the many information on certain topics, it is very difficult nowadays to distinguish the real news from the fake. For companies, social media is a useful tool to attract the target group of teenagers, so they quickly get their attention.
Social media can have its advantages at times, but as you could read above, there are also many disadvantages for teenagers, among others. Of course, we all don't want the aforementioned problems, because there are pretty nasty things in between. I believe that there is much better control, for example, by the parents or guardians of what their son or daughter is up to on the internet. This also to protect your own child