Internet development has a great impact on people's life. Some people say social media do more harm to the youth. Other people say they do the great to youth. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Cutting-edge technology has changed
people
's life
enormously. Social media
, specifically, is now invading our daily routine, especially bringing a huge impact on teenagers' daily life
. Some people
firmly believe that this
kind of communicating platform provokes various negative impacts on young people
's lives, whereas others insist that this
is an applausive tool for teens
. In the following paragraphs, I will discuss both opinions, and prove why I opt for the latter side as my view.
On one hand, for those who strongly hold the opinion that any sort of social media
will definitely bring negative impacts on teenagers' life
, they must be thinking based on the following two reasons: Firstly
, this
group of people
might think that excessive use of social media
would distract young people
's attention on their real-life
issues, such
as their study, their real friendship, and even their family life
in reality. In other words
, they may think that teens
who spend so much time chatting with net friends might forget how to make real friends in life
, and even worse, they may forget how to focus on their study business. Another reason for this
group holding the view that social media
only bring defects into teens
' life
might be to do with health problems. Parents, for example
, worry so much about their children's eye-sight issues. They advocate that those social apps on their kids' smartphones are the blames, because these apps drag their kids too much. In a word, the negative influence outweighs the positive one for this
group of people
in terms of social media
usage.
On the other hand
, another crowd of people
, as well as I, are thinking more positively towards social platforms, and they believe that such
kind of high-tech is a blessing for adolescents rather than a curse. The time-consuming problem is just a matter of self-disciplining cultivation. For us, it is not wise to give up a high effective communicational method simply because you cannot control your own time spent on the garget. Besides
, the eye-sight issue is also
just an illusion. There are tons of assisting devices nowadays specially designed for protecting your eyes from being hurt from the screen, and many terminal devices, like cellphones or iPad, are now also
providing soft-light screen protecting systems. Furthermore
, learning how to use social media
healthily can not only release youngsters' huge study pressure but also
can assist them to acquire necessary skills of using the internet, which could be very beneficial for their further
academic career. Therefore
, taking advantage of the internet communicational platform can be a blessing for young people
.
In conclusion, although
people
might worry about the defects that internet communication tools might bring to teens
, like many of the others, I also
strongly advocate its advantages over its disadvantages. As long as we can balance the good with the bad, social media
can become an effective tool for youth.Submitted by Esther on
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