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Shopping is the favorite free time activity for many young people today. Why do you think this has happened? Should young people be encouraged to do different activities in their free time rather than shopping? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Many teenagers nowadays spent their free
time
 shopping rather than playing games or studying.
This
 is not only because social media has influenced their lifestyle, but
also
 the way online shoppers encouraged its customer to buy
things
 more than ever. In my view, young
people
 should have more outdoor
activities
, whether it is social or physical that will enhance their soft skills as well as social skills.
Firstly
, social networks
such
 as Instagram and Facebook have enabled
people
 to access unlimited content from all over the world.
As a result
, it unconsciously changed
people
’s lifestyles which are highly correlated with how they spent their money.
In other words
, many young
people
 are adopting each other lifestyle and
this
 results in more shopping
behavior
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behaviour
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.
For example
, every
time
 I see my friends upload their new stuff, I'm
also
 amazed and want to buy the same stuff.
Secondly
, advertisements from online markets have impacted young
people
 to buy
things
 more than before.
This
 way will encourage
people
 to buy
things
 impulsively.
For instance
, whenever I open an e-commerce app, there will be a section namely “product recommendation for you” that triggered me to scroll and buy
things
 I did not even need.
However
, I personally believe that the young generation should have more offline
activities
 that enabled them to have social interaction with others. Any sports
activities
 or pro-bono community is highly recommended for teenagers to be able to develop their social skills.
Thus
, it will be more beneficial for young
people
 to have
this
 kind of activity rather than spent
time
 shopping. To conclude, I believe that teenagers' shopping
behavior
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behaviour
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 is affected by several media including social media and advertisements from
an online sellers
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online sellers
an online seller
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. But it will be better if they spend their free
time
 doing outdoor
activities
 that would benefit them in the long run.
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