social media is more and more popular in modern life. It brings many benefits but still has disadvantages. What is your opinion about that?

In recent years, social media is taking a huge part in our lives and many people spend

time

on it.

Although

it has both negative and positive impacts on our life, in my view, the latter overtakes the former. In terms of disadvantages, it is undeniable that many young people spend too much of their

time

on social media,

for instance

, Instagram, and Facebook. It is

so-called

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"

SNS

addiction" and

this

is an emerging social crisis. Research from Tokyo University pointed out the correlation between the amount of

time

a person spends on

SNS

and the chance of getting depression, and those who spend more

time

on

SNS

tend to suffer depression twice as often as others.

Hence

,

SNS

brings us a huge social problem, and managing the

time

we spend on it should not be too much.

On the other hand

, the advantage is that we can connect with faraway

friends

. As globalization is accelerated in recent years, it is getting common to study abroad or to live abroad.

As a result

, it is getting common to have

friends

or family

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long distances. About 10 years ago, I studied abroad in Canada and I still keep in touch with those who exchanged messenger accounts.

In other words

, there is no way to reach out to my

friends

with whom I didn't exchange accounts. So,

SNS

is a vital tool to stay in touch with distant

friends

. To sum up,

although

there are some negative impacts on social media, I fully agree with the view that the advantages overtake the disadvantages

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because I value

friends

and family more than anything,