Studies suggest that many teenagers these days prefer socialising online to meeting one another in person. Why do you think this is the case? What measures could be taken to encourage teenagers to spend more time meeting one another in person? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

In the development of

technology

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the technology

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era, many

teenagers

tend to use most of their

time consuming

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social

media

, which

make

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makes

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them more comfortable

to interact

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interacting

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with others virtually.

This

essay will discuss the main reason why

teenagers

prefer making

friends

online and how

this

problem can be tackled. The development of social

media

makes many

people

can interact with others freely and easily. Most popular social

media

platform

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platforms

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,

such

as Instagram and Facebook, widely used by

teenagers

recently and the

users

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number of users

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keep growing

until

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now.

This

technology

allow

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allows

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them to meet new

people

online and keep up with the trends

that

is

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are

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happening. The use of social

media

also

promotes many

teenagers

to freely express their best or unique side of personality rather than their real personality outside the cyber world. They might think that they can filter the desired personality they want to make many followers and get

the

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praise from their internet

friends

.

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Consequently

,

teenagers

have more confidence to socialise

in

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on

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the internet rather than interact physically with others. From my perspective, the most obvious approach to motivate young

people

to

making

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make

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friends

offline is to

promotes

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promote

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physical social

activity

in schools and outside

formal

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the formal

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institution

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institutions

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. In order to make

students

attend more physical

activity

, schools must encourage their

students

to take extracurricular

activity

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activities

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outside

the

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apply

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school

time

such

as

sport

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sports

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, dance, and many other

activity

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activities

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. As

the

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a

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result,

students

will

be

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apply

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join

on

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apply

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the

students

' club and

making

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make

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more

friends

offline.

In addition

, the role of the parents will be very helpful to supervise their children in terms of phone usage

time

restriction in the house. Parents can make their own rule and invite their children to family

activity

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activities

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and routines. As

the

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a

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result, children do not

feeling

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feel

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lonely and tend to decrease their

time

playing social

media

. In conclusion,

although

there are multiple factors of

teenagers

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teenagers'

teenager's

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addiction to social

media

, the problem can be tackled by including

teenagers

to

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in

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physical

activity

in school and

home

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at home

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. The role of teachers and parents play an important role to encourage young

people

to interact in real life.