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The use of social media is replacing face to face intraction among many people in society. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Social
media
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 as Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter
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and Twitter
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 are tools used to communicate with
people
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 of different
culture
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cultures
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,
race
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races
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 and
ethnicity
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ethnicities
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 across the globe. In
this
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 modern world,
people
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 especially teenagers and young adults have found social
media
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 very useful as it helps to learn new things academically or socially,
communicate
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and communicate
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 with their peers without having to leave the comfort of their homes. Social
media
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 has
also
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 helped to communicate effortlessly with
people
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 living in
different
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a different
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part
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parts
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 of the continent as has replaced
face to face
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face-to-face
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interraction
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interaction
interactions
.
This
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developmement
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development
 has been found to be beneficial as it allows information to spread easily and quicker;
for instance
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, the
united
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United
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kindgom
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Kingdom
 government used social
media
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such
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 as
facebook
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Facebook
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 and
twitter
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Twitter
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 to inform its citizens to remain in the house for a
lock down
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lockdown
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 during the pandemic.
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, it has been found that teenagers are radicalised through social
media
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 without the
knowlege
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knowledge
 of their
parent
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parents
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 which is
deteriment
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detriment
detrimental
 to the life of
such
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child
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a child
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.
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Consequently
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Consequently,
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 social
media
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 has affected the communication style of
people
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 in which they can not communicate effectively with other members of the society. Another disadvantage of social
media
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 is the approval of bullying, social sites
has
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 given room for bullies to reach anyone and on the
media
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 sites to bully, threaten and abuse
people
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while
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 in the comfort of their homes.
while
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 social
media
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 is indeed beneficial to
people
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 and
community
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the community
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, it is
also
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detrimental
deterimental
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detrimental
 to
community
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the community
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Introduction
Ensure your introduction clearly states your stance on whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. This will provide a stronger foundation for your argument.
Examples
Expand on your points with more specific examples. This strengthens your argument and makes your essay more persuasive.
Paragraph Structure
Work on creating more clear and distinct paragraphs, each addressing a single main idea. This will improve the essay's organization and readability.
Conclusion
Including a conclusion that summarises your arguments and clearly states your opinion improves the completeness of your essay.
Context Relevance
You've effectively used social media as a context to discuss its impact, showing good relevance to the topic.
Balanced Discussion
Your essay presents both sides of the argument, which is excellent for a balanced discussion.

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  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

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