Many people around the world use social media every day to keep in touch with other people and get news events. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

On
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today's world, the internet and social
media
are commonly used in our daily lives. We use it to communicate with families and friends
,
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and get news events. There are some advantages and disadvantages regarding
this
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. I will discuss
about
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both points of view in
this
essay. There are lots of benefits
about
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social
media
.
Firstly
, social
media
make
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us keep in touch with friends around the world.
For example
, I visited
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Australia
,
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and met some friends from Japan, China, and Indonesia, we still had
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and helped one another. It is beautiful to be
friend
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with
people
all
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from all
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the
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world.
Furthermore
, it may have advantages about following the recent news.
For instance
, there was
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that
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kid was shooting
people
at Paragon in Thailand, I could check it from social
media
such
as
twitter
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.
Lastly
, we can keep some photos and videos in social applications, the beautiful memories can support us.
On the other hand
, using social
media
everyday
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can cause both physical and mental health problems. Nowadays , we use
internet
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the internet
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by
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via
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cellphones and laptops,
it
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may cause some neck pain or back pain because we have to bend
some
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neck
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to watch it. Dry eyes
also
commonly happen to
people
using
that devices
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. For mental illness, it may happen because we take lots of information about others
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so that some
people
maybe develop depression and bipolar disorder. In conclusion, there are advantages outweigh
disadvantages
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the disadvantages
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if we can control the amount of time and
medias'exposure
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media exposure
. If we use it wrong, it may affect our
healths
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health
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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • facilitate
  • geographically separated
  • fostering
  • connectivity
  • instant communication
  • real-time information
  • misinformation
  • rigorous checks and balances
  • fake news
  • addictive nature
  • detract
  • face-to-face interactions
  • mental health
  • awareness of limitations
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