Since the start of the 20th century, social media has been an inevitable part of our lives, especially for teens, making extreme impacts on them such as communication, ways to spend time, reaching news all around the globe and with various more effects. The main question that comes to mind is; will the new digital age improve our sufficiency, or will it reduce our abilities to the point of losing self-independence?
Firstly, a huge support point for technology is the new connections being made by teenagers who they would not be able to communicate with if not social media. People seem to agree upon that digitalism is a huge advantage for us to talk with our loved ones even if they are far away; this being transformed to a specific term for teens, called an ‘online friend’, where you meet someone online and form a bond via social media. With a new path for company, communication had a huge improvement with the digital age.
Nevertheless, worries about social media evolving into a type of addiction have been rising with numerous news about teenagers not having the consciousness to control their amount of time in devices anymore. People, mainly the elderly, claim that adolescents do not complete the requirements to search perform, or socialize in activities by not using the help of technology. In addition, countless data over the past years show that watching ‘short’ videos cause a certain part of the brain to remain underdeveloped, not reaching the particular size of patience. This unfortunately obstructs teens to have definite boundaries and makes them lack social skills.
In conclusion, even though some accusations about social media are debatable, they are correct to some extents. However, this should not mean a complete restriction of technology; instead, peaceful limits that do not overstate the usage of devices can be established, having both teens benefit from them and not lead to compulsion.
