Social Network

With developing technology, communication has become easier. People can find their long-lost friends via social media. Communication has become easier and cheaper than ever before. A lot of applications which enable people to communicate through an internet connection have been introduced and widely used. Long distance isn’t such a big deal anymore and the world is at people’s fingertips. We can share information, pictures, track down what our friends are doing. Websites, which people thought of as a form of entertainment at first, are a part of our lives now. However, we should it keep in mind that it has negative sides as well as positive sides.

 

We cannot deny the fact that social networking plays an important role in the lives of most teenagers. Statistics show that teenagers spend hours using social media sites and 1 out of 7 minutes is spent on Facebook. You may wonder how spending time on these websites may have a positive effect. Well, social networks enable people to open and manage accounts. These accounts help them and their friends, relatives, colleagues find each other. People who have the same interests can form groups and share ideas and information. In this way, they can strengthen their relationship and always stay in touch. 

 

As for the negatives effects; it definitely creates a kind of isolation. Teenagers who spend too many hours on the Internet hardly ever have face-to-face interaction. As a result of being isolated, they may have emotional, psychological, mental and even physical problems which include anxiety, depression etc. Their room is like their sanctuary. It’s the place where they eat, drink and spend most of their time when they are at home.   

 

Another negative effect is their writing. While texting teenagers don’t care about spelling mistakes and punctuation, they don’t even write complete words, they use abbreviations. As time goes by, they forget the rules of writing.

 

It’s obvious that social media has both positive and negative aspects. Taking advantage of it or being affected