Name : Suci Varista Sury Class : B NIM : 13513100 Major : Environmental Engineering

Negative Impact of Social Media for Teenagers

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conversation t)roug) 'ace$oo! messaging7c)at or te2ting( $ut *oul& not $e com'orta$le to )ave t)ose conversations in ,erson# -)e section a$ove ma!es it e2tremely clear t)at teens to&ay *)o are )ig)ly engange& in social me&ia are )aving an i&entity crisis# Not all o' t)em( $ut many teens are someone else on social me&ia t)an t)ey are *it) t)eir social li'e# Social me&ia )as c)ange& t)e *ay teens li'e# It is e''ecting *)o t)ey are( *)at t)ey &o( an& )o* t)ey interact# Alt)oug) t)ere )as $een some negative e''ects on teens $ecause o' social me&ia $ut as goo& teens *e can minimi1e t)e negative e''ects# *e must control our online activity li!e limit t)e amount o' time s,ent online# 4r anot)er *ay( *e can use social me&ia as 'or tal!ing( s)aring a$out !no*le&ge( tas! an& anot)er goo& t)ings# So( *e must $e clever teens to use social me&ia in t)is tec)nological era# 8a&ies an& gentlemen i t)in! t)at s all my s)ort s,eec) to you# +o,e'ully you can get some goo& value 'rom my s,eec)# -)an! you( "assalamualai!um "r# "$#