The document discusses counterarguments to common statements made about social media. It argues that [1] bullying predates social media and can cause harm through both physical and online means, [2] factors like relationship issues are more significant causes of mental health issues than social media alone, and [3] individual behavior and lack of self-control contribute more to social media addiction than the platforms themselves.
The document discusses counterarguments to common statements made about social media. It argues that [1] bullying predates social media and can cause harm through both physical and online means, [2] factors like relationship issues are more significant causes of mental health issues than social media alone, and [3] individual behavior and lack of self-control contribute more to social media addiction than the platforms themselves.
The document discusses counterarguments to common statements made about social media. It argues that [1] bullying predates social media and can cause harm through both physical and online means, [2] factors like relationship issues are more significant causes of mental health issues than social media alone, and [3] individual behavior and lack of self-control contribute more to social media addiction than the platforms themselves.
- Bullying has existed since the start of humanity; it didn’t come alongside with social media. Also bullying can refer to people who harms us both physical and emotional; bullying can cause more damage when it’s faced by persons everyday in social places such as schools and work offices. Social media has made his part in this problematic, their politics are improving everyday and reach a point where you can’t send hate comments throughout platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, instantly is taken down when words inciting self-harm or hate comments are posted. but as hard as we try bullying will never go away in a physical ambit. Statement: Social media harms mental health and leads to depression and anxiety - People has always pointed social media as the main blameworthy of causing mental health problems. Since the start of the social media problems such as depression and anxiety where having their highest peaks of patients, so we can say that it wasn’t caused by it. Also the deep investigation at the patients of this illness concluded that the main reasons why a person can suffer this is because of close-relationship events; death of a family member, a love rupture, a divorce, etc. Statement: social media is highly addictive - Social media also is blamed because is very addictive, but it is truly addictive? Or we are too compulsive to behave well? Well, the answer is that the main guilty is our behavior, someone can spend half a day immersed in social media as it can spend half an hour, everything lies in the self-control and discipline an individual has. Also is the responsibility of the figures in control to limit their sons time in front of their screens, if someone fails to provide discipline it is the main subject to suffer of addiction.