Main reason #1.

Step 1. State your first main reason/point.

There should be a time limit on social media for students because too much social media can

cause mental health problems for students

Step 2-3. Provide explanation(s) and evidence/example(s) for your point.

Explanation 1

Excessive usage of social media can cause students to have mental illnesses like depression,

loneliness or addiction.

Evidence for Explanation 1 Source X: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Research on 6595 US adolescents showed that the teenagers who used social media for 3

hours a day had a 60% higher risk of developing mental health issues, compared to those who

did not use social media. Those who used social media for 6 hours daily had a 78% increased

risk. Also, 143 undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania were randomly assigned to

either limit Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat use to 10 minutes, per platform, per day, or to

use social media as usual for three weeks. The result said that students who only used 30

minutes daily experienced less loneliness and depression.

Step 4. Provide possible counter-arguments to your point.

Counter argument 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Although, some people might say that people who are originally introverted people use social

media and get those health problems. In other words, people who like to stay home use social

media and get health problems. Instead of people having health problems because of social

media, those who originally had health problems might use social media.

Evidence for Counter argument 1 Source X: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Research on 6900 American young adults with an average age of 26 showed that internet

usage had a positive relationship with extraversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness.

People who were more extroverted, neurotic, and conscientious tended to use the internet

more on positive ways .

Step 5. Refute the counter-arguments.

Refuting point 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is wrong because there is no scientific proof that introverted people’s health problems

are because of social media. We do not know whether they got the health problems from

somewhere else. Those who are introverted have a high chance of getting health problems

even if they avoid Social Media. For example, introverted people are more likely to be in

anxiety because they lack relationships with others.

Step 6. Re-iterate your main point/reason.

There should be a time limit for social media because it can affect students’ mental and

physical health by causing addiction, loneliness, depression, eye strain, back pain, etc.

Main reason #2.

Step 1. State your first main reason/point.

There should be a time limit on social media for students because too much social media can

cause physical health problems for students

Step 2-3. Provide explanation(s) and evidence/example(s) for your point.

Explanation 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Social media addiction can also lead to students’ physical health problems like back pain, eye

strain, etc.

Evidence for Explanation 1 Source X: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From a UB(University at Buffalo) researcher, it was found that people who used excessive

amounts of social media were found with higher levels of C - reactive protein which can lead

to higher chances of getting diabetes, certain cancers, and cardiovascular conditions. Studies
found that excessive use of social media can lead to stress, anxiety, and depression, which can

higher the levels of C - reactive protein.

Step 4. Provide possible counter-arguments to your point.

Counter argument 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some people might say that students might get physical health problems from poor diet, lack

of exercise, stress, and other lifestyle factors. In other words, students may not get health

problems from social media, but from their life.

Step 5. Refute the counter-arguments.

Refuting point 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is wrong because even though social media might not affect their physical health

directly, it might cause a reason why they are getting physical health problems from their life

like lack of sleep, addiction, etc.

Step 6. Re-iterate your main point/reason.

There should be a time limit on social media because students can get physical health

problems like eye strain, back pain, etc.

Main reason #3

Step 1. State your first main reason/point.

There should be a time limit on social media for students because too much social media can

drop their academic performance.

Step 2-3. Provide explanation(s) and evidence/example(s) for your point.

Explanation 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Social media can drop students’ academic performance.

Evidence for Explanation 1 Source X: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Randomly chosen 360 university students were researched and found that social media can

make people get addicted to it and eventually drop their academic performance. The study,

conducted by Albert Posso, an associate professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of

Technology in Australia, on 12,000 Australian students showed that children who use social

media had lower scores in math, reading, and science than students who never or hardly ever

use social media.

Explanation 2. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Social media can affect students’ studying habits like focusing, meeting deadlines, time

management, etc.

Evidence for Explanation 2 Source X: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A study from India on how SNS affected IT employees’ work productivity, showed that those

who used social media a lot had trouble focusing on their work, meeting their deadlines, back

pain, eye strain, etc which can also apply to students. Also, research on the influence of social

media addiction on time management skills of 5854 university students in Uyo Senatorial

District showed that social media like Facebook and Twitter addiction had a significant effect

on students’ time management skills.

Step 4. Provide possible counter-arguments to your point.

Counter argument 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some people might say that students can use Social Media for academic purposes. In other

words, some students use social media for studying. Some students might use social media to

contact other people for studying purposes or use social media to search for things related to

school work.

Step 5. Refute the counter-arguments.

Refuting point 1. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is wrong because there was research on 300, 17–29-year-old female students at Prince

Sattam bin Abdul Aziz University and it was found that 97% of students used SNS and only

1% of them used it for academic purposes. 57% of them were addicted to it. 59% of people’s

social interactions were affected because of SNS. 68% of them had delayed bedtime because

of SNS.

Step 6. Re-iterate your main point/reason.

There should be a time limit on social media because it can negatively affect students’ marks

and students’ working or studying habits.