WRITING: The Social Media

Dilemma
Yesenia Céspedes Terrazas.

When we talk about the use of social media now, is something that most of the people are
going to tell you that is a huge problem because we are out of control. Much of society have a
bad habit with the use of social media like TikTok. Is the last app that most of the youngest are
hooked on, because a lot of content that show to us.

As a young person, I spend a lot of time using social media. Is something normal in my life. I
spend most of the day on my mobile than doing other things. From my point of view, I use it
for important things like watch news or be active in the social life. In there we can see
whatever we want. If you take advantages of how to use it, as I do, is not so sickly. My
favourite time to check my social media are when I wake up and when I go to sleep. It´s
something that has become a habit in my daily life.

However, the app I use the most is Spotify. I´m obsessed with this app. I not only use it when I
wake up and go to sleep, I use it all the time. That´s why I always carry my headphones with
me. Spotify always attracts my attention with new songs, that why I always have a hard time
stopping listening music. This was something that in the movie tried to show us. Social media
fobbed us through videos or photos to get us to stay on the apps as long as possible. This is
just an example of how they control us though the networks, there are more reasons to feel
vulnerable, such as the fact that they control the time we are viewing a publication, it´s
something that one doesn´t overlook head.

We have been controlled by the networks for years and each year the control is greater.
Therefore, it wouldn´t be surprising if the prohibited its use in the future. Personally, I think it
wouldn´t be difficult for me to stop using the networks. It seems to me that we would live in a
healthier world, and we would be freer because of less controlling.

The experts in the social Dilemma recommend some practical ways to discourage addiction to
social media which I agree with establish a house rule that everyone turns off devices at a
designated time before bed or during mealtime. It´s something my family usually does to
maintain communication during the meal. Another solution is to encourage teens to do their
research before sharing posts or videos to make sure they are not spreading fake news. It is
something logical that we should all do to have context for what we publish.

Ultimately, this documentary has the potential to create greater awareness among people of
all ages about the dangers of the technology.