Negative Effects Of Social Media

Technology has become very advanced and very important to our society. One thing that has become very big because of our technology is social networking. There are many positives to having easy access to social media, but there are also negative effects as well. The impact of all this social media has overall a negative effect of our daily lives in society. In “‘r u online?’: The Evolving Lexicon of Wired Teens”, by Kris Axtman, Kris talks about how instant messaging has affected the communication of the younger people in our generation. In “Note To Selfie”, by John Dickerson, he writes about how people are pausing their lives to post about their happenings on social media. These two authors discuss some negative aspects to having social media
It is how we communicate with others and express ourselves. For teenagers, they have begun to take our English language and create many different terms and slangs so they can talk faster. Now, yes this is positive if you are lazy and want to make things easy, but what about the long term effects? The more you do something, the more likely it is to become a habit in your life. It only takes 21 days to start a habit, so it seems like it would be pretty easy for people to get a habit of this form of communication. All teenagers are now of days writing things in different slangs and term, so to them it becomes natural, and sooner or later it will start to affect them in school and in their essays. Axtman states, “A negative, though, is that their grammar is becoming atrocious, and Net lingo is starting to show up on school assignments“ (248). All of these grammatical errors, like no punctuations, run on sentences and slang words, are being transferred from their instant messaging to their actual writing. There are some students who know when to use which kind of writing, especially in the older generations because this social media didn't become popular until later in their life. But what about the kids who are 7 or 8 and are living their childhood around this technology, they are learning this different form of communication at a younger age so it will have a bigger effect on their writing. This begins to affect our
Social media has become a worldwide phenomenon so fast because of our advanced technology. These advancements are a great thing and have many positive effects, but with things like social media, it comes with negative effects as well. In the two articles “r u online?’: The Evolving Lexicon of Wired Teens”, by Kris Axtman and “Note To Selfie”, by John Dickerson, the two authors express their views on instant messaging and social media and some of the negative effects they have on our society. In my opinion, two of the most negative effects involved with having social media involved with our daily lives is the adaptation of language and people not living in the