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Tommy Than
Ms. Samora
LA 8 Period 3
8 December 2015

Social media is a type of communication where you can spread knowledge, make new
friends, and can instantly communicate with others. For example, Instagram is when you
can share a photo to your friends and they can comment on your picture. Facebook is
when you can instantly message your friends and share photos. Social media is a
revolutionized tool that helps the daily life of teens. An article made by Hilary Stout
called, Antisocial Networking? claims that social media affects the social life of
teenagers buy social media was proven to help teens social skills. Although Hilary stout;
author of Antisocial Networking argues that kids today are communicating less face to
face causing them to become less empathetic towards others and resulting their brains
being negativity rewired. Social media actually helps teens social skills by spreading
knowledge, making new friends, and instant communication.
Spreading knowledge on social media happens every day worldwide as a useful tool.
Spreading knowledge could update a teen's information towards the world. An article
from Mst.EDU says that social media can improve the way information is shared.
Andrew Careaga from Mst.EDU states, "Specialized network could improve the way
information is shared via web-based knowledge management systems". In fact, social
media does improve how all people can share knowledge easily. The news stations such
as ABC7, KTLA, and FOX NEWS have web pages that share news 24/7. This way

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everybody, including teens can benefit from the learning experience through social
media.
Making new friends is very common on social media. Social media sites let you
talk to new people and socialize on the way. On Forbes website, an article states that
making new friends on social medial is possible. Giovanni Rodriguez from Forbes said, "
Yes, of course you can make new friends on social media. But the "how" is just important
as the what and the why." In fact, social media sites such as Facebook has an option to
talk to your friend's friends! This option will help teens social skill by talking to new
people. Teens will gain new friends from that experience.
Social media allows you to instantly talk to anybody. Social media can instantly
transmit information and help teens with communication and social skills. An article from
Social Media Today says that instant messaging can help with marketing. Tamas Torok
from Social Media Today states, "Millions of people use instant messaging for content
sharing and communications." What this article says is true. According to recent research
Published by ShareThis, content sharing on social media increased by 28% and mobile
engagement double in the last year. Instant communication has dramatically changed how
many teens live their life.
Although Hilary Stout, author of Antisocial Networking? argues that kids today
are communicating less face to face causing them to become less empathetic towards
others and resulting in their brains negativity rewired. Social media helps daily life for
teens. Spreading Knowledge on social media is very common and can update a teen's
knowledge towards the world. Making new friends on social media happens everyday
because it improves a teen's social skills. Instant communication can inform a person

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immediately. A teen can take advantage of that and talk to friends instantly. Everyone
should use social media because, in the end, everyone can benefit from it.