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English 101 7/24/2014
Social Media
Growing up I would hear the wheels of skateboards rolling down the paved street, soccer balls being kicked against the wind, and constant chatter of disagreements from friends about where to go and what to do next. Now, kids and adults come home from school or work and are instantly linked in, stuck to a screen like a zombie, browsing through Facebook and twitter to see the latest deception of entertainment. I have witnessed and seen the decline of mental and physical abilities due to social media. If social media keeps becoming the past time for kids and adults than our society will become less responsive using free time wisely, shorting attention span, and less communication when faced with a one on one situation.
I have called my friends in the middle the day, on their day off, to ask them to hang out and go play sports outside. Their usual response is, “I’m not feeling good.” I know that if I log into a social media website, like Facebook, they would be logged in as well. For my friends who have a job their productivity has also declined. For example, I saw 50 friends were online and I know half of them were at their full time, behind a desk using company computers. An article on Chron.com titled “Negative Effects on Social Media” gave a familiar statistic that “two studies which demonstrated damage to productivity caused by social networking: Nucleus Research reported that Facebook shaves 1.5% off office productivity while
Social Media
Growing up I would hear the wheels of skateboards rolling down the paved street, soccer balls being kicked against the wind, and constant chatter of disagreements from friends about where to go and what to do next. Now, kids and adults come home from school or work and are instantly linked in, stuck to a screen like a zombie, browsing through Facebook and twitter to see the latest deception of entertainment. I have witnessed and seen the decline of mental and physical abilities due to social media. If social media keeps becoming the past time for kids and adults than our society will become less responsive using free time wisely, shorting attention span, and less communication when faced with a one on one situation.
I have called my friends in the middle the day, on their day off, to ask them to hang out and go play sports outside. Their usual response is, “I’m not feeling good.” I know that if I log into a social media website, like Facebook, they would be logged in as well. For my friends who have a job their productivity has also declined. For example, I saw 50 friends were online and I know half of them were at their full time, behind a desk using company computers. An article on Chron.com titled “Negative Effects on Social Media” gave a familiar statistic that “two studies which demonstrated damage to productivity caused by social networking: Nucleus Research reported that Facebook shaves 1.5% off office productivity while