Texting By Teenagers

The Proliferation of Texting by Teenagers Texting and social media are getting to be more of an integral part of the lives of future generations. More and more teenagers are getting to connect with the outside world online. In the passage, the author talks about the proliferation of texting by teenagers and the pros and the cons of having teens using social media. She adds reinforcing evidence to get the data to be more accurate. The author builds her argument, that social media affects teens, by including statistics, integrating quotes and references from a variety of people, and discussing the positive and negative aspects of social media. First, the author includes surveys and statistics that emphasize how teens use social media. After the 6th paragraph in the passage, the author includes a survey that talks about the top 3 reasons for using social media among teens 12-19. The survey shows that the #3 reasons to use social media are to keep in touch, follow activities of friends and families, and to reconnect with people from the past. The author also mentions statistics and research in the 4th paragraph.
"We could be raising a hedonistic generation...are in distinct danger of detaching themselves from what the rest of us would consider the real world." The author includes Susan Greenfield because she has an opinion about how the proliferation of texting is bad for teenagers. The author also describes the positive effects of social media. "This evidence suggests not. Research by Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Research Centre, a US think tank, found that the most avid texters are also the kids most likely to spend time with friends in person." She adds an expert in to tell readers that Lenhart researched this issue and found that the people that text most are most likely to also contact people face to face. The author adds both sides of an issue to give readers both sides of