Social media is a generally new way of socializing with the use of devices to communicate, post, and receive feedback for those posts all in a matter of seconds.
Everyone remains connected through elaborate social media applications, each platform having its differentiating and unique qualities. It is understandable the appeal of using these methods of communication since most millennials and new generations are using different social media platforms from the start of their lives. However, people fail to understand the negative aspects of changing socialization, deliberately going against human’s most useful trait: speech. One of the most significant traits of humankind that distinguishes us from animals is our ability to have elaborate cognitive speech. The change from real-life social encounters to digitalizing socialization undoubtedly presents issues for one’s mental health and social skills besides the other negative aspects such as cyberbullying.
Social media is proven to be addictive as well as cause social disorders, but it also makes cyberbullying so much more effective. Bullying is the act of harming, intimidating, threatening, or coercing a person, typically seen from kids in school who victimize someone who is less fortunate. Cyberbullying on the other hand is in some ways worse. It allows bullies to follow victims home and terrorize them through the use of social media. Being threatened through a screen can be extremely horrifying, especially if it’s done by an anonymous user. People can be manipulated, exposed, and harassed in all kinds of ways and have it done in the simplest of ways without even showing their face. This is why cyberbullying poses such a threat to society. The limits for cyber bullies are endless and can play with victim’s lives with ease, which plays a part in why social media is so dangerous. Cyberbullies can be anyone and not only be people who harass others through their devices but they can also use social media as a means to finding where others are through posts and location tracking applications such as snapchat. Cyberbullying poses a great threat to social media users and should not be taken lightly as it is people’s mental and physical health in the balance.
Hi Mitchell, I like the way you introduced social media in the introductory paragraph and how you explained how social media is being used. Cyberbullying is a huge issue in today’s world and many people are victims of it. I agree with all the claims you make and there should be plenty of evidence to support your claim.
hey mitchell, i really liked how you split up the topics you were discussing and went into detail about social media. i also agree with your claims on how social media is addictive and how cyberbullying is a threat and can harm others.
hey Mitchel, these are very good questions and I like how each gets more specific about the topic you are writing about. I think there is a lot of research that can be done on cyberbullying.
I feel like cyberbullying has been brushed off long enough and that all these social media platforms are just enablers for more kinds of cyberbullies.