Argumentative Essay

“The Effect of Social Media on the Social Skills of Teens”

Since the introduction of social media to the general public, people have
been getting more and more adicticted to the ability to talk to anyone anywhere
at the comfort of their own home. As a result, the social skills of many teens and
even adults are being negatively affected.

One of the many effects are a decreases in the face to face interactions
between people. This greatly affects people as this makes them shyer in front of
people reducing the time they spend actually talking than texting. This also
prevents them from speaking up for their rights in legal matters for example.

Another such effect is the corruption in speech. People who use social
media often tend to abbreviate words such as please and tomorrow and instead
write “plz” and “tmr”. This greatly affects them when they have to write legal
documents, official letters and other important documents.

People who spend most of their time on social media spend most of their
day inside posting updates about their so called “Fun day” .This negatively
affects their health as this prevents them form being engaged in any physical
activity.