YOUR TOPIC:

Does social media have a positive or negative impact?

YOUR CLAIM:
Social media brings forth negativity onto those who come across it BECAUSE the moral
of the internet introduces a range of arrogant issues.

YOUR SUPPORT:
REASON #1: Social media provokes damage upon teenagers’ mental and emotional well-
being all over the world.

EVIDENCE FOR REASON #1: CONNECTION TO THE CLAIM:

In 1-3 of the boxes below, paste any facts, For each box you fill out on the left, explain
numbers, direct quotes, etc. from your source that HOW/WHY this evidence SUPPORTS or
would support this reason for your claim. PROVES your claim/reasoning.

● It’s addictive: A study a few years This data indicates that from so much use of
ago from Swansea University found the internet many people start to experience
that people experienced the psychotic symptoms from not having social
psychological symptoms of media to get on.
withdrawal when they stopped using
(this went for all internet use, not just
social media)

● It causes depression, This study shows that the teens and young
adults who use the social media platform the
anxiety, and self-harm: A most are the ones who suffer from the
2017 study of over half a million common mental health problems, depression,
eighth through 12th graders found that anxiety harmful thoughts that are ignited by
the number exhibiting high levels of problems from the internet.
depressive symptoms increased by 33
percent between 2010 and 2015. In the
same period, the suicide rate for girls
in that age group increased by 65
percent.

● Sleep deprivation: Research The data from the research shows us that from
shows that 60 percent of adolescents looking at social media/the screen so much
are looking at their phones in the last before going to sleep, many lose their hours of
 hour before sleep and that they get on
average an hour less sleep than their
peers who don’t use their phones
before bed.
SOURCE FOR REASON #1 (paste the link to
your source in the box to the right):
Author/Organization (author of the article. If
no author, put the organization that published the
article):
Name of Article (put in quotation marks “ ”):
Date the Article was Published:
Name of Webpage and/or Website:
Most recent date of access
(Today’s Date : M, D, YYYY)
REASON #2: There are many dangers that are at risk when on social media
EVIDENCE FOR REASON #2:
In 1-3 of the boxes below, paste any facts,
numbers, direct quotes, etc. from your source that
would support this reason for your claim.
● CYBERBULLYING: 59% of
U.S. teens have been bullied or
harassed online, and a similar share
says it's a major problem for people
their age. Some 42% of teens say
they have been called offensive names
online or via their cellphone.
rest leaving them very tired and sleep-
deprived.
https://childmind.org/article/is-social-media-use-
causing-depression/
Caroline Miller
“Does Social Media Cause Depression?”
January 7, 2021
Child Mind Institute
March 5, 2021
CONNECTION TO THE CLAIM:
For each box you fill out on the left, explain
HOW/WHY this evidence SUPPORTS or
PROVES your claim/reasoning.
This evidence proves that there is a lot of
cyberbullying going on throughout the
internet which is exposed to a big amount of
teens in the U.S.
This also shows that using social media is
what causes this major issue of teens feeling
harassed by people they’ve never met in
 Additionally, about a third (32%) of person before, which could potentially lead
teens say someone has spread false teens to doing things that are dangerous such
rumors about them on the internet, as trying to go see that person without an
while smaller shares have had adult knowing, getting kidnapped, ect.
someone other than a parent constantly
ask where they are, who they’re with
or what they’re doing (21%) or have
been the target of physical threats
online (16%).

● Public shaming: Many This example shows how 2 weman’ lives

people remember the public
shaming of Justine Sacco or
maybe Lindsey Stone that went
viral and cost both women
years of online reputational
damage. People from all walks
of life participated in vilifying
these women—the majority
never meet them or knew them,
however with the click of a
keypad, were able to ruin their
lives.
were ruined from public shaming from
someone taking the time out of their day to
make someone feel less of what they are.
Social media is a dangerous place where
people humiliate one another just for publicty
and to get a joke out of it. Also lots of
friendships are broken from all the back and
forth shaming.

● Harrasment: The shares of This PROVES that while being online there
Americans who say they have been are
called an offensive name, purposefully
embarrassed or physically threatened
while online have all risen since 2014.

SOURCE FOR REASON #2 (paste the link to

your source in the box to the right): https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/09/27/
a-majority-of-teens-have-experienced-some-form-
of-cyberbullying/

Author/Organization (author of the article. If

no author, put the organization that published the Monica Anderson
article):

“A Majority of Teens Have Experienced

Name of Article (put in quotation marks “ ”): Some Form of Cyberbullying”
 SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Date the Article was Published:

Pew research center

Name of Webpage and/or Website:

Most recent date of access Monday Mar, 9

(Today’s Date : M, D, YYYY)