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The Effects of Social Networking on Teen Culture

Introduction

The social networking is the online platform that makes it possible for people who are far away from their loved ones to get connected with them easily. In addition to it, social networking sites also enable people to create new social relationships by sharing their thoughts, views, interests, activities etc. The fact is that these sites are grabbing the attention of the people because of its fascinating features like sharing information, chatting with friends, finding out new friends, playing games etc.

Purpose of this Study

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social networking on the culture of teenagers. It has been found that teenagers are more involved in using social networking, and they are found to be spending considerable portion of their everyday life in interacting people through social media. This study is carried out to find the effects of social networking on the teenagers' culture and lives.

Discussion

Effects of Social Networking

The social networking sites are playing a vital role these days. It has become a necessity particularly for the teenagers. Following are some of the effects of social networking.

It is considered as an efficient means of communication, but on the other hand, it has also taken into a wrong path. The people more specifically the teenagers misuse this great facility. As we can observe, most of them spend a lot of their time on the social networking sites.

Another main concern that has been taken into account regarding such sites is that the mind-set and the way of thinking of the youth have quite changed due to the extensive use of these sites.

One more thing which is quite often seen is that the addiction of social networking has gone up to such an extent that people prefer to stay at home. They are more likely to chat with the people through these sites rather than going out and meet up with them.

Health issue of the teens has become a serious concern as well. Teenagers are ruining their physical fitness because they keep themselves busy spending most of their time online. They should instead go out their homes and amuse themselves outside with their friends.

Social networking sites are a source of entertainment, but they can be dangerous at the same time. These sites can provide the personal information of people to any person who is interested to ...