ESSAY: Do You Think Social Media is Good for Teens?
Do You Think Social Media is Good for Teens? Social media is a platform that allows users to have conversations, share information and create web contents. There are many forms of social media, including blogs, micro-blogs, wikis, social networking sites, photo-sharing sites, instant messaging, video-sharing sites, podcasts, widgets, virtual worlds and more. There are many things that we can do on social media, of course there are positive and negative things, depending on how we see from what we experience. Social media allows teens to create online identities, communicate with others and build social networks. These networks can provide teens with valuable support, especially helping those who experience exclusion or have disabilities or chronic illnesses, and it serves as an educational tool. Teens also use social media for entertainment and self-expression. And the platforms can expose teens to current events, allow them to interact across countries and teach them about a variety
