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One of the most obvious negative aspects of social networking is losing face-to-
face contact with other people. Teens are sitting around with their gadgets in their
hands all day long, tapping messages onto screens instead of communicating with
real people. Many teenagers feel more comfortable with virtual friends than with
real ones, and may face some difficulties when communicating face-to-face. The
majority thinks that it is easier to chat on the Internet because they lack
communication skills.
It is also true that parents often have no knowledge about what their kids do with
their gadgets, oftentimes because parents are new, and perhaps not adept with the
social networking scene that is really popular in this present day.
They also don't know how to deal with a teenager's potential overuse of social
media and might not even be aware that a problem exists. Therefore, social
networking can be much more immediately engaging and engaged with the
teenager's life than parents are.
However, shifting the locus of social connection to the gadget in the hand has its
positive side. In her piece describing those positive effects of social networking,
Melissa Page cites eight:
1. It educates.
It facilitates communication and gives access to real-time understanding
2. It breaks down physical, geographical, and cultural barriers.
3. It strengthens relationships.
4. It helps people find and connect with their community.
5. It boosts confidence.
6. It can help fight depression.

But the most common way young people begin and end relationships? Texting. Over
3/4 chose it as a way relationships begin and even more as a way they end. In
second place was face-to-face, with over half (63%) choosing it as one of their top
two ways to both begin and end relationships: a distant second to the less personal
way. And when you combine texting and Facebook as the facilitators of relationship
status, face-to-face interactions pale by comparison.
Teens use social media to stay connected with their friends, meet new friends, share
photos, play games, blog, do homework, and promote causes they believe in, which
would increase the relationship they have with each other and strengthen it as well.
This is by;

7. Connecting with people that share the same interest
8. Learning about people with varied backgrounds
10.Enhancing their creativity by sharing musical and artistic projects
11.Expanding their ideas by creating blogs, videos, and podcasts
12.Collaborating on school projects outside of class

As we look at the first trend, we note that social media enables us to connect with
many more people, from all walks of life, than we might normally meet in a normal
workweek, which is an advantage

Technology and social media has become a double-edged sword in the development
of all of our relationships. Its much easier to be friendly, outgoing, and flirty using
Facebook, twitter, instagram, whatsapp and all sources of texting methods, just by
using the proper emoticons and exclamation points. It has greatly facilitated the
interaction between people by eliminating the physical interaction between them.
People would never feel the real sting of rejection or embarrassment through a
phone or computer screen, rather than having a face-to-face conversation. This
enhances the teenagers confidence, whereby they will be able to avoid any
awkward or embarrassing situations, which is an advantage.
But this is where technology and gadgets have the potential to undo us. By
eliminating personal interaction, the social skills that we would normally develop by
actually interacting have become increasingly rare, where now parents have a really
weak bond with their children due to social media, and the lack of communication
they have with them.
I know many people who seem like the most charismatic people on an whastapp
chat screen, end up freezing up the second theyre put in a social situation and their
virtual charisma turns into real shyness, and awkwardness.
Real Life Examples from a teenagers point of view;
I have seen this in my own interactions. When I was a freshman in high school I
would talk to this one girl on IM a lot. We became really good friends and told each
other everything. The problem was that we never hung out outside of a chat room.
So when we finally made plans to go see a movie, there was a constant looming
feeling of awkwardness between us.

So while it is true that social media and technology can allow us a greater reach in
terms of contacting people and communicating with them, it also comes with the
risk of lowering the quality of these relationships and making them less stable.


Examples & Points Of View;

75% said that social media affects romantic relationships negatively

27% said Facebook is one of the top two ways people their age begin romantic
relationships; 19% reported that Facebook is one of the top two ways people their
age end relationships.

The most common way relationships begin and end is texting: 77% of the teen
respondents chose texting as one of the top two ways relationships begin; 82%
chose texting as one of the top two ways relationships end

10% of internet users who are married or partnered say that the internet has had a
major impact on their relationship, and 17% say that it has had a minor impact.
Fully 72% of married or committed online adults said the Internet has no real
impact at all on their partnership.

74% of the adult Internet users who report that the Internet had an impact on their
marriage or partnership says the impact was positive. Still, 20% said the impact was
mostly negative, and 4% said it was both good and bad.

23% of 18-29 year olds in serious relationships report resolving an argument using
digital tools that they were having trouble resolving in person.

45% of Internet users ages 18-29 in serious relationships says the Internet has had
an impact on their relationship, while just one in ten online adults 65 and older say
the same.













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