Advantages and Drawbacks of Social Networking

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The topic of whether or not social networking sites have brought about a lot

advantages as well as drawbacks for everybody is a very controversial one. On the one

hand, many people think that besides very minor disadvantages, social networking sites

such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc. have plenty of beneficial effects on people,

especially students and pupils. Nothing is perfect, everything does have both of positive

site and negative site. However, after careful analysis, I totally end up with the

result of drawbacks outweigh advantages.

First of all, there are many positive effects that were created by social media for

everybody. In fact, only about half of these effects work for children as well as

teenagers. The most obvious beneficial effects is to help students to deal with their

homework, assignments. Several years before, when social media was not popular and

when there was also only a few of networking sites, it was very hard for students to look

up online for their assigned work. For example, in the 1990s or even early 2000s,

students can only asked for help for their homework via phone calls or meeting in person. Nowadays, with the invention of a whole bunch of networking sites, students can easily

discuss their homework with their classmates. In addition, students seem to prefer

learning from others more than learning from adults. According to MacArthur

Foundation, a non-profits organization which encourage the creativity and effectiveness

of the youth, “Social networking makes kids more peer-based. Young people are

motivated to learn from their peers online. They interact and receive feedback from one

another. They are motivated to learn more from each other than from a...

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...social media will not be ended soon, people had better to recognize the good

and bad of it and try to improve the positive side while try to avoid the bad effects on

their children.

Works Cited

Baroness Susan Greenfield, a top neuro scientist of the Oxford

University, Facebook, Twitter, Social Networking: Good or Bad for Kid's Brain?

http://www.raisesmartkid.com/10-to-16-years-old/6-articles/43-facebook-myspace-

twitter-good-or-bad-for-kids-brain

Staff writers, How Social Media Is Killing Student Success,

http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2013/05/22/how-social-media-is-killing-student-

success-2/

National School Boards Association, "Creating and Connecting: Research and

Guidelines on Online Social - and Educational - Networking," www.nsba.org, July 2007

Sarah Kessler, "The Case for Social Media in Schools," www.mashable.com, Sep. 29, 2010

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