Social Media:The Harsh RealityBy: Vanessa Alexopoulos

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Social media may seem like it ischanging the world for the better...

but in reality- it is

changing us for the

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WHY?

WHY?

WHY?why?

WHY?

WHY?

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With digital technology and socialmedia increasingly used by bullies totaunt their targets...

it's never been easier for harmfulmessages and images aimed at tormentingvictims to be spread to the masses. Photo: dreamstime.com

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"As many as 160,000students a year skip schoolto avoid being harassed."

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Where is theLOVE?

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Teenagers are just being sucked into the

Social Media Craze

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Facebook is changing the waywe meet, date and also slowly ripeach other’s hearts out.

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What happens when iContactthreatens to

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"There is a risk thatsocial media...

is replacing real relationships"- Clinical PsychologistPhoto: morguefile

by: Karpati Gabor

If he gets tagged in a picturewith an ex girlfriend...

it is as if a volcano hadjust erupted.

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Men compain women are onFacebook too much, and womancompain that men are onlinegaming too much.

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How will people even relate to literatureand education that took place in a timewithout the techonology we are used to?

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"LOL"

"ttyl""omg"

brb

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Our technology is getting more advanced... yetour teenagers are getting less intelligent.

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This socialgeneration needsto get offline

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3 in 4 teenagers havewitnessed an argumenton Facebook

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81% of teenagers sayemotional conversationsheld on social media sitesare most oftenunresolved.

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Works Cited"BuzzFeed." BuzzFeed. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2013.

"From Bullying to Relationships: Mapping Our Onlinecommunications." From Bullying to Relationships: MappingOur Online Communications. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2013.

"Health." Is Social Media Secretly Ruining Your Relationship?N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2013.

"When Social Media Goes Bad: The Human Effect[INFOGRAPHIC]." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2013.

Thank you

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