Social Networkimg Has A Negative Affect on Teens

Opening statement: Adler
Rebuttal one: Baran
Rebuttal two: Ella
Closing: Hannah

Points:

• Cyber bullying: people can hide behind a different identity which allows them to anonymously hurt others without having to feel bad about it, because nobody knows it was them

• Background check: if someone makes when mistake one time and it ends up on the Internet, everyone is able to see it. If pictures of high school students drinking and smoking is posted on a social media site, collages and corporations are able to see it which could influence their decision on allowing one into a school or receiving a job. 

• Social Media puts more pressure on students because if they are more worried about the amount of likes they get on a picture, the less focused they will be on their schoolwork. 

Rebuttal Points:

"Around half of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying. Cyber bullying victims are more likely to have low self esteem and to consider suicide."

http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html

"Youth victimized by their peers were 2.4 times more likely to report suicidal ideation and 3.3 times more likely to report a suicide attempt than youth who reported not being bullied (Espelage & Holt, 2013)."

http://www.meganmeierfoundation.org/suicide-statistics.html

Start off with:
When you think of bullying, you may think of someone getting beat up behind school or laughed at and made fun of at class. But social media allows for bullying to come home. What starts off as hurtful comments towards a neighbor or peer, can turn into almost harassment, ruining their reputation and making them feel completely insignificant. Cyberbullying comes in many forms and includes, but is not limited to, "Sending mean messages or threats to a person’s email account or cell phone, Spreading rumors online or through texts, Pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person." (http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html) Purposefully targeting others to make them feel bad about themselves is easier to do when hidden behind a computer screen. It would be much harder to go up to someone and say mean comments right to their face for no reason whatsoever. People cyber bully for different reasons. It could be because they do not like the person, which is no excuse for bullying, but it could also be the idea of just victimizing others without consequences because of the anonymousness allowed by the Internet.


Summing up rebuttal: As you can see, social media does negatively affect teens due to that fact that it allows cyber bullying to occur and can lead towards higher suicide rates in teens.