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I am making an effort to use social media less

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We hear similar things each year about technology and it's mostly coming from people who didn't grow up with this technology to it was kinda the same as almost every other year

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i’m working on being a lot more detached from my phone. i just deleted snapchat and instagram and i’m going to install back them next weekend. wish me luck!

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I learned that being on your phone is a part of life but we need to learn how to put it down when we can.

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it informed me about the effects of social media

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Some of the people surrounding me still don’t seem to be fully grasping the difference between life before and after technology and the true impacts of it

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It’s easier for me to communicate with people far from me

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It’s easier for me to communicate with people far from me

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Social Media has impacted me in a positive way because there are posts that educate me on real world crisis

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I realized that I shouldn’t judge someone who is taking a break from social media as they are probably doing it for their own mental health.

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I am learning to use my phone less and to limit my time on social media

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I am trying to reduce my daily screen time

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informed me abt the affects of social media

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Technology can help us connect to other people easily. Which is especially important during COVID

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I have met new people and am able to connect with my friends and make connections.

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i am now making an effort to use social media less

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i’m more aware about my technology usage

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I didn’t know how much the media affects us.

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I now make efforts to limit my screen time, which works better for my mental and physical health.

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I am more mindful of how often I check social media, and how much I feel the urge to check it.

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it’s difficult for those not in our generation to understand how influential and important technology is in today’s society and it’s difficult to not use it.

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i learned that technology can connect us but can also control us

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making an effort of using social media less

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I can stay connected to my friends using various social medias. 

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I can stay connected to my friends using various social medias. 

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I now feel that the government is seeing things that are private, not necessarily bad or dangerous just stuff that I may not want them to see/have.

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most times i am on social media i do not feel good after logging off

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i am able to stay in touch with people that live further away from me especially during this time

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i am able to stay in touch with people that live further away from me especially during this time

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i can connect with my friends through social media

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I am able to connect with people when I’m not with them

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I learned a lot about how cell phones can affect you and ways  to prevent yourself from using your phone to often.

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connect with friends and family and can do virtual learning

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Getting rid of negative accounts I follow

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Using less social media

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I am working on leaving my phone in another room during classes and homework time

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I am more mindful of how often I am using social media, keeping in mind the negative effects. I am also working on using social media less and to stop being so dependent on it.

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I can contact my friends more

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I’m more aware of how technology tries to affect us and take up as much of our time as possible

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It allows me to communicate with friends and family, especially during these hard times

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I never really used it all that much to begin with? I’m just using it a little less

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Feeling left out

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technology is a big part of this fast evolving world, and utilizing it allows for progress

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I realize now becoming addicted to apps is a legitimate concern

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social media and other apps can be really manipulative and can make you spend more time on them when you might not want to

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i am able to stay informed and share aspects of my life with my friends and family

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trying not to go on social media as much and being more aware as to what i’m doing

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It is easy to look up information whenever

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It takes up a lot of my time

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I can get distracted from things I need to get done

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Because of covid we can’t do much with deleting socials because we can’t see each other in person and need these ways to communicate

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it really made me feel like what i post on social media has repercussions everywhere 

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it really made me feel like what i post on social media has repercussions everywhere 

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Feeling like you are out of the loop on social stuff

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makes contact with friends and family easier

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I feel as though confidentiality doesn’t exist.

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All the screen time hurts my eyes

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Invasion of privacy, can lead to less sleep/motivation/productivity, often makes people feel self conscious.

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i feel like i am on social media more than i want to

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has a bigger impact on our lives than we realize

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I can stay connected with my friends even though they go to different schools

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I am more aware of how algorithms might try to grab my attention

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Social media is a way for me to stay updated on current events and what people are talking about

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Makes me envious of others’ lives

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i deleted tik tok and might consider deleting instagram and snapchat

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i’m focusing more on building my craft, instead of being on my phone all day

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Social media has posts that makes me feel bad about myself, causing me to feel unmotivated.

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effects health and time-management

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deleting certain social media apps that i don’t use

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technology can be used negatively to create the wrong kind of progress, and create more harm than help

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I can see my family and friends who are not living near me

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it helped me understand the goal of these social media corporations

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effects my mental health sometimes and makes me want to compare myself to others i don’t even know

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It detaches me from reality and makes me not like the real world sometimes.

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We have instant access to lots of news and stuff, which can make everything seem bad and hopeless if we are being constantly surrounded by all the negativity in the world

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It is hard to stay in contact with people without using phones and when I am in person, some people still constantly rely on their phones for entertainment while we are hanging out.

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it is hard to separate from my device because i feel that my whole life is on it

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How to seperate daily activities from your phone so you do not depend on it as much

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I still get addicted to spending time on my phone and can waste a lot of time

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social media helps to inform me on world issues and to form my own opinion on different topics

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Technology makes it easier to spread misinformation or things that are damaging to others

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I became more aware of the way I used technology and spent less time on Instagram last night

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Social media and my phone in general is the main cause of why I procrastinate.

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Keeps me connected with my family and friends - especially in a time where it’s difficult to see them

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can make me feel worse abt myself

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I think the presentation was based on one side of the problem and didn’t focus about the positive effects of social media, such as mobilizing youth to participate in a climate strike and providing a platform for digital presidential campaigns. Social media may damage mental health, but there are also some important impacts that it has caused.

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a lot of screen time and cause headaches and strains my eyes

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i’m on my phone often and sometimes can’t get work done

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made me question if i should have social media at all

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I’m more educated on the effects of the internet and social media.

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Draws me in and before I know it I’ve spend 3 hours scrolling through my phone rather than doing something more beneficial

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looking at supermodels and people with perfect bodies can make me insecure

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Difficult to not use technology as we grew up with it.

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To much screen time makes me dizzy and it becomes hard to see

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Social media makes me feel less comfortable now

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my attention span has decreased and distractions have increased

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social media can negatively impact mental health

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am able to communicate and talk with my friends and family even those who live far away

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I have now been paying more attention to the hours I spend on the internet

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I always feel guilty after being on my phone for too long

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too much screen time can have a negative effect on you

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social media can make it easier to communicate with friends and family and can be used as a news source

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We spend so much time and rely so much on the internet, whether goo d or bad. School now relies completely on the internet and if there is an internet outage, nothing would be able to work anymore.