Positive and Negative Social Media Examples by David Wu

Positive and Negative Social Media Examples by David Wu https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn Click the + Add the title of your article in the title, add the link using the link button and summarize the positive and negative examples. If your name is not listed automatically, please type your name by the title so you can receive credit. You are responsible for 2 entries that are real life examples. Use a variety of keyword searches. You may not submit the same article someone else has submitted. en-us 2021-01-06 13:42:52 UTC 2026-01-14 14:08:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Twitter Saves Lives appsteach https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1059270617 This article reports on 5 examples where Twitter saved lives. The first involved a person who was suicidal. Her tweet was seen by actress Demi Moore who retweeted, which resulted in the authorities intervening to save the woman's life. Another example was of a man who was kidnapped who was able to send a message from the trunk he was held captive in.

]]> 2021-01-06 13:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1059270617 Snapchat Decision Ends a Quarterback's Football Career appsteach https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1059313227 A 16 year old quarterback took a picture of a teacher wearing a skirt and shared it with 3 friends. It got around to the whole school. The next day he was sent the the principal's office, then to the police station. Initially he was suspended for 3 days, but eventually was expelled. Even though he had no prior infractions, there were many negative effects of this one action. He eventually transferred to another school.]]> 2021-01-06 13:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1059313227 David Dobrik Surprises Fan's Dad With Tesla by Hannah Kaufmann https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063240748 A 24 year old YouTube star created a challenge to make a viral video stating why you deserve to win a free Tesla. A kid named Bobby Coleman thought his dad deserved this new car because of how hard he works every day. He made a video explaining his dad's work condition and his current car. The video went viral and David Dobrik saw it, and was able to surprise Bobby Coleman's dad with a brand-new Tesla car through social media. ]]> 2021-01-07 14:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063240748 Snapchat's Location Tracking Feature Saves Mother-Of-Two From Committing Suicide 12130322 https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063240841 This article reports on how a mother-of-two who was contemplating suicide, was persuaded out of it by emergency services. Her friend alerted emergency services of her location after noticing her location on a bridge via Snapchat's location tracking feature.]]> 2021-01-07 14:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063240841 The ALS ice bucket challenge-lillian https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063241700 In 2014 many people started to raise awareness for ALS. The trend spread through social media and allowed them to do lots of research and have support throughout their journey.]]> 2021-01-07 14:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063241700 https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063248561 a young girl sits in twitter how she is going to cut herself with a knife. This man saw the tweet and tried to help as much as he could and the girl changed her mind]]> 2021-01-07 14:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063248561 Claire Newman - Facebook Saves a Woman's Life https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063262085 The first example in this article of social media saving people's lives involves a woman who was being attacked by her husband. The husband pulled out the phone line eliminating her ability to call 911. She then made a post on facebook asking for help . Her friends saw the post and called 911.]]> 2021-01-07 14:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063262085 Hannah Roper https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063676588 People can make money off their Youtube and Tiktok accounts to help pay for college, pay off student loans, and many other things.]]> 2021-01-07 15:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1063676588 5 Ways Social Media Saved Someone's Life (Ava Blandford) https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1064000552 This article shows five different times social media saved lives. The first one is about a boy whose face was swelling, but his parents didn't know how bad the condition actually was until people on social media informed them of the disease. The rest of the stories are similar to the first one, parents who posted pictures of their kids and were told the condition was worse than it seemed. This ended with these kids' lives being saved from bad sicknesses. ]]> 2021-01-07 16:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1064000552 10 Times Social Media Made The World Better in 2014-Michael Barnett https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1064119330 On February 2nd, 2014 in Michigan, the mother of 10 year old Colin created a Facebook page for her son. On this page, she asked for just a few people to reach out to Colin to make his birthday special. She did this because Colin was disabled and did not want to have a birthday party because he said he did not have any friends. Just a week and a half after making this page, Colin had made over 60,000 friends on Facebook. Furthermore, Good Morning America hosted a birthday celebration for him in time square! Now, Colin's friends page has more than 2.1 million fans!]]> 2021-01-07 17:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1064119330 3 Times Social Media Saved A Life (Farris Grau) https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1065023115 A teenage girl in Australia started a petition to raise awareness for domestic violence. She did this because her mother suffered from abuse for many years, and her father committed suicide. Her petition went viral, and attracted the government to ask schools to teach about domestic violence. The girl was very happy over the influence that she had over all of those kids and parents. ]]> 2021-01-07 20:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1065023115 Social Media Can Negatively Affect Mental Health and Well-Being Jett_Vanderhorst https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1066832049 This articles entials reasons why social media can be used for positive and negative reasons. Within the writing, it is said by the author, Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, that routine social media use can lead to checking apps excessively out fear of feeling left out or missing out on something. It is also mentioned that social media use may lead to increased risk or depression and anxiety symptoms. ]]> 2021-01-08 13:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1066832049 Cannon Mackley: Red bull marketing that inspires you. https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1066928390

Red Bull put out a goal of creating awareness of the brand increasing sales on there drink called Summer Edition tropical energy drink.

]]> 2021-01-08 13:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1066928390 Cannon Mackley: Seattle Seahawks compare football to the civil rights movement https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1066996883 The Seahawks decided to compare their struggle for a championship to the struggle for equal rights that African Americans have gone through. ]]> 2021-01-08 14:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1066996883 TikTok spreading awareness about the muslim camps in China- Lily Lucero https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1067405332 Tiktokers have started to bring awareness to the muslims concentration camps in China. The government has forced thousands of Muslims to go against their beliefs. Such as making them eat pork and drink alcohol. There's also been reports of the government torturing their muslims citizens. ]]> 2021-01-08 15:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1067405332 How instagram ruined someones wellbeing- Lily Lucero https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1067463451 Kashlee talked about how the effects of instagram ruined her life. She said that while it was fun starting to post pictures she then felt the need to have perfect posts and instagram. She continues to say how she was no longer enjoying her trips and was spending 5+ hours on the app.]]> 2021-01-08 15:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1067463451 Cyberbullying Leads Child to Commit Suicide 12130322 https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1070410683 Mallory was a 12 year old girl that was mercilessly cyberbullied on platforms like Snapchat and Instagram. She was constantly told that she was a loser and had no friends. At one point a cyberbully said," Why don't you kill yourself"]]> 2021-01-09 23:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1070410683 Social media saves Texans lives during hurricane Harvey. (Travis Nguyen) https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072253618 In 2017, Texas and many other U.S southern states had to face the hurricane Harvey. Many people lost their homes and were in danger. In the article below, a woman named Renee had posted on Twitter about a family of seven people were stranded in the middle of the flood and their address. Fortunately, the family had been rescued, thanks to social media. ]]> 2021-01-10 22:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072253618 Houston Rockets Twitter Account Shoots Down Dallas Mavericks (Travis Nguyen) https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072265631 In the article below, Houston Rocket's twitter posted an offensive and cross-the-line joke toward Dallas Mavericks team. Even though some people thought the joke was casual, many other people thought that the joke is somewhat offensive and unprofessional. As a result, the staff of Houston Rockets, who posted the joke, was fired. Hence, this is an example of how social media can create an unprofessional and negative image of a brand, and it also result in someone got fired. ]]> 2021-01-10 23:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072265631 social media helps save many lives during a hurricane- Lily Eugenio https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072511113 In this article it list 5 ways people were able rot help others during Hurricane Harvey. The first example is how people posted their addresses so other people could send help. Facebook groups also united so they could rescue you this in need of help. On instagram people posted place where you were able to get shelter. They also created a online map that helped others to pin a location in emergency. Lastly some people opened there homes for airbnb purposes. ]]> 2021-01-11 02:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072511113 "Burger King baby" finds her mom (Gabie Proffitt) 1207701 https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072703534 In 1986, a newborn baby girl was left at a Burger King. 27 years later She decided she wanted to find out who her biological mother was. She went to Facebook posting a photo of her holding a sign that essentially said she is looking for her birth mother and when and where she was born. It went viral on Facebook and her biological mother was able to find it and they were able to reunite together.]]> 2021-01-11 04:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072703534 Social media use may play important role in youth suicide, expert says pkjohnson2gr https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072741299 Joe Gramigna talked about how social media can effect mental health. He talked about how studies showed suicide is most common between 10-24 years. Many people say that while it is fun to communicate with friends, it is also very degrading. In the article he continues to talk about how there is lots of cyberbullying.]]> 2021-01-11 05:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1072741299 How social media is used to help refuges and disaster survivors - Patrick Gulley https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073085098 One organization that uses social media to help refuges is the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency), who uses Facebook to answer questions of where and how to seek asylum, good locations to stay to keep safe, and how to get other things like the right to work in a country.

The missing maps project also exist, where both a dedicated team led by groups like the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, as well as volunteers through "mapathons" on their mobile app allow people to sort through satellite imaging of disaster prone places. This allows accurate redrawing of maps so medical supplies and services can be easily handled compared to the problems of using 10+ year old maps that no longer work due to a natural disaster happening.]]> 2021-01-11 07:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073085098 SnapChat Location Feature Saving lives and tracking damage during hurricane Harvey https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073715606 SnapChat has a feature called snap maps allowing others to see your location if allowed by you. People during the hurricane would use this feature to be found or they can also see the damage of the hurricane in that area. -Walton Gaunce]]> 2021-01-11 12:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073715606 twitter saves lives will cioci https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073928262 2021-01-11 13:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073928262 How Someone's Life was Saved Over Facebook Jett_Vanderhorst https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073957149 Mariah, an everyday Facebook user, once came in contact with a person who seemed just a bit off. She received messages upon messages from this person, until the third message finally caught her attention. it said, "I EXPECT MORE . . . BUT YOU MAY HVAE TO BE INCARCERATED," Mariah stated that she had barely even knew the person, and they were nothing more than two college students who lived down the hall from each other. Soon after she noticed posts just kept coming, and she felt that doing doing nothing felt very wrong. She then decided to step in, and she fired off messages to those who are close to her. ]]> 2021-01-11 13:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073957149 Racist Video Goes Viral and Prevents Teens from Getting into Dream College- Hannah Kaufmann https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073961854 A couple from Georgia made a TikTok video including a racial slur and many racial stereotypes. The students were oblivious to the harm the video would cause. As the video caught more attention, other TikTok users were not happy. The video was shared to many other platforms including Twitter, where it eventually was sent to her top college choice. She begged for people to stop, but she ended up being punished for the harmful video the couple made. ]]> 2021-01-11 13:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073961854 Hannah Roper- Why Instagram is the worst social media for mental health. https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073962759 Teens took a survey and it proved that Instagram led to increased depression, anxiety, bullying, and the feeling of being alone.]]> 2021-01-11 13:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073962759 Teens Sharing stories about being bullied on SnapChat- Walton Gaunce https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073963492 These teens were bullied and harasses on snapchat by other kids their age. Some of them even harassed by people that were very close to them such as their boyfriend. `]]> 2021-01-11 13:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073963492 The Dark Side of Tik Tok-Ava Blandford https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073971995 This article is written by a student who interviewed Tik Tok users a their school. The author talked about how users of the app felt very bad about their bodies because of all the people on Tik Tok who seemed perfect. If you look at people who fit society's standards of beauty, you start to question whether or not you look good enough for people to like you.]]> 2021-01-11 13:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073971995 Facebook helped a 22-month-old leukemia patient find the perfect donor-Ella Gruneisen https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073972839 Lona Stratton was a 22 month old that had been fighting leukemia since birth.Unfortunately with her half-Chinese and half-English descent, her parents could not find a bone marrow donor. Her parents used Facebook and they eventually found a rare donor from Australia for their daughter.]]> 2021-01-11 13:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073972839 Social Media spreading awareness about important and big issues. -Caroline Holbrook https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073977358 A positive thing about social media is that it helps to raise awareness for big issues.A lot of these issues include racism, abuse and domestic violence, social injustices and much more. Without social media, these peoples' stories and issues wouldn't see the light of day. We want people to feel like they have a voice, and social media gives them one. ]]> 2021-01-11 13:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073977358 Adidas insensitive comment about the Boston Marathon. - Lillian https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073981690 After people finished the Boston Marathon in 2017, Adidas emailed people by saying congrats you survived the Boston Marathon. This insensitive comment caused the company to have lots of backlash. ]]> 2021-01-11 13:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073981690 Apple employee fired after posting a rant about apple products. Farris Grau https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073990645 In 2011a apple employee was fired because he posted all of the issues that apple had on his Facebook. Samual Crisp did not like this and decided to take this to an employment tribunal. He lost and Samual was fired. ]]> 2021-01-11 13:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1073990645 Lucie's Cyberbullying Story-Ella Gruneisen https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1074136761 Lucie was in 10th grade and couldn't go to a party. She was upset and posted something immature on her spam account. Later many of the people that went to the party started talking about her and posting rude things about Lucie. She told her mom what was going on and they notified the school about what was going on. The school had a talk about cyberbullying and she went to a summer camp to get a way from it all. When she came back the people apologized and both sides are now learning from this.]]> 2021-01-11 14:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1074136761 Claire Newman- Social media cost a star athlete his division I scholarship https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1074138134 A high school football player was offered a division I scholarship to a college. This player started a YouTube channel wnating to talk about funny life experiences. His use of foul language and speaking about a time he tresspassed caused him to lose his scholarship.]]> 2021-01-11 14:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1074138134 Social media post that ruined cuteeeee and reputations- Lily Eugenio https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1074163770 In this article it gives many examples on why you should be careful what you do and especially what you post. It shows 23 posts that ended people’s jobs and careers. One example is when an Apple employee was fired after posting numerous rants about their own Apple products on his Facebook page. ]]> 2021-01-11 14:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1074163770 7 Real Life Cyberbullying Horror Stories-Michael Barnett https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1076103176 Megan Meier is a young girl who had suffered from depression from the age of 8. A female neighbor of hers wanted to mess with her by creating a MySpace account and pretending to be a boy. At first, the messages between the two and them were private, but then her neighbor started sharing the messages making them public and saying that the world would be better without Megan. She started believing that that world would be better without her, and at the age of 13, she took her own life right in her bedroom.]]> 2021-01-11 20:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1076103176 How Charities Are Using TikTok to Raise Funds Jett_Vanderhorst https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1076937059 A man named Chris Franklin, post content showing his many farm animals including Chris the Billygoat and Coco and Eli, the donkeys. He does this not only for entertainment, but to raise awareness about the farms activities. The farm on with these animals are raised in a normal farm, it is Caenhill Countryside Center that is a charity that teaches children about farming, animals, and the countryside. He uses social media, such as TickTok, to publicize this charity that it's done so much good for this community.]]> 2021-01-12 03:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1076937059 There are plenty of downsides to social media, and a big one is teenage mental health. -Caroline https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1078517680 Teenagers all over the world are connected through social media. But that isn't always a good thing. Recent studies have concluded that social media does more harm to the adolescent brain than it does good. social media is full of toxic expectations, hate, negative comments, bullying, racism, etc. When teens are consuming themselves with this 8 or so hours a day, it can start to take a toll on that teens mental health. Now, 1 IN 5 adults suffer from mental health issues and also 1 in 5 teenagers suffer from mental health issues! That number is a lot higher than it was 10 or so years ago. ]]> 2021-01-12 14:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1078517680 Social media use can be positive for mental health and well-being pkjohnson2gr https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1078874396 In this article he talks about there being some positives of social media. The article mentions says "Social media may provide individuals with a platform that overcomes barriers of distance and time, allowing them to connect and reconnect with others and thereby expand and strengthen their in-person networks.'' As the article goes on the list goes on for the positives over social media. ]]> 2021-01-12 15:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1078874396 Snapchat helped a kid save a life- Zach Grigalis https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1085740834 In this article a little boy saves a girl who is about to commit suicide on Snapchat. The little boy texted his mom saying that he was worried about this girl and his mom told him to call the authorities. When he does this they reach out to the girl and he saved her life. The girls parents were so happy that he saved her life. ]]> 2021-01-14 04:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/appsteach/2ui318sq1zrj64qn/wish/1085740834