A third of American adults – and nearly half of those ages 18-29 – say they are online “almost constantly.” [Pew Research Center, 2019]

Teenagers who spend 3 hours/day or more on devices are 35% more likely, and those who spend five hours or more are 71% more likely, to have a risk factor for suicide than those who spend less than one hour. [iGen, 2017]

The average American child receives his/her first smartphone at age 10 [CQ Researcher, 2016]

Teens use entertainment screen media for an average of nearly 7.5 hours a day – not including the time they spend using screens for school or homework. [Common Sense Media, 2019]

3/4 of Facebook users are unaware that it keeps lists of their personal interests, such as their political leanings, for advertisers. [Pew Research Center, January 2019]

A 5,000 person study found that higher social media use correlated with self- reported declines in mental and physical health and life satisfaction. [American Journal of Epidemiology, February 2017]

50% of teens report feeling “addicted” to their phones – as do 27% of parents. [Common Sense Media, May 2016]

88% of teens who use social media have witnessed others being cruel online. Children who are cyberbullied are 3x more likely to engage in suicidal ideation than non-bullied children. [Pew Research Center, May 2018; JAMA Pediatric, May 2014]

As teens’ time on social media specifically has gone up, so have their depression rates. One study found that, between 2009 and 2017, rates of depression among kids ages 14 to 17 increased by more than 60%. [Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2019]

Fake news spreads 6x faster than accurate news on Twitter, and falsehoods are 70%

more likely to be retweeted. [MIT, 2018]

The number of countries with political disinformation campaigns on social media doubled in the past 2 years. [New York Times, 2019]

Google search results can shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20% or more — up to 80% among some demographics. [PNAS, 2015]

80% of students mistake “sponsored content” ads for legitimate news. [NPR, Stanford, 2016]

Researchers found that leading AI models for processing hate speech were 1.5x times more likely to flag tweets as offensive or hateful when they were written by African Americans. [University of Washington, 2019]

64% of the people who joined extremist groups on Facebook did so because their algorithms steered them there. [Internal Facebook Report, 2018]

Until 2019, Facebook allowed advertisers to use discriminatory targeting in ads: those advertising jobs, housing, and credit offers, could choose to exclude people on the basis of gender, race, disability and other characteristics, in direct contravention of federal laws such as the Fair Housing Act, which bans discrimination. [Washington Post, 2019]

First, type your name AND class period.

Then, choose ONE sentence frame and complete it with your thoughts about the different facts.

• The most surprising statistic is _____ because _____.

  
  

• The most interesting statistic is ____ because _____.

  
  

• After reading statistic #____, one question I have is _______.

Name: Ms. Mendez Lee

Period 2

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #13, because certain groups of people might never see advertisements for things that could be helpful for them. I don't know why advertisers would want to exclude particular genders, races, or ability levels from their products- I would like to see an example and figure out what the reasoning is because I think it's really unfair.

Period 2

After reading Statistic #12, one question I have is why would Facebook's algorithm lead people into joining an extremist group? Because if people are joining extremist groups it could lead into that person or people becoming full on extremists which could lead more people into joining, and if they're an extremist for long enough they might resort to violence.

Per: 1

the most surprising statistic is number 15. it is surprising that most kids spend 7.5 or more hrs on there phones because the people that do that are addicted to there screens.

Period 1

Comment:The most interesting statistic is #16 because most people whom use Facebook are unaware that it keeps personal records of personal interests on all Facebook users, for example political leanings.

Period 1 English 7

The most interesting statistic is #10 because some people buy something off the internet and not get what they expected to get. Most of the times it's scammers trying to get someone info or credit card.

Period 1

The most interesting statistic is #7 because it indicates how rumors, or false information is more known than actual information on twitter. I think this might be because people think the fake news is exciting or more interesting than the real thing.

Period 1

After reading statistic #2 one question I have is how can we prevent that. What is a safer way to use it without taking away the social media. How can we prevent teens from suicide before it's to late. That's my question. How can we prevent it from happening.

Period 1

After reading #15 one question I have is how do you know that teen use that many hours a day. Like how did he/she figure it out. Dis he/she watch a teen us their phone and set a timer? That is my one question/

Period 1

Comment: The most surprising statistic is #5 because 88% of students is a lot of people compared to all the teens that use social media in the whole world. The teens that get more bullied online are struggling more in life then the teens not getting bullied online because they don't have to go on there device and see hateful comments to themselves from others.

The most surprising statistic is #15 because 7.5 hours of looking at your phone, not including schoolwork. That means your spending basically half your day wasting your time looking at your social media.

The most surprising statistic is number 7 because its says Fake news spreads 6x faster than accurate news on Twitter,and falsehoods are 70% more likely to be retweeted. When you open Instagram and you see your favorite celebrity die and you start to cry but then you realize it was a fake post not real who would do this.

Period: 1

The most surprising statistic is #2 because people will suicide themselves or think about it when they have more usage of their electronics like phones and computers.

Period 1

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #15, because people should not use their devices that long and I really have no clue why they do.

p 1

After reading statistic #16, one question I have is, Why don't people realize that Facebook keeps track of people's interests.

Period 1

The most surprising statistic is #6 because it is surprising that between the years 2009-2017 for kids ages 14-17 it's surprising that the depression rate has gone up 60% I think that it is important that we don't get all caught up in what people are doing on social media because most of what you see, isn't even real so there really isn't a reason to be depressed.

Period 1

The most surprising statistic is #15 because kid spend more time on social media then anything. Kids spend 7.5 hours on social media not including school. Kid spend almost all their day on social media.

Period 1

The most surprising statistic is #5, because 88% of teens who use social media have been witnessing others being terrible. I don't know why children who are cyberbullied but more likey their going to engage a suicidal ideation.

period 1

after reading question #4 that so many people now have an addiction to there phones and are on them none stop its just like having a mini TV in your hand 24/7 yes they can be used in a good way but at lest half of people dont and they normally are on there phones for 6-9 hours a day

The most interesting statistic is #12 because the algorithm put someone in something that they are supposed to really believe in but it was just a computer putting them in a place.

Period 1

The most interesting statistic is #6, because the more we spend time on social media, so have the depression rates. It's sad that people have to go through bullying or harassment online. It might have a big impact on others, and someone might not know it.

Period 1

The most surprising statistic is #5 because 88% of teens on social media are starting to get rude comments and are getting cyber bullied by what people are posting about them. Some teens that are getting cyber bullied start to engage into suicide because of the hate that they are getting from other teens.

Period 1

The most surprising statistic is #14 because the children that are getting a phone at 10 years old are too young, and most of them aren't even ready enough to have and maintain a phone.

Period: 1

The most interesting statistic is #2 because social media itself is draining for people, the more you're on it, it's addicting, makes you lazy, and you could find people online that will drain you. Making you more suicidal and bored of life. The percentage is quite realistic, as when you are on social media, you may realize that meeting people is quite confusing. You never really know who you talk to, or call. People fake they're own identity online which leaves you questions, and sooner or later it could become stressful from what those people say to you, either it saying they love you or hate you, you never know if it's true or not. Leaving you more questions, it becomes draining, scary, and builds stress. And hate comments on posts you make can also stress you out. Also account stalking, which is from your view can hurt you in many ways. When stalking someone's account on social media you could find something that is about you, or is something that personally hurts you.

Period: 1

The most interesting statistic is #2 because social media can be a dangerous place to communicate. You never know what someone could say or make you feel a different type of way which makes you want to do suicide. A 71% and 5 hours of social media is very accurate knowing how many people are going through bullying or worse. Talking with people on social media can result in talking to people who can turn there back on you and make you want to commit suicide. A risk factor of 71% to 35% is a high. And just by spending 3 hours on social media to 71% and 5 or more hours is a high high to low.

Period 1

The most interesting statistic is #2 because this shows how social media can have such a strongly negative effect, but there is another way I see this. This could be a the opposite way around you may first think what I mean is people who are sad and depressed may go to social media to have a break from thinking about whatever is making rather that people being depressed because of social media.

Period

After reading statistic #5 one question is why would you let your child have social media if you knows what happens on it like bulling

First, type your name AND class period.

Then, choose ONE sentence frame and complete it with your thoughts about the different facts.

• The most surprising statistic is _____ because _____.

  
  

• The most interesting statistic is ____ because _____.

  
  

• After reading statistic #____, one question I have is _______.

Name: Ms. Mendez Lee

Period 2

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #13, because certain groups of people might never see advertisements for things that could be helpful for them. I don't know why advertisers would want to exclude particular genders, races, or ability levels from their products- I would like to see an example and figure out what the reasoning is because I think it's really unfair.

First, type your name AND class period.

Then, choose ONE sentence frame and complete it with your thoughts about the different facts.

• The most surprising statistic is _____ because _____.

  
  

• The most interesting statistic is ____ because _____.

  
  

• After reading statistic #____, one question I have is _______.

Name: Ms. Mendez Lee

Period 2

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #13, because certain groups of people might never see advertisements for things that could be helpful for them. I don't know why advertisers would want to exclude particular genders, races, or ability levels from their products- I would like to see an example and figure out what the reasoning is because I think it's really unfair.

First, type your name AND class period.

Then, choose ONE sentence frame and complete it with your thoughts about the different facts.

• The most surprising statistic is _____ because _____.

  
  

• The most interesting statistic is ____ because _____.

  
  

• After reading statistic #____, one question I have is _______.

Name: Ms. Mendez Lee

Period 2

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #13, because certain groups of people might never see advertisements for things that could be helpful for them. I don't know why advertisers would want to exclude particular genders, races, or ability levels from their products- I would like to see an example and figure out what the reasoning is because I think it's really unfair.

First, type your name AND class period.

Then, choose ONE sentence frame and complete it with your thoughts about the different facts.

• The most surprising statistic is _____ because _____.

  
  

• The most interesting statistic is ____ because _____.

  
  

• After reading statistic #____, one question I have is _______.

Name: Ms. Mendez Lee

Period 2

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #13, because certain groups of people might never see advertisements for things that could be helpful for them. I don't know why advertisers would want to exclude particular genders, races, or ability levels from their products- I would like to see an example and figure out what the reasoning is because I think it's really unfair.

I think the most surprising statistic is 7 because Its crazy the fake news spreads faster than real news on twitter.

The most surprising statistic is # 13 as I think discrimination for anything is unjust. No matter who people are they should not be held against what makes a person themselves

The Most interesting is 16 because I see that in a lot of other apps like YouTube and ticktock.

The most interesting statistic is number 15 because i feel like that is a little bit above average and that i have probably a higher average by myself than 7.5 hours a day.

Period 3

Comment The most intresting statistic is #15 because 7.5 hours a day is way too much for teens I think teens should be limited 3-4 hours a day or cant even use screen until the weekend that is why i think teens should not be using that much screen.

period 3

After reading statistic #14 one question I have is why are kids getting phones at the age of 10 or younger?

P.3

The most surprising statistic is Mental health statistics because 50% of teens are addicted to their phones and 27% of parents are also addicted.

period 3

The most surprising statistic is #15 because 7.5 is a very long time for an electronic device, and not including school or homework, so including those hours, that's a long time to be on an electronic.

Period 3

The most interesting statistic is #6 because it shows how social media can drastically affect people's mental health just by being on a social platform.

Period: 3

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #2, because it shows how much people can be influenced by what happens on social media to the point where it can lead to suicide or self harm. It really shows how people on social media (even those who are famous) are still humans with feelings and shouldn't be bullied or discriminated against. I also think it's interesting because it shows that cyber bullying is actually a big deal and isn't something that should be ignored, even if it doesn't seem like a big deal at first it can lead to something more and can cause actual harm to real people which I personally think is something that most people tend to forget or purposefully ignore. I feel that most times when people choose to ignore cyber bullying or block the person who is bullying them it would be better that way they don't receive any more hate. Although it would be much better if the cyber bullying wasn't happening in the first place, especially considering it can harm actual people.

The most surprising statistic is that the average American child receives their first phone at 10 years old. I think this is surprising because that is still young to be on social media.

period 3

the most surprising statistic is #5 because I would of never thought that kids will think about ending their life. It's crazy how people would bully people to the point they end themselves.

period 3

Comment: I think the most interesting statistic is #6 because it shows that people at the age of 14-17 get depression from the internet more than 60% between 2009-2017. This is so sad that kids are getting depression at a young age and depression can cause suicide which is sad.

Period 3

After reading statistic #15 one question or thought I had was how do kids spend 7.5 hours a day on their phones. Also considering they go to school for 7 to 6 hours a day. And the 7.5 hours doesn't even include their schoolwork. This is the thought I had about number 15.

The most surprising statistic is #11 because this shows racialism and how hateful people can be to others with other skin tones.

period 3

The most surprising statistic is #7 because most of the time on the internet, fake news is spread very fast and is taken very seriously. For example, lets say someone was a big fan of this popular football player, but later in the day they look on the internet and see that the player has gotten shot. Sometimes if the player is such a big fan they will feel depressed and shoot them self as well.

The most interesting statistic is #6 because social media made depression rates in teens increase 60%. These platforms influenced teens lives so much that people started having bad thoughts about themselves.

the most surprising static is mental health statics because people can get depression.

Period 3

Comment: The most surprising statistic is #6 because it says teens on Social Media have their depression rates go up and it happens to teens ages 14-17 which is pretty young.

Gustavo Hernandez

period 3

#6

the most interesting statistic is mental health because

depression starts happening more often

Period 3

The most interesting statistic is #2 because it shows how much social media can influence our minds. By simply spending more than a couple of hours online, they risk the factor of committing suicide, which says a lot for what the internet can do for us.

Period 3

The most interesting statistic is 16 because it is keeping what you are searching up

English 7

Ms.Mendez

Per 3

The surprising one was 16 because a lot of people were unaware that there is list of their personal interests. It's interesting to see that it actually keeps a list of your political leanings. After reading 16 again, I had one question which was how do people not know about that.

Period 3

The Most Interesting statistic is number 7 because it talks about how fake news spread 6x faster than accurate news on twitter and falsehoods are 70 percent most likely to be retweeted.

period 3

the most surprising statistic is 4# because im surprised that 50 percent of teens are feeling addicted to their phones as do of 27 percent of parents.

Period 4

The most surprising statistic is #10 because most people just ignore ads and don't even care, but it says 80% of students mistake "sponsored content" ADS for legitimate news.

Period 4

The most surprising statistic is #16 because the fact that many people do not know that their history of what they look at is a getting track is very alarming.

Period 4

The most interesting statistic is #11 because tweets were likely to be flagged as hateful if they were written by African Americans.

Per 4

The most surprising statistic is #15 because the daily average is 7.5 hour on screens for kids not including school work and that was recorded in 2019 so I wonder what the daily average now in 2024.

The most surprising statistic is that teens spend more than seven hours a day on screens. I never realized how long teens are on screens.

01-04-2024

Period#4

The most surprising statistics is that teens who have social media spend more time on their phone because it can be addictive to them and that they would glue their eyes onto their phone instead of their work.

The most interesting statistic is how it uses AI to see what you like and makes it so you can never get bored because the world now has that type of technology to do that means we are now really advanced and very far into the future

P4

The most interesting statistics is Bias because it talks about how ¨robots¨ get to learn more about us so that we can stay interested and stay on our devices longer.

period 4

The most surprising statistic is #6, because I never knew that more than 60% of kids 14-17 have depression. I never knew that social media could increase teens and kids health, leading them to depression.

Period 4

The most surprising statistic to me is 7# because if fake news were to spread six times faster things in our office and our factual belief would be mostly if not completely wrong about the actual circumstance.

period 4

The most surprising statistic is #15 because i didn't know people spent that much time because I use social media for hours but not nearly that much.

The most surprising statistic is #13 because it is surprising that Facebook would allow it.

the most surprising statistic is number 2 because it shows the rates of people wanting to suicide

Period:4

The most interesting statistic is 2 because if your online for 3 hours you have a 35% chance of suicide and people who spend 5 or more hours you have a 71% chance.

Period 4

Comment: After reading statistic #2, my question is how would being on devices affect a rate of suicide? Over thousands of kids even ages 7 and younger use devices such as TV's even to entertain themselves. How would this affect the rate of suicide?

the most interesting statistic is 7 as most people will believe anything they see on the internet as long as it looks "good enough"

and sounds true and spreads 6 times faster than actual news

Then most surprising statistic is fake news spreed 6x faster then acuret news on twitter because it just is.

The most interesting is statistic #15 because teens should only be on for atleast 2 hours.

Period 4

The most surprising satatistic is the number of countries with political disinformation campaings on socail media doubles in the past 2 years. (New york Times, 2019)

Period 4

The most surprising statistic is #5 because I wasn't aware that social media can be such a hurtful and negative place.

Period 4

The most surprising statistic is #15, because preteens/teenagers are addicted to their electronics and don't realize that they've had an average screen time of 7.5 hours.

elii

pd#4

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The most interesting statistic is #5 because it shows that people don't say anything when someone is being bullied.

The most surprising statistic is number 15 because teens can spend almost half their day staring at a screen.

Period 5

In the social media statistics, I think paragraph #15 is the most interesting because I don't think people realize how much they are on their screens for everyday.

period:5

number 15

I feel its honestly right because my friend was talking to her boyfriend for ten hours

Period: 5

The most interesting statistic is #15, because 7.5 hours a day just staring at screen for that many hours straight can damage your eyes

Natalie Bedrik

period 5

Ms.Mendez

Period 5

After reading statistic #14, the only question I have is what is the youngest age that some children are given their own smartphones. And beyond that, what are those younger kids spending most of their time using it on, what app do they spend all their time on? What use the average amount of time they spend on their device?

Period 5

Although these statistics may not be of interest towards some people I believe that usage statistics are way more interesting because of #15. This statistic states the fact that teens use entertainment screen media for an average of about 7.5 hours a day, which is about 1/3 of a day.

Period 5

The most surprising statistic for me was #14 because you would think that parents know the endless dangers of the internet yet still expose their child to it at such a young age.

Period 5

Comment: The most interesting statistic is #6, because of the way it all would've been avoided. If teens never spent most of their time on the internet they wouldn't be depressed. Especially with the age range of the kids getting more depressed because of their screen time being increased.

After reading statistic #14 one question I have is does a average american child really receives a smartphone at the age of 10 i think they should receives at the age 12 or 13

#5

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The most surprising static is 3 because some people doubt that social media can change them

Period 5

The most interesting statistic is #15 because people will gain online relationships at young ages and possibly get lured into pedophilia situations and get addicted more easy because they talk online for a long time talking to their "partner"

The most interesting statistic is #5 because children do not have enough mental health to deal with cyber bullying.

Giuliana Garcia

period:5

The most suprising statistic is #11 how blacks are flagged for having more hate speech then anyone beaceause wow.

Period 5

The most surprising statistic is #15 because teens are really addicted to their smartphones and never want to turn off their own screen.

The most surprising statistic is 15 because I didn't know that teens use a average 7.5 hours a day.

Period 5

The most interesting statistic was #13 because it defined the main reason why social media can be dangerous to adults and children.

Period: 5

Teens use entertainment screen media for an average of nearly 7.5 hours a day - not including the time they spend using screens for school or homework. [Common Sense Media, 2019].

After reading statistic #15, I think that how many hours they spend on the screen is a lot.

i think number 13 is the most statistical question because it gives a lot of information and it people shouldnt discriminate people

Period: 6

The most surprising statistic is #5 because lots of children and other human being loves cyber-bullying other people because they are behind the screen and don't know how big or strong they are on the other side

Period 6

The most surprising statistic for me is #11 because the A.I is targeting African-Americans only because of the shade/color of there skin.

The most interesting statistic in my opinion is #6 because I never thought people mental could change so much just from social med

Period 6

After reading Statistic #4, one question I have is how do they get addicted because eventually it gets boring being on the internet for so long.

period 6

The most interesting statistic I found was #6 because of how much that depression went up in from 2009-2017 because of the kids that where watching it and being bullied on it because people couldn't get in trouble as easy unless someone who saw the comment knew them.

FAITH PALMER

The most surprising statistic was 11 because nobody should get a tweet flagged if what they said was not bad or offensive.

Period 6

The most interesting statistic is number 7 because I find it weird that when someone says something untrue with no evidence at all, people engage much more with it. With real news with factual evidence, it may get attention but not as much. Not only does fake news get more attention, but I am shocked about how it may constantly get retweeted.

Period 6

The most surprising statistic is #12 because it shows that people search for sides of politics, or terrorist groups. Though I think that most of it is for news and other things that are happening around the world, some people might actually be interested in the Facebook groups that they are joining.

The most surprising statistic is 15 because i did not know we us our phones that long.

Period 6

The most surprising statistic is number 15 because I can not think of a person on a their screen for a straight 7.5 hours. The most interesting statistic is number 7 because what is the point of making rumors and why would they want to harm somebody. After reading statistic #13, one question I have is why would the ads not include certain religions, race, gender, and etc? That seems offensive on how social media excludes or bullies someone.

period 6

#6

the most surprising statistic is that younger kids who use social media and get bullied through it, can eventually start to have suicidal thoughts. because younger kids have their whole life ahead of them and shouldn't be thinking about suicide and because the fact older kids are bulling little children whom they've probably never met before.

Period 6

The most surprising statistic is #15. I think this because, using an electronic device for 7.5 hours (or more) is an absurd amount. Also does a person who spends more just not have anything to do in their day?

Period 6

After reading statistic 14, One question I have is who was the first child to get a phone at that age.

After reading statistic #16, one question I have is, why would you have your own personal account if some of your information is shared with everyone who looks at your account? What if you want it to be private? I don't have Facebook so I don't know how it all works, but that is a question I have.

I think the most surprising statistic is 5 because of cyber bullying, children engage in suicidal thoughts.

Period: 6

The most surprising statistic is #15 because that is nearly half a day, and you would still need more than half a day to go to school, then do your homework, have your house clean, make food or go to get food, eat, and maybe go to the store or something.

P6

Number 5 raises the question of why did people now all of a sudden start being toxic or bullying other people?

Why are we being more toxic than we used to before social media was so popular- now we are having kids do the unthinkable.

Per 6

The most surprising statistic is #5 because how crazy this might sound but its true. I could never imagine a little kids being bullied online and all you can do is just report it and block the account. Its honestly sad how kids think about this just by being online and having fun.

Kevin su

Period: 6

The most interesting statistic is #5 because, if someone gets cyberbullied they should talk to their parents and try to take a break from social media for some time instead of thinking about it.