Social Media's Impact on Teens by

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 02:42:21 UTC

Building Schools in Nigeria

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 02:50:38 UTC

In November of 2024, Kai Cenat took to Twitch and went on a record breaking run over the course of 30 days. He live streamed his life for an entire month straight hosting activities and celebrities while engaging with fans and the public. He amassed about 800,000 subscribers during the event and donated 20% of his earnings to his school project. The exact number was not released to the public but it is assumed he donated more than 4 million to his project.

New York City Charity Event

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 02:57:41 UTC

August 4th, 2024, Kai Cenat announced a massive giveaway event located in Union Square. Though he was successful at giving away multiple gaming consoles, computers, gift cards, and other equipment to jumpstart careers he was forced with major fines. A huge riot had broken out leading to the injuries of 7 people causing Kai to pay about 50 thousand in fines

Public Influence

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:01:44 UTC

Kai Cenat being one of the most popular celebrities allows for him to promote and cause a rise in anything he pleases. Kai takes advantage of this ability by reacting to other smaller creators or anyone looking to come up in their field. He also hosts P.O box openings in order to display the creativity of his community and help inspire the younger fans.

Cybersecurity

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:04:23 UTC

TikTok is originally developed and operated by the Chinese company ByteDance. America poses TikTok as a threat due to the massive amount of American user data being collected by the Chinese government.

Negative Influence on behavior

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:08:59 UTC

Though TikTok may be very resourceful at times, it also can lead to a lot of negativity and harmful behaviors. The app having the largest amount of active users draws in loads of content from all over the world. The speed of a video turning viral and becoming a trend can be insane to think about. TikTok varying in age range can pose a threat to society as any trend that may be harmful could be pushed and promoted to a youngerr audience causing them to follow the unreasonable beahaviors. For example, early 2020 a trend circulated where young children would bite and taste Tide Pods.

Misinformation and Propaganda

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:13:10 UTC

Anyone can use and post on TikTok meaning information is widespread in the blink of an eye. A rise in accounts posing to be popular news outlets has come causing for misinformation to spread at rapid rates. For example, people pretending to initiate terrorist attacks or warn people of posing threats has become something seen more often.

Bronny James

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:17:58 UTC

Bronny James, son of NBA Legend, LeBron James, has been doing big things over the last 5 years. NIL deals became allowed causing for Bronny James to become one of the highest paid student athletes of all time. At only 18 years old, Bronny was featured in a Nike commercial alongside his father with jump started his career earnings. Before being drafted in 2024, his NIL value had reached nearly 6 million dollars.

Charlie D'Amelio

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:21:23 UTC

TikTok star Charlie D'Amelio who was once known as the queen of TikTok made tons of smart decisions early in her career. Bringing in a massive amount of views on the daily allowed her to land many brand deals as well as invest in products before they took off. As of 2025, Charlie sits at approximately 50 million dollars in net worth.

A.J Dybansta

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:25:41 UTC

As stated before, the NIL deals within athletes have been life changing over the last 5 years. The current number one recruit in the class of 2025, AJ has grown his revenue by millions without even graduating high school yet. As of recent he has signed brand deals with companies like Red Bull and Nike to increase his net worth to roughly 4 billion.

Jealousy

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:29:44 UTC

One of the most negative impacts of social media found mostly in teens is jealousy. Social media allows for anyone's daily actions to be documented and published at any time of the day. Everyone has different backgrounds and life circumstances which allow for more or less causing intense feelings of jealousy. This causes people to pretend to be something they aren't all for a public image.

Cyberbullying

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:32:23 UTC

The unique appearance of every individual is something that should be appreciated no matter what. Things like looks are something you mostly have no control over, but social media is quick to leave negativity. Criticism of other subjects like clothing or location is also very popular unfortunately which can cause terrible feelings such as depression.

Self Esteem

alexanderk73 — 2025-02-27 03:35:48 UTC

The rise in social media and influences has caused tons of teens around the world to face negative emotions. Many may catch themselves thinking why can't they be like the social media stars. Many teens also feel negatively about themselves based on the amount of likes or followers they may have. Studies show this can lead to a lack in confidence and negative feelings over periods of time.