against social media debate by

moats_k1 — 2015-10-26 15:54:09 UTC

Dorothy

dorothyv1 — 2015-10-26 15:54:31 UTC

Huffington Post May 29, 2015: 49.1% of people have heard false news via social media. [1] On Sep. 5, 2012 false rumors of fires, shootouts, and caravans of gunmen in a Mexico City suburb spread via Twitter and Facebook caused panic, flooded the local police department with over 3,000 phone calls, and temporarily closed schools.1 out of 8 Americans are Social Media Addict

2. Our attention span has dropped by 40% since 2000 - A lot to do with internet and getting overwhelmed with things that we never might need.

3. 65% of the adults sleep with their smart phones

4. 62% of the age group 18 across to 34 check their Facebook before washing their face in the morning.

Kaylan

moats_k1 — 2015-10-26 15:56:10 UTC

socialnetworking.procon.org

facts

dorothyv1 — 2015-10-27 14:37:53 UTC

BBC NEWS August 23, 201: Did you know that over 60% of people on social networking sites such as 'Facebook' and 'twitter', use the resources available to them too stalk their ex's? Is this you?

56 percent of users posted at least one piece of personal information that could lead to ID theft.

42 percent posted their birth date with year, and 25 percent didn't use or know about Facebook privacy controls.

More than 18 million people use apps, and 38 percent thought apps were secure or hadn't thought about it.

Meanwhile 1.8 million computers were infected by apps.

facts 2

dorothyv1 — 2015-10-27 14:42:39 UTC

New York Times October 4 2015: Did you know that with just a Twitter or Facebook ID, you can track someone's every move and find their exact current location? Creepy does just that -- it allows anyone with access to another person's online photos to pull sensitive geotag location data, allowing them to pinpoint where the photo was taken. Just provide Creepy with the needed username and it will retrieve all the locations the user has posted photos from.

facts 3

dorothyv1 — 2015-10-27 14:51:23 UTC

CNN September 30, 2015: Youth who engaged in four or more risky online behaviors were much more likely to report receiving online sexual solicitations. The online risky behaviors included maintaining buddy lists that included strangers, discussing sex online with people they did not know in person and being rude or nasty online

Boys who are gay or are questioning their sexuality may be more susceptible to Internet-initiated sex crimes than other populations. Researchers found boys were the victims in nearly one-quarter of criminal cases, and most cases included facts that suggested victims were gay or questioning their sexuality

facts 4

dorothyv1 — 2015-10-27 14:52:29 UTC

Boston Globe October 1, 2015: 69% of teens regularly receive personal messages online from people they do not know and most of them do not tell a trusted adult about it

Teens readily post personal info online. 64% post photos or videos of themselves, while more than half (58%) post info about where they live. Females are far more likely than male teens to post personal photos or videos of themselves (70% vs. 58%)

Nearly one in 10 teens (8%) has posted his or her cell phone number online

Overall, 19% of teens report they have been harassed or bullied online, and the incidence of online harassment is higher (23%) among 16 and 17 year-olds. Girls are more likely to be harassed or bullied than boys (21% vs. 17%)

Opening Statement

moats_k1 — 2015-10-27 15:41:21 UTC

There is a huge controversial issue across the states on
whether social media is a good or bad thing for society. Although social media seemed like a wonderful idea in the beginning, facts show that it is not a good thing for society. It can lead to a variety of bad things such as
identity thief, leak of privacy controls, virus spreads, sexual socializations, and
much more.

pro

baseballlife16 — 2015-10-27 15:55:48 UTC

When the Vancouver Canucks lost the 2011 Stanley Cup in Vancouver, the city erupted into riots. Social media was used to catch vandals and rioters as social networking site users tagged the people they knew in over 2,000 photos posted to the sites. [7] [8]

Opening statement part 2

dorothyv1 — 2015-10-27 15:56:16 UTC

There has been cases where social media caused suicides and emotional distress. Social Media has been one of the main factors of teen death. We will prove to you that social media is bad for society and making this generation un inform and is causing teen death. Social media is nothing but a propaganda wanting to cause more crime, controversial issues.

As you can see in the clip, even the television is aware how social networking and social media is being harassed by the NSA and just in general. This just show how unaware we are about how dangerous social networking is. We are the generation of being incompetent and so belligerent on social networking which cause so much trouble in our society. in this debate we will give you proof in our rebuttals and closing statements, how social networking is causing trouble every day thank you

pro

baseballlife16 — 2015-10-27 15:56:25 UTC

After George Middle School in Portland, OR introduced a social media program to engage students, grades went up by 50%, chronic absenteeism went down by 33%, and 20% of students school-wide voluntarily completed extra-credit assignments.[

Kaylan

baseballlife16 — 2015-10-28 15:51:55 UTC

South park clip. (pause at 0:22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYtk74kci_k