Read the text below and answer the following questions. Does Social Media Good or Bad for Youths? Social media cannot be shunned by young people. Most youths have social media accounts now. In addition, they think if they do not have a social media account, then they are outdated. As a result, nowadays, social media has become a trend. Social media has positive and negative influences. The positive effect of social media is it is entertaining youths for their leisure activities such as chatting with friends. Additionally, most young people have already known the positive side of social media, for instance in opening a business online, looking for information, the ease of getting in touch with people from around the world, et cetera. In contrast, social media has bad effects. First, getting addicted to social media. Marketing Agency Digital Clarify established that 16% of 1,300 young people are addicted to the internet; they spend almost all of their time on the internet ( www.bbc.com/news ). They are using smartphones every time and everywhere, their arms and their smartphones seem like they are handcuffed. Second, it makes youth indolent to study. They are spending more time on social media though, and less time on studying and doing homework. Lastly, cyberbullying among youths. Cyberbullying by intimidating messages, rumors, sharing victims’ photos/videos which are embarrassing or even threating messages, is done to the target people to make them depressed. To sum up, social media has its good and bad effect for young people. Since social media is widely used and cannot be avoided, the youth should have control over themselves in using social media. What is the purpose of the text?

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Read the text below and answer the following questions.

Does Social Media Good or Bad for Youths?

Social media cannot be shunned by young people. Most youths have social media accounts now. In addition, they think if they do not have a social media account, then they are outdated. As a result, nowadays, social media has become a trend. Social media has positive and negative influences.

The positive effect of social media is it is entertaining youths for their leisure activities such as chatting with friends. Additionally, most young people have already known the positive side of social media, for instance in opening a business online, looking for information, the ease of getting in touch with people from around the world, et cetera.

In contrast, social media has bad effects. First, getting addicted to social media. Marketing Agency Digital Clarify established that 16% of 1,300 young people are addicted to the internet; they spend almost all of their time on the internet (www.bbc.com/news). They are using smartphones every time and everywhere, their arms and their smartphones seem like they are handcuffed. Second, it makes youth indolent to study. They are spending more time on social media though, and less time on studying and doing homework. Lastly, cyberbullying among youths. Cyberbullying by intimidating messages, rumors, sharing victims’ photos/videos which are embarrassing or even threating messages, is done to the target people to make them depressed.

To sum up, social media has its good and bad effect for young people. Since social media is widely used and cannot be avoided, the youth should have control over themselves in using social media.

What is the purpose of the text?

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