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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

In this modern era where technology is continuously evolving and progressing towards a more technologically advanced future; a more digitally inclined society that allows us to transcend the physical and geographical boundaries between people, there is bound to be a downside alongside all the convenience and entertainment it has given us. The cons are primarily experienced in social media websites/apps since the majority of the people on earth are using at least one social media website/app. We can all agree that social media has brought us a lot of benefits that have made our lives more convenient and entertaining. Through social media, we socialize with other people, such as our friends and family members from different parts of the globe. We also use it to be informed of our community’s latest happenings and news. Even companies and various sectors of the government are using social media not only to inform the people of their activities and latest endeavors but also to promote and make themselves known to the world. Furthermore, educators use social media to inform the students of the schedules, activities, and other information about their classes essential for their education. Most educational institutes around the country have practiced this since the beginning of the pandemic. Despite all the benefits that social media brought to us, we can’t say that it is a good thing since the more we use social media, the more we are drawn to it, making us addicted, which can ruin not only our physical and mental health but also the relationships and bonds that we have cultivated in real-life.

As individuals who are part of Generation Z, we can all agree that today’s generation is the best so far because we get to experience the most advanced technology humanity has ever seen and because of the internet and social media. Social media makes our lives very convenient and entertaining, but there are a lot of negative things going on behind the seemingly perfect services it provides. In the documentary, social dilemma, we have been informed and enlightened of the deceit and manipulation these social media companies are doing behind the scenes. They have been continuously improving their services to attract more attention from us and maximize our usage so that they can earn more money from advertisers that want our attention. We believe that it is okay if the way they maximize our usage is ethical and won’t affect our mental health, but the algorithm is providing the users with manipulative and inciting content that is made to cause chaos amongst us. The developers of these websites/apps knew very well that some content in their platform is misleading and propaganda, but they don’t do anything about it since these kinds of content are more attention-gathering, which in turn earns them more profit. These kinds of content can ruin how we perceive the reality of how our society works and how things are going on throughout the globe, the way we think of ourselves, and our sense of recognition. Various images and videos of men and women are circulating throughout social media, promoting unrealistic standards of beauty. This kind of content distorts our knowledge of beauty, making us think that if we are different from those standards, we are not beautiful, and we have to change ourselves to pass those unrealistic standards. Social media also turns most of the Gen Z users into “clout chasers”. Clout chasers are the people that have experienced some sort of fame in their lives, which made them feel a sense of achievement for themselves. This experience made them hungry for attention from the public, which also made them hungry for fame since they wanted to experience that sense of achievement once again. These behaviors that are caused by social media show how strong the influence of social media is towards its users, that it distorts how we perceive reality and manipulates our emotions. That’s why we should all be responsible when we use social media so that we can avoid these things from happening. We should thrive to become media and information literate since becoming one makes us more immune from the manipulation of these websites/apps. We might not be entirely immune, but at least we will be aware of what’s going on behind the scenes, which we believe can help us discipline ourselves and limit our usage. Even if it is hard, we should at least exert an ounce of effort for the greater good, doing it one step at a time until we reach our end goal.

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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

Day by Day many teenagers, children, oldies, girls, boys and many other people engage in social media. As generations goes by, we get closer and closer to technology, mostly the new generation of people. Having grown up in a world entirely connected by the internet and mobile devices with 24/7 access, so there is no surprise that we Gen Z is a social generation because in our generation the technology started to bloom, developed and more modern than the early years.

We all know that social media is very much useful for everyone, in terms of staying updated and connected with our families, friends, colleagues and everyone around the world, also gathering and seeking information easily and disseminating it effectively. 

Social media affects us in a way that sometimes we are so preoccupied with utilizing it that we forget to eat our meals. It also affected us in the sense that we prefer using social media than doing activities and physically engaging with the people around us. We watch and read unpleasant things on social media and have seen pleasant things. Social media is a great influence to the people, it can brainwash. However social media does not only destroy you but also it can help you. It can give happiness and it will give joy to you. It can help you overcome emotional symptoms. The Social media is a powerful media that can cause us to commit suicide and lead us to a sorrow. Children, adults, elder become addicted to social media, but often the adult age 18-23 become depressed, and that’s the effect of social media as a Gen z individual. In any case, people are trying their best to control themselves by using Social media by putting a time limit.

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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

As the society evolves, technology strives to develop more advancements and innovations that will satisfy human demands.  Social media platforms are  something that we are all familiar with. We all use it to gather information, communicate with the society, and gather news that  are crucial to keep us informed about what is going on locally and globally. These are just a few instances of what social media can possibly do for us. However, social media does not only provide us with positive experiences; it also provides us with negative experiences. Yes, these platforms were created to satisfy people but what we don’t realize is that we are enslaved by technology. These media and information platforms are vulnerable to risks, threats, and manipulation. It is undeniable that anyone who is internet savvy has experienced obtaining unverified facts, data, or news that is circulating in these platforms. 

The Millennials, or children in this generation known as Gen Z, have become more immersed in the virtual world than in reality. Undoubtedly, our generation gets to experience the world’s advanced technology by far. It is fascinating yet very pricey. In this generation, Gen Z, they prefer to chat, kill their time on social media by scrolling on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, play virtual games and share information that is not verified. These platforms circulate contents that are very powerful that makes the human mind vulnerable. In addition to excessive usage of technologies, it takes a  toll in our physical and mental aspects. One might have trouble concentrating and are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm, and even suicide thoughts. Despite of the negative connotations that is connected to social media, we cannot blame anyone but ourselves. In our present time, it is important for an individual to harness their media and information literate self. Discipline starts within, making a difference is one step closer to having united solutions. We should not wait to be influenced, we should be the one’s to spread our influence instead. An action today is the solution of tomorrow. 

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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

Generation Z is a social generation where to no surprise nearly 100 percent of Gen Z teens and adults were using social media. Millennials and Generation Z were born into an age where social media and digital technology have been integrated in nearly all aspects of their lives. Social media runs the generation, and it often seems as if with every free moment this generation has, they are on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, etc. While social media has proven to be a valuable communication tool in connecting with each other and sharing information. The social media affected the generation Z the way they live. However, as they are the first true digital natives, growing up in a world entirely connected to internet and mobile devices with 24/7 access with this so-called social media dominance, it is important to note to the positives and negatives that it has on the generation. The impact of social media on teens' social life, self-identity, civic participation, consumer habits, and media consumption is not a completely rosy picture, but interestingly differs from older generations. According to Landry (2014), social media is also very useful for expanding our content sources in general. With so many blog posts and posts written and then curated and proactive, content has grown exponentially. There is now no shortage of points of view and sources from which we can draw our own conclusions about what is really happening in the world. It is less important that the news team interprets this on our behalf. This makes us more prone to a social media spread, which means you may begin to acquire behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs from individuals in the social media platform social media makes it easier to compare ourselves to others, which can be beneficial or harmful.

 Now we have everything from complete trolls to habitual pranks. This is an action that reduces the productivity of the Internet as a whole, especially social media, and makes it fun for everyone. Being anonymous and aggressive is not only cowardly, but also indicates a lack of personality. As a result of social media, this generation has greater power than earlier generations. While many think it will be good in the future, Gen Z are highly aware of the bad effects social media may have on them, their friends, their communities, and the rest of the world.  Gen Z is worried about the spreading of hate and misinformation, which many regard as the most damaging side effect of social media platforms. Statistically speaking, Generation Z is more likely to be on social media than not, and studies have revealed there is a link between social media and poor mental and emotional health. Knowing this information, it is important to understand that while social media has a positive impact on the generation related to self-confidence and friendships, there can be significant negative effects that may show up in the work we do with the generation.

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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

Let us educate everyone, especially the digital natives of this generation before this threat becomes the ultimate checkmate to humanity. We should be the ones who control what we create, cultural determinism, not technological determinism. Engage in both worlds and aim for a balanced life. Social media have constantly been giving us opportunities in our endeavors, whether it be through education, academics, church, businesses, or social connections. Affecting us positively because it has exposed all of us to greater convenience, making us able to access information and connect to others better. As a gen Z individual, our group can say that our world enables us to tap into many sources transcending geographical and physical boundaries allowing us to connect to greater lengths. And when it comes to opportunities, surely I can say that it made us closer to reaching our dreams and made our task easier giving us lesser and lesser engagement to daily tasks since we could now let the technology do it for us, which also could become the problem if a time will come where every daily activity are operated by artificial intelligence or robots rather than us.

Though as much as there are several myriads of opportunities, advantages, convenience, or benefits social media could offer, we still could not ignore difference between people who had a balanced life. Meaning they lean on both worlds the online and actual world to people who chose not to go outside and live the life of connecting to others through online and social conversation depriving themselves of the significance of real-time engagement to others with real people behind their screen. And as what we have observed to kids and teenagers in this generation, one thing we can say is that teenagers are developing to become unwise in constructing, starting, and ending a conversation in a real-world setting, we are more focused on playing our online rank games than doing actual work that has been lying for hours, also many are unable to use alternatives in doing things such as cooking without gasoline, and the generation of this era are less welcoming since most all indulged to what their feed has to offer. Furthermore, it is the advancement of technology and proliferation of social media that caused teenagers to adult cases of depression and suicide skyrocket in an alarming way which is an unfortunate thing to hear especially to the times where digital and technological literacy was not imposed on us. Since we all know that there is always an opposite and equal reaction to everything and whether we like it or not, know it or not, it is the sad situation on the flip side of social media that is left irresponsibly. Social media itself is like a two way sword, it could either build or break you, and for the good things to be maximized responsibility and sensitivity should be practiced at all times in order to eliminate or at least minimize the effects to the digital natives and for the older generations who ae trying their best to catch up.

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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

Having social media as our tool in communicating and the source of our information have different effects in our lives. For us students it is essential for us to use social media in our everyday life as we seek information as much as we want. But despite of it’s advantages we don’t know how social media can be dangerous for us as we only rely on its  service. We utilize social media for interactions, information, entertainment, and other things that we are interested in. These social media platforms have provided us with several benefits. However, we cannot deny the fact that when there is a good effect, it will also have bad effects. The negative effect of social media on Gen Z nowadays is that they are the most vulnerable in terms of having anxiety, depression, stress, etc., and social media is one of the factors in that since sometimes what they see on social media affects them and others will make a big deal about it, causing them to have mental health issues. The good effect of social media is that sometimes it helps relieve our stress and helps us with educational purposes. What is true about it is that social media was established to make our lives easier, but it is up to us to make the most of them because they do have advantages and disadvantages. We all have our own choices, but it really depends on our choice if it will lead to the wrong way or the right way. 

Using social media, we can communicate with other people and then we can make friends too. We belong in the generation that has the internet, we woke up in this world having the internet. We know how to use it but it makes us addicted. It will affect our mental health because we are always facing our phones everyday.  Even if social media can really help us, we need to limit ourselves using it. We are the first generation who grew up and are completely immersed in technology as a way of life. Because of this advanced technology and digital media natives, we Gen Z would have never known the world without Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. We belong to Generation Z teens who are always attached to the phone, checking it up early in the morning, and so on. We, as Gen Z individuals, have witnessed the impacts of social media on ourselves and to our surroundings. We concluded that social media has an impact on us, it may be positive or negative because there is no such thing as all positive and all negative, both are always present. 

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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

People learn numerous things in their environment every generation, resulting in dramatic advances and breakthroughs. Various media and technologies can now be utilized to gather vital facts and information in order to produce the ideas and opinions that a literate human need. However, social media, which is the most popular and entertaining method of getting information, has a significant impact on how students act and study in today's educational environment. If you only consider obvious factors, and especially if you are a passive user, you will only see the positives and advantages brought by social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others in the current state of our education; however, if you consider all factors, particularly the negative ones, in order to avoid them, you are an intelligent and truly literate individual.

These drawbacks and drawbacks have had a significant impact on kids' learning preferences and styles, as they have begun to educate themselves through social media without the supervision of a guardian or teacher. In our generation, social media is getting increasingly prevalent. We may acquire new knowledge, exchange ideas, and etch through social media. It has influenced how individuals conduct their lives. However, it is also hazardous to our mental health when we use social media. Because we have become lazy, we are wasting our time without even realizing it. Our minds and society are being influenced by social media. There are various risks associated with utilizing social media, such as the dissemination of false information, cyberbullying, and the misuse of personal information for illegal purposes. Nonetheless, we cannot deny that social media is a useful tool for students, instructors, and netizens, despite its poor reputation. It entertains us in a variety of ways, and communication has grown more convenient and accessible at all times.

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“The Good and the Bad: How Social Media Affected Me as a Gen Z Individual”

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             For us, social media is a way to express our emotions and share our surroundings with the rest of the world. There's always a good and a bad side to everything. The disadvantage that has affected us is that we sometimes spend more time on social media than we do on our tasks. We all forget things from time to time, which leads to procrastination. We occasionally come into a topic that piques our attention and continue to research it. And, to be honest, social media isn't all that horrible. There are some positive aspects to it as well. Instead of keeping our emotions to ourselves, we might express them through words in order to let them out. Or we discover ways to connect with our buddies and seek assistance. Social media is also a fantastic business tool because some people utilize it to make money. People can also make money by engaging in gaming streams. 

            Social media is used by us teenagers for a variety of reasons. We use it to feel worthy in the eyes of our peers, to express ourselves, and to share our daily lives. It also helps us to make our life a lot easier, for example communicating with other people. Although social media has a lot of positive effects on gen z, we cannot deny that social media is one of the causes of abuse and harassment. One of the most serious issues with social media is its proclivity to allow abuse and harassment. And other than that, many people have also experienced different forms of bullying such as cyberbullying and harassment from people who intend to make them feel bad. Slurs and offensive language used by other users in public comment feeds can have a negative impact on those who aren't direct targets. Social media is a virtual realm in which we can be different and distinctive.