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Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

No. I wanted you to make the point that Social networking is more harm then good.I already listed reasons why I think it is harmful. I listed one positive aspect as well. What else do you want me to do?  If you simply state that harms of social networking, you're not correctly arguing, or moreover making the point that social networking is more harm then good.Yes I am. That's how a debate works. Are you telling me that I'm supposed to even out my pros and cons? Then what would be the purpose of me even choosing a side? I chose this side because I think the negatives outweigh the positives. I only said the one positive as an example, for I have no reason to go any further into the positives considering my reasoning for 'disputing' your argument.You don't have to, but you should. How else are you going to support your argument? One example does not convince me that social media is more helpful than harmful.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

No, I never said that you needed and pros. And my argument was that you weren't supporting your side. The debate is "is social networking more harm then good". You simply stated many of the harms that can come with social networking, but you never made the point that it's more harmful then it is good. That's the reason I switched to 'clarify' because i had nothing more to dispute since you made the statement 'it's more harmful than it is good'. This may be a idiotic reason to argue against you... But I'm just weird like that xD
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Social networking is harmful for society. According ProCon.org, social networking sites entice people to spend more time online and less time interacting face-to-face. Many teens have grow up with theses sites, and many of them don't realize everything they say or post can be seen even if they delete it. Plus the websites can't verify who the person really is. So you could be talking to a 45 year old thats says he/she is 17. Cyberbullying is also easier to do online over a social network site. Social networking has also cut down the amount of face-to-face interaction. Social networking site were only created to make money.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

According to ProCon.org teens spend an average of nine hours per week on social networking sites. Social networking uses up too much of peoples time and causes people to be distracted from the more important aspects in life. Social Networking can also create easier access to cyberbullying. This harmful and social rudeness can hurt people so much that they may even decide to harm themselves or end their life. Also according to ProCon.org victims often experience a drop in grades, decreased self-esteem, and other symptoms of depression.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

A person can be cyber bullied through email and text. There is always bullying face to face as well which also causes the same problems. Also if a person is responsible and only uses it occasionally then it is not a problem.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

To avoid cyberbullying, can't one just "unfriend" them. DO you think it's that easy?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Its not always that easy. Some sights may allow you to "unfriend" someone but not all have that capability.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

You have the power to block the person who is bullying you. Every cite has a way to "unfriend" someone. You can also report the person and his or her cite can be blocked from you. Also if it's so bad, why are you on social networks because you know the risks of being on them.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

It is not that easy. For one, I don't even know how to defriend/block someone on a social website. I would probably need my mothers help. Also, it wouldn't stop after the block. People find ways to torment.. It's sad really, but people will find you.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

You click the button that says friend and it pops up with a list, then you hit unfriend. If that person seeks you out like a stalker because they apparently "will find you" then you should get an adults help.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I do think it is that easy, you unfriendly them, block them, ignore them; there are many options.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

If the person using the networking sites chooses to use them, they are choosing to waste their time. If they choose to be on the site then they either have nothing to do, or have a bad work ethic. If it way really distracting them so much why wouldn't they just delete their account?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Very True. I specifically like your argument about them "having bad work ethic" because it is so true in todays society.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Exactly the main point is the person using the site is the one who is choosing to waste their own time. No one is forcing them to.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

At the end of the year in 2008, statistics showed that 43% of online sexual solicitors were identified as being adolescents (under 18), 30% were adults between the ages of 18 and 21, and 9% were adults over the age of 21. What does this mean? Unmonitored media use creates online predators and also provides a "playground" for them. Social Media is nothing more than a hollow distraction attempting to create a feeling of belonging. Connection...that's all we as humans want. We want to feel important and cared about. Social Media helps us feel this in a shallow way. It entrances our minds and distracts us from many opportunities to connect with each other on a real-life basis. It opens doors for young guys and girls to act older than they should, and is a main source for bullying. It does not help growth socially and it also does not help build character. People are safe behind their screens and often are unaware of the thriving world around them. While it does have many great uses, Social Media is only helpful if used for helpful purposes. It's all in how you use it and how MUCH you use it.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Your audience night now is your peers...how many of them HONESTLY use social media in a helpful way?And in response to your sexual solicitors comment - that is VERY scary.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

It wasn't my intention to create a small audience pool, I was merely using that statistic to show that it starts young. "It" being improper use of Social Media.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

You have a Facebook and Twitter, right? Please explain how these have harmed you.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

More than half of American adults believe that social media can harm a child's social development. This was conducted in the voting poles a few weeks ago according to Sharon Machlis. 45 percent of people ages 18-29 decided that it was harmful, and only 20 percent of those agreed that it was helpful. More age groups also were conducted at this site: http://blogs.computerworld.com/19280/majority_think_social_media_harmful_to_young_people With that being said, most of those 18-29 year olds have gone through their adolescent times. Sometimes being harmed by the amount of cyber bullying that happens every year. 43 percent of people have said they have been cyber bullied on a social media site according to ncpa.org. On October 20th a research took place on the amount of teen suicides because of cyber bullying either through facebook, twitter, or the usage of a cell phone. The ending amount was 41. Yes, this doesn't seem like much. But when you think about the reason they did this to themselves its more than enough. People were bullying them online or through there cell phone and it got to a point where they ended their live because of it. The study said 24 female, 17 male, ages 13 to 18 committed the suicides. Social media wasn't made for things like this, or this wasn't the ending result. I do agree that at some points and for certain reasons it can become helpful, but social media shouldn't be used as a bullying tool.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

"Social media wasn't made for things like this" your words, not mine. I agree social media wasn't made for bullying, it was made to keep in contact with family and friends. you are talking about how the person behind the computer is using it, not how it isn't helpful. You can unfriend people and you can block people from your phones, but if a bully is really that bad then the student being bullied needs adult help. Social media is not the problem, it is the users of the social media who could cause the problem.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I agree that Social Networking is harmful. There are many thing it helps with, but at the same time there are many negatives that come along with Social Networking. According to Dr. Larry Rosen Teens who use Facebook show more narcissistic tendencies while young adults who are on Facebook show mare signs of psychological disorders, including antisocial behaviors, and aggressive tendencies. According to Dr. Larry Rosen using media and technology has a negative effect on the health of all children. They are more prone to anxiety, depression, and other psychological disorders. Studies found that middle school, high school, and college students who checked Facebook at least once during a 15 minute period have achieved lower grades. Social Networking not only effects ones health, but it also sneaks into there everyday life effecting a wide range of other things.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Social networking is a popular form of communicating with friends from all around the world. With the popularity and convenience of global communication, however, come risks and negative impacts. According to News24.com, social networking has “created a serious breach in the ability of young people to communicate and interact with each other.” Social networking causes people today to communicate mostly electronically. Instead of developing one-on-one interaction, teens are talking to people through words on a screen. People today are becoming less likely to push themselves to talk to people in person, and instead, depending on electronic communication while hiding behind a computer. As more and more people are becoming more comfortable communicating only electronically, verbal interaction skills are faltering. Another piece of information found on News24.com states that many employers are finding recently that young people do not have the necessary verbal and social skills to obtain a job.  Social networking is consuming a large chunk of teenagers’ time. According to the Teens & Social Networks Study on Scribd.com, teens in the US typically spend 2 hours on the internet a day, with 80% of that time being spent on a social network. All this time of social networking is becoming distracting students. According to Northern Michigan University, college students who used Facebook while studying, even just having it in the background, earned grades 20 percent lower on average than non-users in 2010. As social networking is becoming more common among teenagers today, it is harming strong communication skills and even distracting students from their schoolwork.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

How do you see yourself combating these communication issues?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

"Teens are talking to people through words on a screen." Do you realize you are doing this right now to make your point? You have some good facts but you don't really put your own opinion in, you state a lot of facts. So when you read this it is fact, fact, fact.... But facts and statistics could be wrong. Make more than one point too..
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

So if people are declining in the verbal communication field did you even stop to think they may be increasing their written communication. Although they may not be writing in proper grammatical format. People are still increasing their ability to articulate their thoughts and put it down on paper. This is a skill within it selfs
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Has it disabled your ability to talk to people face to face?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

social networking is more or less unnecessary, not harmful. teenagers have a tendency to want to constantly be on facebook, twitter, exe. and it can lead to troubling behaviors. A article entitled, “Poke Me: How Social Networks Can Both Help and Harm Our Kids,” a man discussed potential adverse effects, including, Teens who use Facebook more often show more narcissistic tendencies while young adults who have a strong Facebook presence show more signs of physiological disorders, anti social behaviors, mania or signs of aggressive behavior. I personally find facebook practically abused. Bored in a social situation with friends or even the 'family' its used to connect with, why not go troll facebook for people doing the exact same thing. I see it everywhere, even while people are driving. I can see somebody thinking to themselves, "wow driving sure is boring, lets see whats on facebook". Facebook in itself is not harmful but the tendencies of those who use it avidly is. And that is more so what should be addressed.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

According to joshpacefacts.com, 100% of my friends waste time on some social networking site and have been offended in some way on a site. :)Good? No.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Let me see this data. This source sounds like it conducted a lazy survey.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

I would to clarify that I have not been offended, so to change that to 99%
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I believe that social networking is harmful for teens every day use. As technology increases and a wider variety of networking begin to sprout, the disadvantages begin to outweigh the advantages of social networking. As the years pass the amount of users of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other social networks increase. Most of the users being young teens. It's the cool thing to do, and everyone has one. However, there are many downfalls to this. Teens don't understand the danger of when they add their address, phone number, and birthdate on to their social network. According to Kimberly Mikesh, although some social networking sites do offer privacy settings so that the user can control who can view his or her information, this doesn't mean the information provided on the user's page is safe. According to Procon.org, in Feb. 2009, MySpace identified 90,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the site. Facebook declined to reveal how many were present on its site. Not only is this dangerous because of sex offenders, but cyber bullying is also a main concern for teens. A 2009 study found that 17.3% of middle school students have been victims of cyber bullying, says Procon.org. This makes it common for students self esteem to drop. It's much harder to discipline and monitor what your child is doing on the internet. According to Procon.org, teens spend an average of nine hours per week on social networking sites. This is another harmful part to social networking. Teens need to use their real social skills and have face-to-face time with their peers.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Social networking has become a huge part of our everyday lives. We always want to be in the know and figure out what there is to do. There are many pros and cons debating if social networking is harmful or not, but I believe it is. according to "socialnetworking.procon.org" teens spend an average of nine hours a week on social networking sites. Teenagers carelessly post information, pictures and videos on to websites where it can be reached by predators or possibly future employers. This could hurt them in the long run.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

The internet is a great place to actually research and identify where the predators actually lives. This is a great tool to use to be aware of your surroundings and safety.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I believe that social networking is harmful to our society. Social sites, like Facebook, were made to bring people together, but in reality they set people apart. Causing them to become more isolated, and they aren't very social because they hide behind a screen. When talking to someone face-to-face affects that body that is not seen when you read a text message. You can tell a whole story through body gestures, but sitting behind a screen where nobody sees you and you can't see them diminishes people's abilities to read gestures. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7898510.stm
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I think social networking is harmful for our society for many reasons. One major reason that many schools are facing is cyber-bullying. According to Ted Feinberg and Nicole Robey in their article Cyber-bullying, many schools are having a trouble determining their authority over actions that may occur outside of school, but effects students in school. Cyber-bullying may happen outside of school, but in reality they affect the person they are bullying everyday, all day. The cyber-bullying can put the victim in risk for serious mental and physical harm, as well as affect their school functioning. Just because the bullying is out of sight, its not out of mind, and follows the victims of cyber-bullying throughout their whole life. On example was in a article by Tim Jarvis when a 13-year-old girl, Megan Meier, hung herself after being cyberbullied on MySpace by Josh Evans—not a real boy, it turned out, but a creation of neighbors.Another reason is teens are learning to not make friends face to face, but rather making friends over texting and instant messaging. This isn't teaching teens to meet people in person for who they really are. Electronic relationships make it easy for "friends" to misrepresent themselves, always showing their best side (Jarvis). People aren't really knowing the real you, but one you fake over the Internet. Not to mention how do you really know your talking to a "real" person. The person you may think is real may not be real but made up like the example listed above. Overall the harmful effects cause much more damage that should ever be done to a teenager.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

If teens are subject to cyber-bullying, why can't they just "unfriend" and close themselves off to it?
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Exactly, all people need to do if they are being harassed is to unfriend, block, ignore. If you don't let it affect your life, the bully won't be interested anymore.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Helpful

Yes you can unfriend the bully, but like the article said in my first argument, just because its out of sight, doesn't make it out of mind. Once words are said, they can't be taken back. Just because the bully is blocked doesn't mean they won't stop harassing you. Other people can join in on the bullying. And just because you delete them as your friend, the bullying can then come to school or other places outside of the Internet. Once a person has been bullied once, that affects them both mentally and sometimes physically, like death which doesn't solve the problem at all just becAuse you deleted them.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Social Networking is becoming more and more popular in our generation, we see our friends and family members communicating with each other, making plans- instead of calling them up and talking to them. I know that you can argue that the internet is an easier way, but according to ProCon.org-Social networking sites entice people to spend more time online and less time interacting face-to-face. We are losing the art of interacting with people. We spend so much time looking at a computer screen and typing our words, we are losing the art of non-verbal communication. The hours per day of face-to-face socializing have declined as the use of social media has increased. People who use these sites frequently are prone to social isolation. Parents spend less time with their children and couples spend less time together even when they live in the same house, because they are using the Internet instead of interacting with each other. When we communicate via text messaging or social networking sites, you can not see the other persons face, you don't know how they want the words that you see pop up on your screen to be portrayed. The sites offer many time wasting activities that supplant more productive activities. I'm not going to lie, networking sites are addictive, and that isn't a good thing.Teens spend an average of nine hours per week on social networking sites, and I know many of my friends, including me, spend even more time than that. That is precious time that you could be interacting with actual people, not a screen.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

Agreed...so many conversations/posts written online can be taken out of context b/c it lacks f2f emotion. I feel people's social skills are deteriorating. Though I do see the importance of being digitally literate, f2f conversation skills will get you farther in life.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

I completely agree with you Shea. I think many relationships nowadays are based off of a side that you show over the Internet, but your not showing your true self. Instead of planning a time to hang out, many people now are meeting online, joining online chat rooms, when really what good does that do? You don't know for sure if the person is even who they really say they are, let alone if they really act like they do in person.
Debate: Social Networking: Good for our Society?
Side: It's Harmful

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