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The Impact of social media on the youth
The rise of social media has created a massive change in the world we live in today. It has created a positive and negative impacts on the youth. One of the positive impacts it has created in our everyday life is that youths increasingly rely on social media as communication platform. Social media is a huge part of Information and technology, and provides source of information for the youth. It also provides a platform for the youth to generate income and showcase their talents with different people across the globe (O'Keeffe & Clarke-Pearson, 2011). Some youth members create social content that they rely on as a Sources of income. Anything that has pros surely has cons and that is not excluding social media. It also has negative implications. For example, it is linked with increased depression and suicide among the youth. Social media has also led to reduced social skills, and increased Cyberbullying (Anderson & Jiang, 2018).

References list
Anderson, M., & Jiang, J. (2018). Teens, social media & technology 2018. Pew Research Center, 31(2018), 1673-1689.

O'Keeffe, G. S., & Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). The impact of social media on children, adolescents, and families. Pediatrics, 127(4), 800-804.