Social Media has become extremely dominant in our lives. It is affecting all people of different age range; old and young. Statistics and studies show that young people are mostly affected by social media. Teens use social media more than they do anything else during a day, even when they are studying, they keep on posting on social media nad interacting with their friends.
There is a need to say that our youth aren't experts in using social media apps at the privacy and safety level. Therefore, they need to be guided by media experts in order not to fall for the virtual world deceptions. They must be aware of how to protect themselves and also be aware of the netiquetts (the Do's and Don'ts steps) to follow while online.
From a personal point of view, as a teacher and a trainer of youth on such topics, our national curriculum must include a subject called Media Information Literacy that must be taught to our youth in schools in addition to other subjects being taught.
Ignorance of social media dangers is causing a lot of problems that our youth is facing and we as educators must take action. I believe it is our call!
Down here is a link to an article I came across while preparing for a three-days workshop, delivered last month; March 2018, in Zahle, Lebanon. I hopefully think it will be beneficial to share with our students.
https://turbofuture.com/internet/effects-of-social-media-on-our-youth
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