Primarily, teenagers are more open to be cyberbullied and …show more content…
While teenagers grow up and go to school, they begin to make social media accounts and some even post inappropriate things, unaware of how much it will cost them later in life. " An Kaplan test survey found out that about 35% of college admissions officers check the applicant's status on social media to find out more about the applicant". (" What you say online could haunt you" Janet Kornblum and Mary Beth Marklein). Also, another survey showed that " about 42% of college admission officers found some harmful information that could harm the applicants chances."(" Kaplan test prep survey: percentage of college admissions officers who visit applicant's social media networking pages continues to grow-but most students shrug" Kaplan test prep)
Even though social media and texting can be bad for the population, there are a lot of benefits. It is true that social media and texting is dangerous, however it allows people to communicate fast during an emergency. Obviously social media and texting can cause academic issues, on the contrary it can allow academic research for students and