Social media has become an important part of teenagers' daily lives, with the average teenager spending over 2 hours per day on social networks. While social media provides benefits like facilitating education and awareness, it can also negatively impact teenagers' work and study habits by distracting them and exposing them to privacy and security risks. The document concludes that social media should be treated as a tool rather than a lifestyle, and teenagers need to be cautious of its overuse.

1. Impact of Social
Media on Teenagers

2. Social Media
• Interaction among people
• Exchange of information and ideas
• Virtual communities and networks
• Important part of life

3. Some of the popular social media
tools/websites:
• WhatsApp
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Google+
• Snapchat
• Imo
• And many more

4. The statistics (2016) about social
networks:
• The average time a teenager spent on social
networks per day: 118 minutes
• The average number of hours a teenager spends
online per week: 13 to 15
Reference: https://www.statista.com/statistics/433871/daily-
social-media-usage-worldwide/

5. Positive Aspects of Social Media
• Helps in education
• Facilitates political change
• Awareness / Source of information
• Social benefits
• Job opportunities
• Important part of daily life

6. Negative Aspects of Social Media
• Disadvantage to work and study
• Lack of privacy
• Users vulnerable to crime
• Social damage
• Misinformation
• Advertising
• Waste of time

7. Conclusion
• Social media sites can make us not
only more capable but also
inept/unskilled.
• We have to be careful and caution
when approaching these things.
• These sites may be useful, but that's all
they are—tools, not lifestyles.