Arguments For My Position: Organizations where there are many teenagers included, such as schools, should try to put limitations on the usage of social media.

Argument #1: Cyber-bullying is the new trend and affects teenagers the most.

Cyber-bullying is starting to become the "new violence type of the era", mostly affecting kids, student, and youth. (Khine et al., 2)

According to a study done by School Crime Supplement in 2017, 15% of the students ages 12-18 were bullied online or by sms. (Public Affairs, 2)

Argument #2: School can be held accountable in a possible harassment situation when there are that school's students involved.

According to laws, schools must take action to a mistreatment that happens on school campus, especially when the mistreatment is because of somebody's sex, race, disability, or any other protected status. If a student decides to not to attend to a school because of different kinds of bullies, the school can be guilty on the court. (Ladika, 113)


Argument #3: Social media is a way to be exposed to cyber-bullying and can cause poor academic performance, depression, even suicide.

The more time that is spent through social media, the higher risk to be victimized by cyber-bullying. (Khine et al., 3)

Twenge made a study for analyzing two data from two surveys on U.S. adolescents and youth behavior as well as suicide rates. The study shows that between 2010-2015, the amount of suicides rose 31%. Girls who were spending more time on social media were showing more symptoms of depression and leaning to suicide. (Lyons, 8)

Cyber-bullying affects mental and physical health of a person. Students who have faced cyber-bullying victimization are more likely to perform poorly in education, have emotional stress, anxiety, and depression. (Khine et al., 3)

Khine, Aye Thazin, et al. "Assessing risk factors and impact of cyberbullying victimization among university students in Myanmar: A cross-sectional study." PLoS ONE, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, p. e0227051. Gale Academic OneFile, https://link-gale-com.libproxy.adelphi.edu/apps/doc/A611997688/AONE?u=nysl_li_adelphi&sid=AONE&xid=672a9c24. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020.

Ladika, Susan. "Bullying and Cyberbullying." CQ Researcher, 2 Feb. 2018, pp. 97-120, library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2018020200.

Lyons, Christina L. "Suicide Crisis." CQ Researcher, 12 July 2019, pp. 1-60, library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2019071200.

Public Affairs. “What Is Cyberbullying.” StopBullying.gov, 4 Dec. 2019,