• My Position is: Social Networking helps young people develop emotionally.
  • These are arguments for my position:
  • Young people can express their feelings
    • "Affinity also incorporates an online problem solving forum, called “Talk It Out”, in which users can nominate issues they are facing. Once a suggestion is approved and made public by the peer moderators, other users are invited to contribute possible solutions. Talk It Out is based on an evidence-based problem solving framework [38,39] and sequentially follows four phases: 1) defining the problem; 2) brainstorming solutions; 3) discussing the pros and cons to each solution; 4) summarising the discussion." (Bailey et al. 4)
  • Young people can network with others and create real friendships
    • A Generational Perspective on the Software Workforce: Precocious Users of Social Networking in Software Development

      Today, social networking applications such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat are ubiquitous and have become essential communication mediums that penetrate various spheres of our lives. (Ghobadi and Lars 97)

  • Young people can keep in contact with extended family   
    • "These experienced developers further expected that software should build dynamic communities of interest with tangible benefits for society." (Ghobadi and Lars 112)