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Abstract This study examines the impact of social media on teenagers of age group between 13 to 19 years and among the youths This research provides a comprehensive review and critique of social media affects that researchers conducted on children and youth and how this affects them mentally emotionally physically and socially Emerging study finds that teenagers going to school or colleges spend a considerable amount of time interacting with friends on social media platform such as Facebook WhatsApp Snapchat etc This paper points out how the use of social networking sites can harm the teenagers psychologically academically and in their day to day social lives Of course media itself is neither god nor bad Rather it is the content of media that affects those who use it more In addition to have negative effects media also has the potential to positively influence teenagers and youth Social media is a common tool that is widely used on every mobile phone with its ease of getting connected to people all over the world Having a Facebook or snapchat account is one of the common things between teenagers and youth with the belief of being connected to friends and family 24 hours Children often imitate their parents as a role model this raise the question whether parents are to be blamed for such a practise Cyberbullying is another most commonly used electronic communication to bully people on social media with attractive and funny mems used by children and youths to make fun of them According to Enough is Enough EIE an organisations that aims safer use of internet for children found that out of about 95 of the children using social media 33 have become victim of cyberbullying
