How does social media affect education? Over the past decade, the use of social media has increased significantly. Over the years, for many people, using technology for social purposes has been the dominant means of communication. One specific group of technology users who have adopted social media as a form of communication are high school and college teens. Social media was designed to make it easier to stay in touch with friends and family, wherever they are. Teenagers have been shown to frequently use social media for the wrong reasons. In the educational context, social media can be distracting, cause drama, and increase a child's risk of cyberbullying. Although social media has some negative effects on adolescents, it can also have positive consequences. One of the major impacts of social media on education is grammar. The grammar used online and in communicating with each other is a variety of slang and acronyms for many words. This can affect a student's writing skills. Because adolescence...