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 For my paper, I’m thinking of going with a position paper, because it is easy enough to pick a side on the topic I have in mind. I am better at argumentative writing in the first place, so I feel that this may be the best option for me. It could also be possible for me to write narrative nonfiction RP with my topic, but that would definitely be a challenge. __Topic Questions __:  Being a teenager in this time, I know a lot about social media, and how it has affected my life, as well as others around me. I know that people share their entire lives on social media, which can be both positive and extremely dangerous. Social media has also caused a lot more people to be anti-social. While researching, I came across a very well know poem “Look up,’ which discusses how social media changed society and how people interact. “We’re a generation of idiots. Smart phones and dumb people.” I also found ways people manipulate social media, tricking and conning others into getting their personal information. There’s also a new thing called “Catfishing,” which occurs when a person creates a fake social media account and has online relationships with others, although they are not really them. I also found how social media can have a negative effect on a student’s career, or it may prevent them from getting into the college they want. It is important to think before you post; you never know who may see it.  This topic interests me because, as I said before, I am a teenager during a time where social media is all people use anymore. We are way more anti social, but at the same time we share out entire lives with the entire world. I’d like to find out more about how much social media may not be as great as it seems, and the harmful and dangerous side of it. I feel that there are plenty resources I can find to back up my position on this topic, for lately it has been a popular topic of conversation. If I chose to write a position paper, which I probably will, this is a topic that could be easily argued, especially for me. On the scale, I probably would weight my knowledge to be about 30 pounds about social media. I don’t know how much it will actually affect our future as well as now, and I’d like to find out more.
 * How will the increasing affect of social media affect society
 * To what extent does social media improve society?
 * **Do the benefits of social media outweigh the dangers of it? **
 * **Do people today share more than they should on social media? **