Being 13 John Mauritz

Being 13 was a documentary about teens at the age of 13 and how they use their social media. It was covered over 8 schools, with social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Over six months they received over 150,000 total post from the teens. I found it surprising that teens check their social media more than 100 times a day. About 21% say they check to see if someone said something mean about them, while 36% didn't want to miss out on something and 61% to receive likes and comments. Many teens are able to remove their emotion while on social media and some create fake accounts to attack others. One for of attacking is not tagging someone in a photo. Many parents say that they try to limit or observe their child's social media usage, but in reality they do not. About 60% of parents underestimate teen loneliness and 94% underestimate teen online fights. Some teens may say that they have different types of behavior between real life and online because they want to be someone they are not. The teens in this documentary also hated losing their phone for a weekend. About 57% of teens rather be grounded then to lose their phone. This documentary opened my eyes to how social media affects the younger generation.