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I've Been On Instagram & Snapchat Since 4th Grade |
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About the organization Snapchat:
Type: Business
Sub-Types: Website, Social Networking Agent, Picture Hosting Agent, Text Hosting Agent, Video Hosting Agent, Application Software |
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Notable Organizations: Snapchat, Refinery29
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| Some people say the only way to stop online harassment is to stop going online. Well, we aren't going anywhere. Reclaim Your Domain is Refinery29's campaign to make the internet (and the world of outside it) a safer space for everyone especially women.
Being a teen has never been easy. Expectations at school and at home increase. Bodies change and hormones rage. Friendships and relationships bloom and bust. And all of the above can easily become the subject of (seemingly endless) gossip, rumors, and speculation in school hallways. That was before social media.
Now imagine capturing and amplifying those pressures with the help of all your favorite apps: There's the angst that arises from the constant need to upload hyper-posed photos or craft the perfect tweet. Then there's public stress of being talked about and sometimes criticized in a forum where all of your friends and frenemies can see. The potential for stress and social anxiety is enough to make you want to shut yourself in your room and blast some Ed Sheeran.
Increasingly, teens today are sharing lifes ups and downs with friends and sometimes the world at large via their smartphones. Those app-stacked screens introduce yet another source of peer pressure and serious feelings of FOMO arising from the already awkward and stressful social dynamics of high school. On top of that, the apps themselves can become virtual hubs for gossip, rumor, and harassment. |
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