Are Social Networks Messing With Your Head?

The article, " Are Social Networks Messing With Your Head?" by David Disalvo, is a rather boring piece to read. It was an assignment to read it by my english teacher and to write a summary and response to the article. I was only able to read it half way through because honestly I got bored and it is very uninteresting. From what I did read, the article speaks on the effects of the internet and social media. How it effects people today in both a negative and positive way. I could not continue to read because the writer is just boring and some of it doesn't even make sense to me. I don't understand what he's trying to get at half the time. I just could not force myself to read it anymore. I know I was supposed to but I'm sorry. I wish it was more interesting or had some new points that haven't been stated a million times before by other writers who have wrote about the effects of the internet. There are some great statistics in the article and credible sources but it just seems like a hyped up article with nothing that hasn't been written before. From a personal standpoint of being a teenager growing up in the technologically advanced era of today I must say there are benefits and also a hindrance that the internet and social media yields. It solely depends how one utilizes the internet, whether for good and retaining knowledge or in a obstructive way.