Peer pressure in modern society is intensified by social media, countless individuals are addicted to it, and are slaves to comparing themselves to others. It is an omnipresent influence in daily life, and many can’t go a single hour without scrolling through feeds. Teenagers are the most disenfranchised by social media because they are young and looking for answers about life choices like what to do, what to wear, and who to look up to.

Underage drinking and partying is idolised over the internet, the more intoxicated you are, the more attention you receive.

Teenagers are pressurised into sexual activity over social media, and are targets for sexual harassment by adults. When the app snapchat was created, it didn’t take long before teenagers learned that they could send sultry or inappropriate photos over the internet. Perverts and child molesters alike use social media to prey on children’s stupidity. They often use catfishing which is where a person uses someone else’s identity and talks to an unknown person.

Teenagers are the most disenfranchised by social media only because they are young and more gullible than adults. It didn’t change our lives because we grew up with it, but definitions of peer pressure and bullying were immensely changed by it. My age group was born when social media was born, we don’t know a life without it. Our parents didn’t know the effects of it, we had to navigate it on our own, and we are the lab rats.