Intro

Introduce some problems with social media that have negatively impacted the academic performance of college students.  Social media has created several social problems that have changed the way college students live.

Thesis: With the introduction of social media, the way college students spend their time and study has changed drastically and in doing so, it has had a negative impact on their academic performance which has led to reduced learning and research capabilities, time wastage, and declining of health.

Body 1: Reduced Learning and Research Capabilities

Students have now started to rely more and more on the information that is more easily accessible on the social media sites.  This reduces actual learning and researching time and increases the dependency of information on social media.

Body 2: Time Wastage

While students are studying online or researching for information, they tend to check in on their social media sites and they get sidetracked and before long they forget what they were doing in the first place.  This is a waste of their time and leads to late assignments.

Body 3: Declining of Health

College students that are excessively using the social media sites are so caught up in their online activities that they do not eat their meals on a regular basis and they do not get enough sleep at night.  They rely on energy drinks and highly caffeinated drinks to stay away which eventually starts to negatively affect their health.

Conclusion: 

Restate thesis and draw a conclusion from what was discussed in the body paragraphs.

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