SPEECH; “The Negative Side of Facebook for Teenagers”

The honorable Judges,

The honorable Committees,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

Good Morning.

            First of all I would like to thanks to God because of His bless we can stand in this occasion, second I would like to thanks to the committee to make this occasion possible. I also want to say thanks to Master of Ceremony who has given me the time to deliver my speech.

            Ladies and Gentlemen,

            Before I continue my speech, let me introduce myself. My name is Putri Eka Mardiati. I’m from Gunadarma University. In this opportunity, I’d like to talk about “The Negative Side of Facebook for Teenagers”.

            Ladies and Gentlemen,

            Nowadays, facebook has become a social phenomenon. Everybody knows it. But have you really know what facebook is? Is it true it’s very important for us to join facebook?

            The honorable audience,

Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. it’s discovered firstly by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, with the basic name thefacebook. In September 2006, anyone over the age of 13 with a valid e-mail address can become a Facebook user. Facebook's target audience is more for youths than adults. Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by workplace, school, or college.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

During its operation, facebook has created many controversier. Some people believe that facebook has many advantages, like searching a new friend, finding the old friend, style and soon. However, have you ever thought the facebook also has many bad effects?

The honorable audience,

I’d like to show you 5 bad effect of facebook.

1.      Lack of socializing.

Facebook makes someone become selfish. It’s happened because the users are too preoccupied with the virtual world and when they come to the real world, they have some difficulties in socializing.

2.      Spend money

Facebook spends money a lot. When someone join of them will be surprised when they should pay the cost of internet. In addition, the cost of internet in Indonesia is still expensive that in the other countries.

3.      Destroyed the eyes

Facebook can annoy eyes health. Seeing the monitor too long can make our eyes weak.

4.      Reduce learning time

It is very clear because all too often time-consuming to play facebook can learn and have lots of facts about the students who played during the lesson time in school facebook.

5.      There is no privacy

Our personal data can be accessed by other. It’s mean that we don’t have privacy again.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Although facebook has many good effects for people, it also has many bad effects. Now it’s depending on us if you still want to join it. Make sure you can avoid the bad effect of it.

Well, I think that’s all about my speech in this opportunity. Thanks for your attention.

Good Morning,

Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb.