El alumnado de 1º de Bachillerato C ha realizado en la clase de Inglés una interesante actividad para reflexionar sobre la influencia de los influencers en la sociedad digital actual.
Durante la actividad, el alumnado debía redactar en inglés un texto expresando y defendiendo su punto de vista sobre el papel de los influencers en nuestra sociedad, así como los riesgos y las ventajas del uso masivo de las redes sociales.
Os dejamos algunos ejemplos de los textos que han producido.
Many people believe that influencers have a big influence on children and their childhood. From my point of view, that is true, and people should worry about that.
As far as I’m concerned, it’s very important, that children are not allowed to have social media apps on their phones. Influencers on social media are often not aware of the age of their viewers and don’t think about the impact of their statements, because they just want to earn money.
Furthermore, it seems to me that, as you often see fake or edited bodies, many people get insecurities and sometimes even eating disorders. Another fact to remember is that there are dangerous trends on social media and when children try them they often get hurt.
To sum up, I believe that influencers often act pretty fake on social media and it’s better for children not to be on any social media platforms.
(Sarah Weber – 1ºBachillerato C)
Seemingly, quite a few people agree on the fact that influencers don’t teach us anything. But is it true? I think there can be both advantages and disadvantages.
On the one hand, the advantages of influencers are that they can entertain us, and teach us new things like good recipes, sport skills, etc. Furthermore they do all that things in a few minutes.
On the other hand, all that glitters is not gold since I tend to think that some influencers use their fame to confuse people about human rights, for example people like Vito Quiles use his fame in a bad way. What’s more, it has been reported that teenagers keep doing dangerous viral trends.
All things considered, as far as I am concerned, I believe that some influencers are a bad influence to the people. However, they also have incredible things like making us laugh and making us learn.
(Natalia López Capel – 1ºBachillerato C)
Influencers have an influence power stronger than TV’s has nowadays, especially on young people. Young people are all day seeing what is happening in this world on social media.
The influence of influencers only depends on the person who is behind, not on social media in general.The problem is that everyone with a mobile phone can record themselves and say anything they want. Many people try to expand their bad ideas, and that is so easy to do on social media.
But that is a positive thing against TV. On TV, there’s a lot of manipulation with the truth, only to get more audience.
In the floods that happened in Valencia, Spain (2024), TV channels were talking about the president of Spain and the president of Valencia, debating which of them was the good guy.
Instead of that, so many influencers went to the places and gave so much help to affected people and also showed the truth to the rest of the citizens. That was a good labour. Only the people save the people.
(Álvaro Cazorla – 1ºBachillerato C)
Seemingly, quite a few people agree on the fact that the influencers have a big influence in children. But is this true? I think there can be both advantages and disadvantages. It’s true that some influencers can have a bad influence, because of the lifestyle that they have, but it’s also a fact that some of them can also motivate unhealthy people who are having a bad time.
On the one hand, the advantages of these influencers can affect positively in the life of the viewers, if they are fitness influencers they might get you in good habits like going to the gym or eating healthy, it’s up to you depending on which influencer do you watch.
In conclusion, in my opinion, I would say that it highly depends on the influencer you watch that it can affect you your mindset and your lifestyle in many ways, for the good or for the bad.
(Jose Bernal – 1ºBachillerato C)
It seems like a lot of people agree on the fact that influencers are the best people in this world but, is this true? From my point of view, this is really far from the truth, but it isn’t a lie either.
It’s obvious that social media can spread news really quickly, and if you add people who want to help the world, it’s even better. Doctors, chefs, and many other experts on their profession post a lot of helpful information on their profiles.
But, not everyone contributes with the same values. Social media are infested with a lot of unnecessary information that only makes us waste our time on the phone, like the people that make heavy pranks and they upload them to Tik Tok or the content about other people’s lives.
All things considered, I think it all depends on what you consume, I mean, it is up to your own criteria what it’s good for you or not, but I think, when we talk about society in general, social media are more harmful than helpful.
(Álvaro García Martínez – 1ºBachillerato C)