We are living modern times where the technology and the globalization has change many things not only on the business markets, but on every single home around the world. Being a parent has never been easy; a kid doesn’t bring instruction manuals, but is a process that develops with time. Kids, for their nature, were always running around adventuring day by day with games that were taught by the parents or grandparents, which has been lost through time. There comes the new gadget for parents to bring to their homes, the computers, initially to make their life easier at homework time. As the world of technology develop, every house needed to have computers and internet for their children, not thinking about what kind of control this would have over their lives. Parents are thinking that they are covering all the basics of being a good parent. Today the teens are always connected to social networks for fun or socializing. For the parents is the greatest babysitter or tutor around (Gallo, C 2011).
The technology has evolved to developed many things that makes life more easily and at the same times it has created a new generation of kids, teens and adults. It is important that parents become aware of the nature of social networks. In many cases, parents seek to provide their children the best entertainment and whatever there is for teens to stay popular. Social networks, even if they are helpful for studies, are also good to have communication to people around the world, lecture and entertainment. The social networks also have their negative side. Sadly, there is to be seen children leaving the green areas of playground all deserted because they are all connected to cellular phones, IPad, tablets or laptops. Kids are forgetting to get in contact to nature or even more, real friends. Then, what effects have teens to be sailing in social networks without any supervision?
Teenagers usually spend sleepless night on social media without the knowledge of their parents. To be connected throughout the night, the teen could suffer from insomnia, moodiness and problems with studies, obesity and deconcentration. In some cases there is a very big difficulty in teenagers who have become addicted to sites such as Facebook, Twitter or other social networks. Parents don’t want to interfere in their children’s social lives, because it has become some sort of code between parents, children or other family members.
Today, roughly two billion computers and two billion phones are in use (Mathews). With this, come almost four billion people with the opportunity to use the internet and to connect to social media. Linda Ogbevoen states that “with digital media’s increase in functionality and decrease in price, more and more rely on digital media for work, play, and socializing.” Over the past decade social media has become more and more popular, thus causing it to become part of people’s everyday lives. Along with the widespread of technology today, various people of all ages throughout the world have started to log onto social media sites. The most prominent users of social media have been shown to be adolescents. As a result of the excessive use of social media, adolescents have encountered problems such as internet bullying (“cyberbullying”), privacy concerns, and internet addiction.
...motional issues. Students are also seeing their studies dwindle because of the unbalance of time spent between being on the computer on social media websites and spending time working on classwork and reading. Even the physical conditioning of this current generation has fallen off drastically, with obesity and psychological health risks rising to new levels with this present generation. Overall, the various effects of social media are negative because of the amount of time that is spent on it, as the children have taken a tool and overused it to the point of dependance. For while social media does represent a great way to connect with others, outside of direct face to face connections, unfortunately young adolescents are relying on it too much as a crutch for social connection and are only hampering their interpersonal skills and limiting themselves in the long run.
As generations pass and continue to develop, and as the emphasis of technology increases upon the developing residents of the world, the original means of socialization: communication, recreation, and leisure, being altered and replaced by technology have become seen as socially acceptable, effective, useful, and applicable in these circumstances. Online Social Networks (OSNs) are becoming more prevalent to many kids. But however the more society uses these OSNs, the less attentive they are likely to be. According to a study conducted for the relationship on computers in human behavior, “the longer the attention span, the less time is spent of social networks, and vice versa” (Paul). It also touches basses on how using OSNs can lose the focus of the person(s), as they can become distant in activities from others. Is it quite contradictory that the very thing society thought bettered their lives, in hindsight, is fusing their minds into a less effective organ in their bodies, as it pulls the potential that it initially is capable containing out of it? They are steering ourselves down...
According to O’Keeffe and Clarke-Pearson, doctors with the American Academy of Pediatrics, social media improves tweens and teens communication, social, and technical skills. Social media sites offer youth the chance to connect with their friends outside of school and share pictures and videos with anyone they want. “According to a recent poll, 22% of teenagers log on to their favorite social media site more than 10 times a day, and more than half of adolescents log on to a social media site more than once a day.2 Seventy-five percent of teenagers now own cell phones, and 25% use them for social media, 54% use them for texting, and 24% use them for instant messaging” (O’Keeffe, Clarke-Pearson). With all the time that young people spend online, this means that a large part of their development is occurring while they are logged on. This is a problem because everything that tweens and teens encounter online is not positive or safe.
it is turning into increasingly clear that social networks have come to be part of human being’s lives. Many young human beings are the use of their tablet computer systems and smartphones to check Tweets and status updates from their pals and family. As generation advances, people are forced to adopt different existence. Social networking sites can assist younger humans to become greater socially succesful. but, they 'll also lead them to clumsy and incompetent, as properly. consequently, it 's miles vital to workout warning and restraint when managing such
Our society is constantly changing. Our human nature drives us to look for changes and to develop new things. As technology advances at a fast pace, a lot of things common to society change. What we used to know as social interaction has taken a completely different meaning now. Technology is allowing us to communicate with others in a faster way, depriving us from having one to one interactions with others. This virtual world tendency taking over the interpersonal relationships is changing the way society is developing, especially the adolescents. The use of social networks has negative effects in the adolescents’ interpersonal relationships and their interaction with society.
In Austin McCann's Impact of Social Media on Teens articles he raises that "social networking is turning out to be more than a piece of their reality, its turning into their reality." Teens grumble about always being pushed with homework, however perhaps homework isn't the fundamental wellspring of the anxiety. Ordinary Health magazine expresses that, on insights, a young person who invests more energy open air is for the most part a more content and healthier child. Be that as it may, since 2000, the time adolescents spend outside has diminished altogether bringing on more despondency and heftiness. Not just does it influence wellbeing, social networking denies folks from having an intensive discussion with their youngsters without them checking their telephone. Despite the fact that the constructive outcome of having an online networking profile is to correspond with companions/family, they don't even have the respectability to lift their head and take part in a discussion. Appreciating the easily overlooked details around them turns into a troublesome errand to the normal adolescent when they're excessively caught up with tweeting about it. The repudiating impacts of it goes to demonstrate that social networking is not all it is talked up to
Teen privacy is an enormous idea parents are struggling to get across the to their kids. According to NPR, 62% of parents have taken their children’s phones as punishment for foul posting. (Ludden). When teens text, they feel like they are never alone. They have 24/7 access to talk someone (Blanchard). Teens are exposed to multiple outlets to expose their private life. Other risks teens are exposed to by social media is loss of privacy. According to Lexis Nexis, half of the Americans surveyed (1000) gave out too much personal information (Ramasubbu). Not only are teens exposed to over exposure of private life, emotional problems can be set in through social media use. The lack of self regulation to peer pressure makes teens vulnerable to Facebook depression, cyberbullying, and sexting. Social media can also cause sleep deprivation and internet addiction (Ramasubbu). Social media use and cell phone use in teens can causes a lack of social awareness in teens. According to Yazino, teens at parties are often too attached to their smartphone devices, but no one is truly engaging. From first hand experience, teens at parties don’t really know how to interact and start a conversation with one another. Social media interaction controls both online and offline communications between people (Fowlkes). Social media is basically the hub
In this generation social media is taking an uprise and seems to have become a popular trend. The children are growing up, with these sites and technology all around them. The American Academy of Pediatrics released a report on the impact of social media, stating that children and adolescents are spending most of their free time if not all on social media. Studies have shown that an average person checks their social media at least 17 times a day, (Chang, par. 1). Teenagers are prone to check them more often. They become obsessed, since it’s such a compulsive conduct, and people are starting to depend on it. Even though there’s some aspects on
As disclosed in the article, The Impact of Technology on the Developing Child, Chris Rowan acknowledges, “Rather than hugging, playing, rough housing, and conversing with children, parents are increasingly resorting to providing their children with more TV, video games, and the latest iPads and cell phone devices, creating a deep and irreversible chasm between parent and child” (par. 7). In the parent’s perspective, technology has become a substitute for a babysitter and is becoming more convenient little by little. It is necessary for a growing child to have multiple hours of play and exposure to the outside world each day. However, the number of kids who would rather spend their days inside watching tv, playing video games, or texting is drastically increasing. Children are not necessarily the ones to be blamed for their lack of interest in the world around them, but their parents for allowing their sons and daughters to indulge in their relationship with technology so powerfully. Kids today consider technology a necessity to life, because their parents opted for an easier way to keep their children entertained. Thus resulting in the younger generations believing that technology is a stipulation rather than a
As a teenager and being involved with technology comes with social networks. Social media illuminates the most important thing for teenagers which is school; they are busy trying to keep up with the newest trend. They tend to put homework and studying aside to try to be up to date with any social media they have. Teenagers think that social networks are the only way to fit in school. All students talk about is did you see what this
This article proves supportive of the claim previously made because technology hinders the youth form seeing the outside world. With technology children at a young age are exposed to the internet and they are able to get information without verifying the facts. Technology hinders the youth from having a personal interaction with others. They are focused on their phones and the latest gossip that they forget to make real life connections such as friendship. Also with technology children are exposed to the dangerous side of the internet such as online perverts and bullying. It is clear that technology has to be used in moderation and it’s the job of the parents to keep the use of technology at a moderate
There has been controversy as to whether parents should limit the use of social media by teenagers. Teenagers feel that there is no need to limit the use of their social media networking, but on the other hand parents should feel the need to limit their use and also keep track of their teen’s social networking. Social media has allowed to be connected with their peers, teens who post positive status are more likely to be involved in extracurricular activities, and to many teens putting up “selfies” is a self confidence boost; however, too much social media can affect students GPA in school, cyber bulling can affect social health. Social media networks can give out personal information.
As in real life, teenagers are very shy of what is coming out of their mouth, but in social media, it’s the opposite, “Social media is preventing us from standing up for ourselves the way we should be” (Thaiatizickas). Facebook is a convenient way to contact a long distance relative or friends, but teenagers are depending on it too much that make them lacked face to face communication. Social media such as Facebook limits the face to face interaction between humankind. Technology has a huge impact on human life and some may take them as an advantage and disadvantage. Many believed that the digital world is their real life and they can meet and talk to whoever they want through messenger and video calls. Teenagers often say the things that they wanted to say through social media, “they are sending messages and content that they would never share at school, often using language that they would never say to someone’s face, a language that, if used with classmates at school, would lead to disciplinary action” (journal by Steiner-Adair). Compare to the previous generations, the younger generations have the effects on social networking that cause them to grow up differently. Social media are now destroying teenagers’ social skills as well as the future
Your teenage years are both exciting and enlightening. They can be filled with pleasure and failure, a rise in self-esteem and self-doubt, and everlasting friendships and isolation. Any form of communication that the media advertises can worsen or increase happiness in the life of a teenager. At times it can cause mixed emotions. However, social media today has the potential to explore more areas of teenage emotions than any technology in earlier generations.