Digital Technology: The Dangers Of Digital Communication?

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The Dangers of Digital Communication Today, almost everyone we know uses some sort of digital communication at some point in their day. There are many issues starting to arise as more people, young and old, get involved in the use of digital devices to communicate world-wide . Digital devices have become basically a necessity to us as a society. Most all of the information we receive comes to us through digital media. The news and current events we hear daily are easily streamed through our smart phones and computers. We communicate with friends and family through social media, texts, and email. Our primary communication at school and work is through email and social media apps or blogs. Today 's society rarely subscribes to paper media …show more content…

I think kids feel it is a necessity to have access to some sort of digital communication. Peer pressure makes kids feel they are unpopular and do not fit in if they do not have what they perceive every other kid has. Kids today are being raised to expect to own the most current digital devices as early as elementary school. I did not have a phone until I was in high school because my parents did not think I was mature enough to have the freedom to use a phone without adult supervision. So, I feel very strongly about parents giving their children digital devices before they are even old enough to go places without adult supervision. I think it is irresponsible for parents to expect their children to responsibly use digital media at such a young age. It is so easy for young people to get caught up in dangerous situations by communicating with the wrong crowd on social media and texting. Cyber bullying and the use of explicit language and inappropriate photo sharing can occur so easily without adults being aware. Another reason I feel digital communication is dangerous is the likelihood of miscommunication happening with the lack of facial expressions, body language, tone of voice when communication is limited to texting and social media. Adults and children both can easily misinterpret the meaning of a text or post. The use of punctuation, emojis and simple capital letter strings lead to misunderstandings. The lack of maturity causes young people to easily make threats, use profanity and even share explicit photos because they do not perceive the fact that a real person is on the other end of that communication device. The reality is that young people do not realize that their texts and posts can be seen by thousands of people within a short period of time. They also do not realize that those posts can be screenshot and

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