Peer Pressure: How It’s Changed “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine”(Bruce Lee). Peer pressure has increased dramatically over the years. Children have more availability to technology, leading to more peer influencing and bullying. On social media, some accounts can be anonymous. Anonymous accounts make it easier to pressure peers. Also, helicopter parents hover over their children and their social lives too much, giving their child another reason to pick on them. Although peer pressure has always been prevalent, it has escalated due to quick access to technology, harmful posts or ads on social media, and parents not preparing their child for the real world. Technology plays …show more content…
In the 1990s, many people didn’t own any form of social media. Most teenagers don’t focus on the content they post, instead they focus on how many likes they get out of it (Peer Pressure: Why It Seems Worse Than Ever). In addition, many sites have anonymous users, making it easier to give and receive peer pressure. Social media is making peer influencing more sneaky. Not long ago, kids had to “build up courage” to walk up to someone and ask or pressure them for something, which helped build character (Peer Pressure: It’s Changed Since You Were In School). Not only is it the social media site itself, but the advertisements located there can influence bad behaviors. The more alcohol-related ads that teenagers see, the more likely it is for teenagers to drink (Crawford and Novak, page 1). Many teens agree that giving into peer pressure has ranked them higher socially. Today, 90% of teens admit to being pressured by peers online. In 2004, a study showed that nearly 30% of teens admitted to getting influenced by peers (Peer Pressure: Why It Seems Worse Than Ever and How to Help Kids Resist It). Social media has made the most impact on the altering of peer
Kids tend to know the cool crowd of kids that they have always wanted to be a part of. More than likely most kids will do anything that the cool crowd tells them, just to be a part of their group. For instance, I was in the seventh grade, and there was this girl named Megan, who was the coolest girl in school and it would be a dream to just be her friend. On volleyball picture day, Megan came over to me and told me that if I would poke Sumer Fisher in the face until she bawled, I could sit at lunch with her. I was totally in; it was nothing to make Sumer cry just so I could hang out with the cool crowd. It was not until the coach walked in while I bullied Sumer that I realized this was not the right thing to do. Of course I did not bring Megan into the situation. My punishment of running twenty miles in a week and detention for the succeeding two weeks taught me that what I did was wrong. Another peer pressure can come from social media. Social media has opened a new way of bullying which is known as cyberbullying. I have been the victim of cyberbullying when I was in High school. I started dating this boy from school whose name was Colby. We were both freshman at Whitesboro High School. I thought we were perfect together, until I posted a picture of us on Facebook, and this girl I had never met started commenting me mean comments. I found out that the girl was Colby’s ex-girlfriend Emily. I just brushed Emily’s
There has always been controversy on whether or not social media is healthy for teenagers. In the article, “Antisocial Networking?” by Hilary Stout from the New York Times dated April 30, 2010, Stout explicates why she dislikes social networking sites. She claims that social media eliminates the opportunity for adolescents to develop empathy for others, understand different emotions, and recognize the meaning of facial expressions and body language. However, Melissa Healy clarifies how social media is beneficial for teens in her article, “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such a Bad Idea” from the Los Angeles Times dated May 18, 2010. I disagree with Hilary Stout because social media is an efficient way of communicating with friends, helps teens develop social skills, and creates opportunities for adolescents.
Since being introduced in the 1990s, social networking sites have taken over people’s lives. From Facebook to Twitter and Snapchat to Instagram, these social networking sites are included in our day to day life. People use these sites to keep in touch with each other and the world. As a prominent fixture of our lives, social networking has a great influence over our opinions, decisions, and perspectives. Out of all its users, teenagers are the most susceptible to social networking’s influence; it can lead them to living an ethically right life that fosters learning and goodwill, or an ethically wrong life that encourages addictions and bad behavior.
Social media causes bad behavior for teens and people need to do something about it. Social Media has caused many bad things happen to good people. In the article “YouTube Made Me Do It,” by Mackenzie Carros shows people that social media is bad for teens. Social media causes teens to ingest things that are not meant to be eaten and try to do dangerous stunts. Social Media is responsible for bad behavior from teens.
The things people do in their early lives are the things that shape their destinies and future identities. When society looks at today’s young adults, it see a disastrous future ahead of them due to their use of social media. In the article, “Antisocial Networking?,” the author, Hilary Stout, claims that social media is inimical to adolescents because youngsters who have used it have become less interested in face-to-face communication with their friends and absent from vital experiences that help them develop empathy, comprehend different emotions, and recognize the meaning of facial expressions and body language. Stout’s position regarding social media is true. Social media genuinely is a deleterious factor in the lives of youths. Social
It was found that social media sites such as Facebook may encourage young people to participate in risk taking behaviour as it allows them to discuss risky topics and share experiences with their peers away from judgement (Lenhart, 2009; Winpenny, Marteu and Nolte, 2014). It was found that social media presents risky behaviours of their own. As well as giving young people a platform to discuss risky behaviour, it also presents issues such as young people sending sexual images to each other through social media. This point answers the aim of the chapter, which was asking whether social media and other media influences young people into participating in risk taking behaviour, as it is evident that it does in some cases. As well as this, it was found that media such as television programmes can influence young people. This is because in some cases, they show risky behaviours such as binge drinking to be positive. This also explores the question whether media that is not online can influence young people. Evidence has suggested that it can (Al-Sayed and Gunter, 2012), as young people may think that risky behaviour is ok because they saw it on television. Other factors that have been found to influence young people’s behaviour are environmental factors. It was found that young people who have been abused are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. This may be because they want to numb their emotions attached to their experiences. This chapter explored the different influences that may impact young people into participating in risk taking behaviour, and the evidence discussed has suggested that there are many different aspects of media that may influence different risk taking behaviour. For example, drugs may be discussed positively on social media, and alcohol is shown as positive on television. Overall, this chapter fulfilled the aim that
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are only a few of the most common words used in today’s language among children, teens and adults. Such words can be described as popular terms related to what many of us know as social media. In today’s culture, many teenagers rely so heavily on the usage of social media that issues once thought to be revolutionary are now taking place offline and online. In fact, several cases of mental addictions, depression and even suicide have all stemmed from the initial usage of sites such as Facebook, which are otherwise socially accepted as a simple means of communicating with “friends.” While social media does have its advantages, it can also be held responsible for several negative events in the lives of today’s teenagers.
Teens on social media have been around for many years. Have you ever thought of the Internet being a place where teen’s self-esteem may be affected in a negative way? However, it doesn 't mean that social media is out to purposely make people feel this way, it 's all how the teens per take. Many people don’t realize that the little things others post on social media can affect someone in the long run. This is especially true with young teenagers who have access to the internet and social media platforms. I strongly believe that social media does affect teens self-esteem by lowering it due to the reason of advertisement, personal image, and bullying.
The correlation between the development of youth and social media has become blatant. Although few of the consequences are favorable, the majority have displayed a negative impact. The drive social media can implement on youth is exceptional. The pressure and strain social media can place on our youth is an enduring force which leads individuals to question themselves as a person and feel inclined to fit a norm expressed in media and social media of our society. The underlying force social media can play in the lives of the youth is astonishing and is a force that must be dealt with and controlled, for it not only holds the power to give an individual strength, but also to break them down.
Social media or cancer? Just like cancer, social media slowly withers away people’s brains, especially in teenagers, when they consume almost everything they read. Social media has grown exponentially while attracting the young minds of teens and molding them without teens knowing. They latch on to things that they feel comfortable with, because they are still trying to find who they really are. Today, social media is used by almost every teenager in America. Sites like Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Snapchat, and Facebook can affect them in a negative way, making them feel worse about themselves or even changing who they really are. Social media can seem harmless to many teens, but it can actually hurt them and cause mental health issues.
We live in a world that has become addicted and dedicated toward social media and it is driving America’s youth into the ground. Teenagers and adults are so wrapped up in social media that is runs their lives every day. Constantly people are checking their phones for the latest on social networks. They have to see pictures, tweets, statuses, comments, likes, and the list goes on and on. Social media is becoming the focus point in the modern American society that it is beginning to control people’s social skills, communication skills, and their livelihood.
Growing up in this day of time, one is constantly surrounded by social media, affecting all of us in some kind of way. Social media is at the touch of our fingertips, within seconds, one can search the news that happened a minute ago and get the latest details. We are able to follow up with the most cutting-edge trends and the latest gossip going around. Social media, being one of the biggest social identity components, can leave teenagers and younger adults pressured to socially construct their identity, that including television, the internet, and social network.
Children grow up and move into teenage lifestyles, involvement with their peers, and how they look in other peoples eyes start to matter. Their hormones kick in, and they experience rapid changes in their minds, and bodies. They also develop a mind of their own, questioning the adult standards and need for their parental guidance. By trying new values and testing ideas with peers there is less of a chance of being criticized. Even though peer pressure can have positive effects, the most part is the bad part.
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.
Peer pressure is when we are influenced to do something we normally wouldn't do because we want to fit in with other people or be accepted by our peers (A peer is someone you look up to like a friend, someone in the community or even someone on TV).