Analysis Of Teens Hooked On Screens

With the announcement of the new iPhone 7, and the continued release of new features and accessories, technological involvement in everyday lives is only increasing, and the continued technology use by young adults is only increasing. On the debate of teenage screen time, the debtors believe in one of either two conjectures, whether increased screen time is a good or bad thing. The debaters in the New York Times debate series “Teens Hooked on Screens” include, Danah Boyd, Chris Bergman, Brendesha Tynes, Marc Potenza, and Kimberly Young. While all the authors of the “Teens Hooked on Screens” series agree that technology exists in our modern world, they continue to disagree with each other through the four basic arguments; some continue through

Marc Potenza, author of the New York Times article, “Teens and Screen Time Is a Problem, But More Study Is Needed”, explains why and how internet usage can be addictive. He believes “it can become an addiction when it begins to deeply impair life functioning. Some individuals game to the point of dropping out of school, or isolating themselves from real-world socializing”. Addiction can come in many different forms, when individuals, especially young adults and teenager, put something like drugs, shopping, or gambling and in this case the internet as the priority, that can be classified as addiction. This can definitely be seen in some teenagers with internet usage. Kimberly Young, author of the New York Times article “How to Regulate Your Child’s Use of Technology at Every Age” also agrees with Potenza in the definition level of stasis. She states, “Internet addiction is very different, of course, from substance abuse. The goal, here, is achieving moderation, not maintaining abstinence.” She believes that screen time, unlike drugs or cigarettes, your goal is not to quit, it is to have a healthy dosage of it. Here, Potenza and Young reach stasis at the second level of

Danah Boyd believes “If Americans truly want to reduce the amount young people use technology, we should free up more of their time”. Parents and teachers should free up more time for children to roam on the internet. Brendesha Tynes, author of the New York Times article “Cyberbullying Is a Bigger Problem Than Screen Time Addiction”, and Kimberly Young believe screen time should be limited. Young proposes “Until the age of three, children should have zero screen time...Limit recreational screen time to no more than two hours a day up until age 12”. She shows a very gradual increase over the years of your child’s growth. On the other hand, Bergman’s policy is the idea that we limit screen time because it teaches skills that’ll prove useful to kids later in their life and he includes his experience with technology and how it pathed the way to his passion in