In “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” article, the author points out how a research organization found the young generation to be ignorant in history and literature. Teenagers like to spend more time in front of the computer chatting with friends than reading a book. Although she admits, that the popularity of social networking has generated new and creative writers within our teens. The author further suggests that the older generation should not consider the Internet as a “villain” but a medium that can create award-winning writers someday.
New technologies can be highly influential to the young generation today, but we, the older generation, can be responsible adults and guide these kids so that they will make use of these technologies to their advances and improve themselves, and not otherwise.
I agree with Amy Goldwasser for the most part of her article especially when she says that, “the Internet has turned teenagers into honest documentarians of their own lives, they are reporters embedded in their homes, school and own heads.” Although these kids spend so much time on the Internet, we tend to overlook how getting online has enhanced their ability to write and express themselves. Many of these teens have discovered their abilities in writing because of this medium. Before, one of the teachers’ concerns was the students’ lost of interest in writing. However, when social networking became popular, they become willing to write.
According to Northwestern University Professor of Communication Studies, Justine Cassell, “There’s a clear evidence that writing and creating art, music and videos on the social internet is building literacy and creative skills in today’s teens” (Clemmitt). Evidently, the Internet has a positive...
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Parents should also talk to their kids about the benefits and risks of Internet and help them to keep safe online. Tell them not to give out their personal information and discuss the danger this can bring them. We have to teach them the right ethics on using this technology as well, because in some cases there are those who use the Internet to harm, to threaten, to deceive and commit crimes. Cyberbullying had caused many lives already therefore, we need to know if our kids are already victims or perpetrators of this crime.
As parents, we need to be proactive in our kids’ Internet life, and interact positively. Apparently, we can help make our kids safe and responsible online, and for them not to be tagged as “ignorant” anymore. “We are the first generation of internet parents” says Cassell, “we need to learn how our job has changed”(Clemmitt).
In the 2008 article, “ What 's the Matter with Kids Today?”, the author, Amy Goldwasser, discusses that the internet is the omnibus usage of the modern world today. Teenagers are reading and writing on social media, using an informal style. She argues that the older generation is not happy with this technology as they did not grow up with it; they are fearful of and cannot trust this unfamiliar technology. There is a lack of sufficient factual that Goldwasser wants to convince her opinions to their audience. The Goldwasser argument that there is nothing wrong with the kids today, is strengthened through her usage of logos, ethos and pathos.
Brent Staples article “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace” published in the New York Times, highlights how technology plays a heavy role in adolescent social development. For example, children growing up in the 21st century are bombarded with vast technological media outlets. Also, Staples supports with factual research indicating communicating through technology hinders children social skills. Staples explains how social media and networking has become a virtual reality, encouraging children not to value real-world experiences. Staples argues that adolescents cannot transition into the harsh realities of adulthood because they prefer socializing through virtual realities. Although there are parents who monitor adolescents’
In the article “Clive Thompson on the New Literacy,” writer Clive Thompson argues that the widespread use of technology and social media does not make kids illiterate and unable to form coherent sentences, but instead, keeps them actively writing and learning. Thompson’s article is based off of a study done by Andrea Lunsford, a writing professor at Stanford University. Thompson agrees with Lunsford that the use of social media and the Internet allow students to be creative and get better at writing. In his article, Thompson quotes John Sutherland, an English professor at University College of London, to inform the audience of the opposite side of the argument. He states, “Facebook encourages narcissistic blabbering, video and PowerPoint have
Goldwasser continues by saying that teenagers are joined together through social media and would voluntary write about themselves rather than having to write a paper for school. Out of all the teenagers in the Common Core survey ninety-seven percent knew that Martin Luther King gave the “I Have a Dream” speech and eight in ten knew what the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” is about. She explains how this is knowledge is a good thing and needs to be encouraged, and that internet is turning teenagers into “honest documentarians” which scares adults because teenagers know things adults do not. Goldwasser goes on to explain how teenagers are becoming endorsers with this technology, allowing them to have a say in the latest trends, politics, ect. In fact teenagers have accentually made MySpace worth $580 million and “Juno” and Oscar winner.” Common Cores survey also found that one in four teens did not know Adolf Hitler’s role in history, but Goldwasser does not blame internet for this lack of knowledge she blames the parents saying that if only they had introduced the topic to them via internet they
As it was mentioned in the article, “Let kids Run Wild Online”, kids want to have freedom and a place place where they can have some privacy, a place where they can explore the world and themselves without their parents haunting them. Now, we don’t see as many kids in the streets due to the dangers they can encounter. Therefore, teens use internet to have some freedom and some time for themselves. Now days, parents concentrate a lot of their attention in their kids which is completely understandable considering their concern about their kids’ safety. Although, I agree that parents need to give their kids their space in the internet considering that the internet is now an important source of freedom and sometimes the only source of freedom for teenagers. Over protective parents also harm their kids by not letting them learn from their mistakes, kids are not developing the skills to confront the struggles of the world, and kids won’t really know what their personality without their parents watching them all the time. The best way parents can help their children is not by motoring what they do in the internet but by having good communication with their kids and by teaching them values and morals because their kids will encounter dangers wherever they go and parents can’t be with them all the time. Therefore, parents must teach their kids what to do in a situation of danger or even how to avoid those situations.
Technology is always advancing. With the birth of new generations, it is being seen that children are easily learning how to adapt and manipulate these technologies to do whatever they want them to do. Take for example cell phones. When cell phones came out in the early 1970s they didn’t have all the different abilities that today’s do. They were just a big, clunky phone that was portable so that one didn’t have to stay in one spot in order to communicate with others. Nowadays cell phones have become smaller, easier to carry, and include nearly any application imaginable essentially turning the once basic cell phone into a portable, miniature computer.
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Some of children they do not know what is right what is wrong because they all too young and it is hard to understand. Parent must teach them and explain to them about the simple safety rules. According to the guardian Lucy said, the world now is crunch generation. It is important time that the children and parent should learn about internet safety. Everywhere the internet reach to the children, parent must understand their child and always talk to them. Furthermore, according to Dredge article say “parent should teach their children never to give out personal information online.” This is a big part of responsibility that parent should explain to their child why they need to keep their information secret. Explain the different between being cool and not inviting danger. When their information is not private anymore that means anyone can access your information no matter you want to share or not. Some of the children are lucky but some of the child are not so lucky. For example, two boy not keep their information in secret, both desire to share their online information. One of the boy is lucky no one’s steal his information. On the other hand, the other boy is not lucky his information spread immediately. Online predator who are waiting to steal other people information, steal his information and access to his personal information. Online predator try to hack his bank account and unfortunately they can do that. Online predator transfer all of the boy money to their account. The boy lose money and his information is not private anymore. The best way if the child know their information are public, child should tell his or her parent to help, find the solution, and solve this
Although I agree with Duncan up to a point, I can’t accept her riding assumption that there is less chances for new ideas to come into college student’s social media. Many people assume it takes one friend to share a new idea they come across to another friend that probably isn’t on Facebook or twitter. There’s still hope for new ideas to come across their social media, but the chances of it being seen or shared aren’t very high. On the other hand, Graff and Birkenstein contends digital communication is destroying young user’s ability to communicate. They claim, “[S]ome praise the web for its ability to bring people from distant places together who otherwise would remain strangers, enabling them to interact more easily with others through such mediums as email, blogs, videochat, and social networking sites” (169). In other words, people go online to talk to people that don’t leave near by them; otherwise, those people would still be strangers. Being connected online
According to Jaana Juvonene, between 50 percent and 70 percent of the teenagers between 12 and 17 years of age have experienced bullying and threats on the Internet. According to another study, only 10% of those who have suffered bullying informed an adult about the experiences (Juvonene). The percentage of those teenagers who actually told an adult is a very scary number in a world filled with violence and hate. Parents who monitor their teenagers’ internet usage have a much better chance of being aware of these occurrences and have the opportunity to advise and assist the teenagers in decisions on how to handle the situation both physically and
Cyber bullying and online crime must be put at a stop. Parents and teachers should play a great role in regulating what their kids are doing on social media. Parents give their children smart phones, tablets, and computers but they fail to convey the proper way of using those tools. They should teach them the rules of being on social media by telling them from right to wrong. Parents don’t give their children a car to use without telling them the proper rules of how to drive the car. If they don’t teach them how to drive the car then that child wouldn’t know what to do about his or her car and may lead to an accident. This is the same way of how parents should also teach their kids of how to regulate on social media. There are many privacy settings on these social network sites which some kids are not aware off or simply do not care about. We should put an aware of these settings to them and teach them from right to wrong. Parents and teachers should also encourage their kids to come talk to them if they are facing any type of
Technology affects everyone! Whether positive or negative, we are all affected, how it manifests itself into problems for youth will be studied and debated for years. Balancing technology throughout the educational process and keeping with current trends and uses of technology will affect everyone. Technology has transformed our youth’s daily and social lives. How do we measure the effects of technology on our ability to socialize or have a successful social life? Socializing is not just talking face to face, it’s our ability to interact, learn, and create original thought. Technology hindering today’s youth and their ability to socialize is affecting their capacity to read, write, and communicate. Today’s youth depends on careful considerations for the implementation of technologies. Our youth do not have the capability to convey their emotions through the use of technology, understand sadness, happiness or joy through simple text or emails. Communicating through the use of text, chat, and social network sites is lost using abbreviations and slang, inhibiting the use of the Standard English language. Using computers and hand held devices for relationships, reading, writing, and entertainment, turning them into introverted and socially inept individuals. Current trends resonating from our educational institutions to our workplace can be examples of how technology has altered the way younger people communicate. This tragedy transcends from youth to adulthood affecting the workplace. Social networking sites have begun to take hours away from employers. How do students understand ethical and moral dilemmas unless they are allowed to make mistakes and work through a particular problem? Creative and original thought needs...
It is also a necessity that parents have an understanding of digital media to avoid the generational technology divide. This is a divide that is quickly growing because children are learning about digital media at a faster rate than their parents. If young people have an understanding of how to make good choices on digital media than they are less likely to negatively affect their future college applications and jobs through what they post online. Cyberbullying is a large problem among young people, and this is often because they are able to hide behind a screen while posting anything they want online. Bullying has always been a problem amongst students, but digital media has created a whole new form. There have been countless suicides as a result of cyberbullying. If young people have a thorough understanding of the consequences of digital media then cyberbullying is likely to decrease. Social media can beneficial in connecting people together and allowing them to build relationships, if young people are educated they are more likely to know how to communicate with one another in a positive way (Dotterer). Digital media can be beneficial to young people if it is properly used, it can assist in their learning and it can connect them with people globally. It is important that parents are monitoring what their children are doing online, to protect and to encourage them. It is important that young people are aware of the consequences that are a result of using digital media to ensure that they can avoid misusing this
Children of all ages everywhere these days seem to only depend on the internet. The internet is an amazing creation, but people take advantage of it. Since there is internet there is access to all kinds of social media, games, and all sorts of other things. However, because of today’s society internet is one of the only things kids use and go on, whether it’s go on Facebook for hours or watch ridiculous videos on YouTube, the internet is taking a negative turn towards children, their brains, smartness, and attitude. Despite helpful or early learning programs, the internet does not make children smarter.
Teenagers are using their phones or computers to constantly connect to the internet. They’re always on a social media site reading about the next cool trend amongst their age group. This has alarmed parents and had them convinced that their children have been wasting their time on the internet. Additionally, the wide spread use of the internet amongst teens has produced a belief that teenagers don’t read or write at all. There are many examples about the damages social media does to this generation, but most articles haven’t considered looking at the benefits of the internet’s massive use. In the article “What’s the Matter with Kids Today,” Amy Goldwasser talks about this generation’s reading and writing habits. She supports the use of the internet and the amount of texting teenagers do today. Focusing on the pros, she brings up some interesting points about how people interpret the habits that teenagers have. This generation does more reading and writing than ever before. As Goldwasser states in the article, there are 3 important points that are significance about teenager’s habits. There are alternative types of texts teenagers use to read and write, this also contributes to how teenagers involuntary read and write more, and become improved textual analyzers.