Analysis Of Facebook: Watching The Watchers By Patrick White

Social networks online affect our everyday lives even if we care not to admit it. According to Adler, studies of adolescent friendship groups, from middle and junior high school to high school have found that teenagers cluster along a multidimensional scale into groups composed accordingly to individuals’ social types and interests (Adler & Adler, 1998). This socialization is true amongst teenagers using social network sites. There is an popular clique located atop of the hierarchy of friendship groups and descends in prestige and power (Adler & Adler, 1998). Teenagers are getting bullied on the SNSs. The parents need to ask their children how their day was in cyber land.

In the article “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such a Bad Idea”, the author, Melissa Healy, writes about how parents should not be overly concerned about their children using social media websites. Also, the author touches base on how social media could be an exceptional thing. Social media should not be a concern for parents and should not be a dangerous thing. American children ages eight to eighteen are said to spend more than seven and a half hours using social media or the internet (Healy). However, psychologist say that the kids who spend most of their time using social media are psychologically the healthiest (Healy).

Society now and more than ever captures most of their life’s greatest and most unforgettable moments on camera. While the biggest perk of all is te ability to share these moments with distance love one’s and friends, because they cannot be relived. Social media websites and apps like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram makes photo and message sharing feasible. Anyone can upload all their kids memborable moments to social media profiles. As a result distance will never present a problem for families and friends, now a play, funny home video, or birthday never have to be missed. Amy Web author of “We Post Nothing About Our Daughter Online” reveled the detrimental impacts social media possess on a childs future. Futhermore, she commenting that the most effective way for parents to prevent their children from being exploited is the to reframe from all digital uploads to Facebook and other popular media sites.

In particular, “Facebook is the leading social media site that promotes information sharing, and part of the company’s mission is to “make the world more open.” In his book The Facebook Effect, David Kirkpatrick explains that Facebook finder’s believe that “more visibility makes us better people. Some claim, for example, that because of Facebook, young people today have a harder time cheating on their boyfriends or girlfriends”” (Tapscott 117) Sharing information is helping the younger generation learn valuable life lessons. With many young Americans on Facebook it reveals who you are in a relationship with. If one individual sees that another has a relationship with someone else, most likely they will not try to start a new relationship with that same person and wreck the previous one. Additionally, revealing all information helps society as well. For example, “When we reveal personal information we can help society too. Every time a gay person comes out or someone with depression opens up about his condition, it helps break down the stigma and prejudice. Fully 20 percent of all patients with the fatal disease ALS share intimate information about their treatment and condition on the network PatientsLikeMe.com. And tens of thousands of others with rare diseases who use that website report that sharing has helped them manage their illness.” (Tapscott

A very controversial opinions are presented in the article ' 'Should teachers friend their students on Facebook?" by American Teacher scholar magazine. Nancy Willard, director of Embracing Digital Youth and author of Cyber Savvy, thinks it is very crutial to keep a professional communication and a proper distance with students, because social media, if not used properly, may raise a great public concern, and thus, will be treated as an invasion of a personal space. On the other hand, due to Lauren Isaacs Schimko, a math teacher in the North Rockland Central School District and secretary of the North Rockland Teachers ' Association, Facebook may be a great communication tool for teachers-students-parents socializing, helping to enhance

However, there are also some parents who have their account on Facebook and they keep sharing videos and photos of their child. This is keenly making us aware of the resulting disconnection from the reality Copeland says. Copeland writes. “Parenthood this way creates a story line of delightfully misspoken words, adorably worn hats, and blown kisses” (Copeland 543). If you compare your own decisions to those of other women, then you are actually likely to increase your own sense of inadequacy. As Copeland reported from the research, women are more active users on Facebook than men. A study from the University of Texas at Austin, supports Copeland’s point that men are more likely to use the site for news or current events, but women tend to use the site to get into personal communication such as, posting photos, sharing content related to friends and family (Copeland 543). These is where the problem comes in, as it makes harder for women to avoid the comparisons that make it

In recent months, the comments made by some young men part of Facebook group, and educational community, have stirred up a lot of unrest. This group of students attended Dalhousie University and their Facebook group was called “Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen”. Gentlemen, however, is not something that most would use to describe them after the awful, demeaning comments they had posted about fellow female classmates were released to the media. The public was infuriated by not only the actions of these men, but also the decisions made by the university regarding the disciplinary actions to take place. Looking at this situation through the sociological framework of feminism, the oppression and treatment of women as sexual objects is as clear as

Because adolescents are growing up with more access to social networking, texting and instant messaging on various sites have become prime means of communication. While this is not necessarily bad, many people feel the need to over-share things about their personal lives online. More and more people are using Facbeook and more and more employers are using Facebook to scope out potential employees. If there are inappropriate pictures and comments all over someone’s Facebook page, they are more likely to not receive the job. Some students get in trouble for things they post on Facebook and Twitter. Some users are beginning to notice this and have started deactivating their accounts to regain a sense of privacy. CNN’s article “The anti-social network: Life without Facebook”, states that some students who are trying to maintain a professional image for future employment are deleting their pages.

Social Media Monitoring. A total of six items were created to determine how much college students perceived their parents to be monitoring them through social media. Three yes/no questions asked if their parent(s) had a social media account, if they were friends with their parent(s) on social media, and if their parent(s) were friends with their friends on social media. Two additional items asked the degree that they perceived their parent(s) interacted with the content they posted either online or in person or checked their social media account. A final item asked how often participants censored what they posted so their parents wouldn’t see it. These three questions were asked on a 1-5 scale with 1= never, 2= occasionally, 3= sometimes, 4= often, 5= frequently. All questions that were asked using this scale were averaged together to create one score for social media monitoring.

Patrick White’s thesis in “Facebook: Watching the Watchers” states that Facebook has bridged a gap in family communications, that it has improved the levels of communication within the family. Family members used to have a wall that blocked their lives from each other. Now, with Facebook, Parents have windows into the lives of their children. These windows go both ways, and now children can peek into the lives of their parents.

The worst feeling from a child is when they know that their parent doesn't trust them or feel like their parent is looking for personal information. Our youth doesn’t always want their parent always looking at their texts or social media. The article titled, The Truth About Kids and Social Media, claims “ Social media provides an avenue to build relationships with media outlets and have an on going relationships with reporters” (Martin). This quote is relevant because it gives more than one opinion how social media can help people around the world keep in touch without having to take a phone call or text message,you could visually see them when they post a

To begin, there is a fine line where parents can control and watch over their children on social media. Watching over a kid and controlling them will make them want to do the stuff that you aren’t letting them do, for example, if you watch over your kid's phone they will find a way to be able to bypass it or won’t use their phone. The article says, “There’s considerable evidence that intruding on kids’ privacy damages the parent-child relationship, says Petronio. ‘When parents snoop, they show mistrust,’ she says. ‘That overarching need for control really damages the relationship.’” (Parents Shouldn’t Spy on Their Kids). The reason that I chose this quote is that this shows just one of much important information why parents shouldn’t spy on their children.

With the development of internet, people are able to meet new friends who have the same interest or hobby through the internet. Although, it is easy to make friends on internet, people do not know whether the person they are talking to is good or bad. Some people will also spend most of their time on internet which leads them to less interaction with friends and family. Parents should concern more about their children while they are meeting new friends on internet. Although the internet allows people to stay in touch with distant family and friends, I think the negative effects

The theme comes long, because within Facebook are already wondering for some time whether they should influence the vote of the people to try to stop certain politicians. That does not mean that they have, and the social network and has denied flatly, although it has failed to stop the media and political storm . What exactly is happening?

Recent article even states that, “Facebook can also have a positive impact on young adults’ lives by helping them be more empathetic” (Turgeon).