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Essay about Disadvantages of Adolescent Communication on Facebook

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The way in which the majority of the world now communicates is through Social
Network Sites which is very common in today’s society. Over the past ten years
Facebook has grown to be the number one social network site utilized in the world. The purpose of this research is to educate parents on the dangers it can bring to adolescents. The primary audience will be parents of adolescent children. This research will explore the disadvantages of adolescent communication on Facebook media.
Focusing on Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Facebook Depression, looking at how this behavior can have a negative impact on them.
Cyberbullying
Traditional adolescent bullying in the 70’s and 80’s of threats to do bodily harm to
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The bully has more freedom, or should I say he or she is less inhibited when it is done online. It is done anywhere, at anytime, and the victim is subjected to this behavior because usually the computer is where schoolwork is performed, and where the adolescent communicates with their friends (Interdynamics, Inc 2012). The main objective of the adolescent bully is demonstrate and gain control over the other.
Cyberbullying amongst adolescents have no boundaries. There are no discriminatory factors of race, sex, or demographical areas. Cyberbullying behavior preys on the weak, usually other children of low self-esteem. Most likely the ones who do not have friends or who aren’t associated with any type of group(s). Studies have shown that girls are more involved in cyberbullying than boys (Cox Communications 2009).
Bullying is a learned behavior from an environment needing and desiring control over others. This type of behavior can have serious effects and damage families permanently.
Unfortunately some adolescents have resorted to suicide as a result of being bullied.
Teen Charged in Fatal Cyberbullying Case of Rebecca Sedwick to Remain in Jail (Newcomb, A. 2013). Eden Wormer, whose Facebook cover image included the haunting words, “Right Now The Only Love Of My Life is Me Myself”, she took her own life after enduring two years of bullying (Sinmaz, E. 2012 March

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