Myspace And Myspace By Danah Boyd Analysis

Despite all the formal training and experience in this field, Twenge herself is a part of the target audience. Twenge is a mother of three who states “they’re not yet old enough to display the traits of IGen teens, but I have already witnessed firsthand just how ingrained new media are in their young lives.” Throughout the article she provides both personal and statistical information to enhance her argument and support her findings. These Range from multiple surveys conducted throughout the country, including one that had been performed on undergraduates at San Diego State University. An interview with a teen girl from Texas had also been included into the work, avoiding a bombardment of the reader with evidence and numerical data. By providing this break from purely logos argumentation she allows the reader to build an emotional connection with the work; as well as, create a bridge between author and reader. The way she presents the statistical information in her article is by providing the reader with multiple surveys and studies that show this new generational data of how teens are becoming less socially interactive in public. while presenting her information she does show that there

In her book, It's Complicated, Danah Boyd expresses her views on modern-day social media and the modern-day teenager's reliability with it. The book is comprised of 8 enlightening categories: identity, privacy, addiction, danger, bullying, inequality, literacy, and searching for a public of their own. Throughout the book, Boyd provides data, true stories, and factual conversations to help support her main claim: social media has taken over our youth.

127). He digs at the fact that she has many more experiences then us normal/ middle class people. We then can infer that he was talking about how some people it’s easy for them to disconnect because they have such a lavish lifestyle to keep in touch with. I also agree with Jengenson argument because not everyone has a great life, sometimes social media is there “escape” or safe haven from the troubles and stresses of the real world. I for one have been guilty of going to the digital world when I’m having a hard time in the real world. By logging on I tend to forget about what happening in the real world and flock to things that will be the complete opposite of how things are in the real world.

Simmons uses the emotions of his students to covey to the audience the improvement of male writers. Simmons discusses in the article that through Facebook men are more assertive with their writing. When an individual makes a Facebook post, that individual has the ability to control the post. The individual has control over what he says and the feedback he receives. Male student’s bas there Facebook posts from the feedback and response of their Facebook friends. Later in the article on page 2 Simmons states “Instead of being mocked for revealing too much, students who share in this way win likes and mad supportive comments from male friend” (Facebook 2013). Because of Facebook male teens are learning to become more confident with their writing. Because of this new found confidence these students are more willing and open to share their issues and feelings with adults. On page 3 Simmons talks about this new openness of his students. “When I assign narrative essays, students discuss sexual abuse, poverty, imprisoned family member, alcoholic parents, gang violence, the struggle to learn English in America- topics they may need to address, not subjects they believe may entertain a reader. ( Facebook 2013)”

3. A connection to the article A connection that I have to this article is that when I first got a smart phone and was beginning to get on social media sites, both me and my parents were apprehensive. The concern that I would end up talking to older boys, and the constant alertness for "stranger danger" has always been present, and always will be. However as I got older, just like the article stated, I personally use social media for keeping up with old friends and staying in contact with my friends who live in Canada. 4. 2 more elements Zone 1. First thoughts - My first thoughts when reading this article was that I was in agreement with what the author was saying. When the issue of stranger danger was discussed, of course there is always going to be individuals who use the social media site for something other than its intended purpose. However, I disagreed with the fact that the sole reason started in the article that causes teenagers to become prepared is because of social media. In some cases, technology causes teenagers especially to be very secluded and shut off from the rest of the world. Zone 5. Making Inferences - The question that the text is answer is that if technology

Social media has become one of the greatest developments of human technology history. In today’s society, human are surrounding by the social media and wireless devices. In Shannon Matesky’s spoken word poem “MySpace”, the poet explains “physical contact is more important than our number of contacts” (Matesky). According to the poet, Shannon Matesky successfully redefines the word “Myspace” from a formal definition of “the distance from other people or things that a person needs in order to remain comfortable” (Merriam-Webster), to an operational definition of the contact created on the social media. People now forget how to stay with face-to-face relationship, social media become the new way of communication. “We can’t deal with the face-to-face so we let technology replace the space that people are supposed to fill”(Matesky), said Matesky, we are losing the ability to connect each individual face to face, and socially connection has been taking over through social media by using technologic device. Shannon Matesky has successfully redefined the actual meaning of “Myspace” from the distance between two to the space one’s create on the social media. MySpace no longer refers to distance between two, but to

Class difference is a key theme in the text; it is the web expertly woven through each experience and opinion. It is an issue that is faced globally today, thus hooks’ timeless perspective is extremely relevant to the wider world. Hooks mentions something of much significance; “I found that classmates believed “lower class” people had no beliefs and values.” (p.76). Hegemonic “white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy” (p.81) and people of higher classes and bourgeois speak

Social class has always been influential in America even though many people put forth that someone’s social class is insignificant when building friendships or any other relationship. But the reality is that those thoughts are mistaken because the truth is social class has become a larger concept than what it’s thought to be. Due to the class difference all the social classes have been drifting apart from each other and avoid interacting with each other (Bartlett 1).

Representin’ in cyberspace is an article by Carla E. Stokes that touches on the way social media and hip hop culture can influence adolescent girls. Throughout the article Stokes explains how the black community can have a positive and/or negative effect on African American Adolescent girls. She starts off by addressing the hip hop community itself.

In the chapter literacy, are today’s youth digital natives? on pages 176-186 Boyd discusses how the term “Digital Natives” is an over exaggeration phrase to describe today’s youth. She argues that even though today's teens are engaged in both the internet and other social media networks they don’t inherently comprehend most of their online encounters. She also claims that even teens are so deeply involved with the internet it’s “. . . dangerous to assume that youth are automatically informed. It is also naive to assume that so-called digital immigrants have nothing to offer.” Most of the teens today are solely consumers of technology, knowing what to do but not how to explain what they’re doing, giving them an upper hand over so called “digital immigrants”. Boyd provides examples of two types

(procon.org. 1). Anyway, while we pond on that question, let us discuss why social media discourages students from studying or why students who uses social networking sites don’t do well in school. Besides the fact that students who use social networking sites use them to connect with their family, and long distance friends, proponents of social networking sites may argue that it helps students to do better at school, and that 59% of students with access to the internet report that they use social networking sites to discuss educational topics and 50% use these sites talk about school assignments, according to procon.org (2). However, since these sites are not one hundred percent accurate and reliable, how are we sure that the students who uses social networking sites are actually doing well in their academics and not failing when it is obvious non users of social networking sites perform better. As a matter of fact, what chance does a student who uses social networking sites stand to a student who spends their time outside classroom doing their homework’s, reading their class notes, textbooks, and novels, and spending their time on other things other than on social networking sites? In as much as many of us don’t see the harm social networking sites are having on our students, it is an undeniable fact

Social Media has a huge impact on a teens life since they are bombarded with the pressures of buying new devices and apps, thus affecting the way teens represent themselves on social media. In the article, It states how teens are driven to compete against each other by, trying to have best social media feed. “Parents wonder if their children’s constant use of Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat is healthy. Teenagers talk about the pressure to post the perfect photo or compete with the perfect lives their peers present on the Internet.” (Baltimore Sun, para. 2). The pressures of wanting to post the perfect pictures of their lives on social media, takes a toll on the teens when they are using it. Instead of posting what is true to that person, they are competing to have the best pictures and the most followers, which causes them to lose their true selves/identity.

Stacy’s situation is just one of many recent cases in which aspiring and practicing educators have faced unfortunate consequences because of the way others perceive the use of social networking tools such as MySpace and Face book. (Carter, Foulger & Ewbank, 2008). ” (www.pbworks.com, page 1)

Social media is causing teenagers to be negatively influenced. This is an issue, because teenagers are extremely impressionable and social media is negatively impacting their lives each day whether they are conscious of this or not. One anonymous author who wrote the article, “Teen’s Use of Social Media: Positive or Negative?” states, “90 percent of teens have used social media” (Teens’ Use of Social Media). In this statement, it is clear that a large majority of teenagers have already been exposed to some type of social media. Since teenagers learn from direct observation and experience, it is a huge problem when they witness things on social media that concern sexist, racist, or homophobic content. Many teenagers even say that they have an addiction to social media. Teens who have had bad experiences online or who do not use social media on a regular basis said that they have a stronger urge to stay away from the internet. Even though there are many negatives to social media there are some positives as well. NickMcGillivray who is affiliated with the website, TurboFuture wrote the article, “What Are the Effects of Social Media on Youth.” In his article, he states, “There are many positive aspects, but there are equally as many dangers that come with the use of sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Google +, Tumblr, Instagram, gaming sites, and blogs” (McGillivray). In this statement, he makes it clear, that social media has both positives and negatives. One positive of social media that impacts teenager’s lives would be, how they are able to communicate with their teachers and other classmates at any time. This makes it easier for

When I read this article, it reminded me of the discussion of socialization in chapter 5 of the text because it demonstrates how certain agents of socialization, particularly mass media, influence children’s ideologies on how they should act, look and feel. This ideology and contribution of social norms is supported by the article, from CBC news, suggesting how a teenage girl wants to “quit” social media in order to live in the real world. She went on to explain the reason for quitting her elite position on social media was for her 12-year-old self and how at that young age, all she wanted in life was to have people look at and want to be her. At twelve, her views in life had been skewed as she let her popularity and likeness in life be equivalent to the number of likes she would get on a selfie on social media. At twelve, she decided to become “Facebook famous” by dressing older and sexier, working out and eating at unhealthy rates and acting as if she was thirty. She let social media define her existence as a person. Six years later, at 18, with half a million followers on Instagram alone, she decided to reevaluate her life and take a look at other aspects that aren’t through the media. She became aware of the physical world around her. Instead of going to the beach for the sole purpose of getting a good picture of her in a bikini to advertise the brand to her followers, she realized she could rather go to physically enjoy it and actually be there in real life. Instead of