Negative Effects Of Social Media On Children

With social media growing and growing into a mass of accounts and profiles and different groups of people and clubs and websites and other things, what adolescents do on social media is something that many parents worry about. Not every parent is at ease with the fact that their child/teenager is out in open water; one young human being surrounded by millions of other human beings who are younger, the same age, or older than them. The article “Teenage social media butterflies may not be such a bad idea” takes a look at teenagers ' use of social media. Social media is a very important tool, allowing people to connect or continue their relationships without

Social media seems to be changing how we communicate through society. Adolescents are consumed with media for an estimated 7.5-8.5 hours per day (Georgia, 2014; Giedd, 2012). Instead of interacting with each other face to face adolescents are socializing through their phones (George, 2014). The purpose of the paper was to research how social media affects the brain, sleep, and cyberbullying (Lemola, Perkinson- Gloor, Brand, Dewald- Kaufmann, & Grob, 2014; Mills, 2014; Betts & Spenser, 2017).

Social media has been a topic of debate for years. Some people are strongly against any use of it while others like the instant connection it provides. A major concern over social media is the lasting effects it has on teenagers. Social media can affect teenagers through many ways including things like their self-esteem. Cyberbullying is a raging topic of discussion centered around teens social media use. It can also effect their people skills and create a lack of community involvement. Some parents think that watching what their children do on social media is an invasion of privacy but is your concern for their privacy greater than your concern for their safety? Social media poses a great danger to today’s children. It can affect many aspects of their lives.

My personal thoughts on the impact of the social media by the PBS Frontline “Generation Like” video was very informative and showed how much I have been out touch with reality with the communication movement with today’s generation and how involved the social media plays a part in our lives. After carefully examining the video and looking back at past court cases, I believe the social media can be a double-edged sword for our adolescence teenagers. The media can either be positive or negative impact on our adolescence children. The video by PBS provided a transparent imagine how teens were able to accomplish a positive self imagine and fame on different social medias like Facebook, Twitter, and My Space to build their self confidence about themselves by communicating with their peers and on a global level of

The internet is one of the world’s most influential platforms. Since the creation of the internet, social media and media itself have made their way into being more and more prominent in the lives of humans, especially in the lives of our youth. According to an article in The Washington Post, “Teens spend nearly nine hours a day consuming media” (Teens Spend Nearly 9 Hours a Day Consuming Media). , which means it is where most of their time is being spent, whether that is in school, at work, or, at home. Although there are many great things that are learned and shared on the internet through all types of media, there are many negative factors shared as well that are just as impactful.

Social media has negative effects on adolescents who overuse it. It is important as parents or guardians to remember to monitor how much kids use social media and when they use it. As a parent or guardian, you must remember that the disorders kids can get from overusing social media is real. Also remember that the internet isn’t always the safest place for our children. The use of social media can be damaging and it has no benefit. Keep control of your children’s use on social media to avoid these negative effects. The internet does interfere with daily

According to a study from the Pew Research Center, 92% of American teens go online to post, like, comment, tweet, and re-tweet at least a hundred photos a day. Preadolescents between the ages of 9-15 primarily use social media websites as a portal to communicate with past friends, find new ones, and to post about their day. However, the use of these sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube etc. can put young kids at risk of being bullied online, stalked by predators and pedophiles, and subjected to inappropriate pictures and videos. The truth is today youths lack the basic understanding of the dangers that lurk within social media, and therefore should not be allowed to use them until they can fully comprehend all the risks attached to using these sites.

For many years, social media has been the number one resource teens in today 's generation depend on. It has provided an advantage to communicate with family members and it has given many the opportunity to make new friends. However, with the use of social media, teens are becoming antisocial. Amy Jo Martin stated, “Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Everytime you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand.” Personally, I see it everyday, people reaching out to their mobile devices to view their notifications and their social media constantly. It 's almost as if social media has absorbed teens. Andrea Nakaya, in her book, titled “Internet and Social Media Addiction”, stated that about 73% of teens use some type of social media. Due to this, teens should consider reducing the amount of time spent on social media because in the end it can have a negative impact in their lives.

Social networks claim to connect us; however, connections have not gotten any better and are instead turning into anti-social networks; in which you decide to take control or be controlled. Children are using more technology now than they have ever used in the past. All of the negative effects that social media and television is having on adults are far greater when it comes to the developing minds of children. There is no way to know what long term effect technology will have on our children because this is the first generation to have unlimited access. Unfortunately now a days grownups tend to be dependent to these social networks and we make them reachable to children; making the dependence start at an earlier age. Social media is a very enslaving addiction that is increasing day by day, by the result of social circumstances caused by new technologies that help hide situations of personal loneliness or isolation. I believe that everything is good or at least ok with moderation, but when a habit such as the internet and mostly social media are consuming you, affecting yourself, and those around you it has gone from a bad habit to an addiction. No addiction is good and like any other requires a treatment or cure in which we learn to control our anxiety to be connected to the web. Payne mentions that longer use of internet causes great problems since we then are no longer capable of prioritizing in our daily activities. This could

People use Smartphones and personal devices nowadays to communicate, get information, and be entertained. Gossip is easier to spread these days, because of facetiming, texting, and posting to social media. Information is at our fingertips when we use apps to set an alarm, read the news, and navigate to places. Entertainment travels with people everywhere, because phones and portable consoles show movies, help us play games, and keep us busy when we travel. As you can see, society has become too dependent with technology in their daily lives, because they’re always on it, it affects children negatively, and it can be a dangerous obsession.

As parents, we strive day in and day out to provide healthy meals, drive our kids to soccer practice, cheer at the games; attend parent-teacher meetings at school and teach them to say “no” to drugs and other bad habits.  While we are busy covering all the basics of being a good parent, we can be far too oblivious of the effects the social media is having on children.

Parents often warn their children not to post too much personal information on the internet. Common reasons for this include a parent’s fear that a child is giving out sensitive and personal information or that a child is opening themselves up to predators. In more recent years another reason has been added. With the invention of the internet, in the 90s, and with the rise of usage of social media, a parental fear is that their child will post the wrong thing and be denied a job or entrance into their choice university. A mature and job-seeking twenty-three-year-old can pay for the posts of an immature and dependent fifteen-year-old. Youth are often warned that “what they put on the internet is there forever” and that “just because you delete something doesn’t mean that it’s gone forever”. The idea that what’s posted or written on the internet exists forever has, most commonly, been presented as a negative. What if it could be presented as a positive as well? Ashely Ellis writes on the topic of the infinity of the internet in her essay, Transcending Time and Death: Immortality in a Simulated World.

The way media have influenced the psycho-social development of adolescents is profound, and it’s important for parents to monitor their child’s exposure to media and to give guidance on age-appropriate use of all social media outlets. Parents aren’t alone when raising their children today; the media is helping. Moms typically stayed at home to take care of the children while Dad worked. With both parents being absent in the home because of the need for more financial stability, kids have less guidance, learning more from the internet. Rosa Rios, author of, “Positive and Negative Effects of Media on Children’s Health,” states, “Research shows that kids between 8 to 10 years old spend an average of 8.5 hours per day with a variety of media including television programs, online searches, social websites, and video games among others.” As it were, children are submerged in the media an indistinguishable measure to a full-time job. The time spent on various media outlets make teens antisocial and socially awkward, which basically impacts child social development.

With the economy the way it is today, most parents have to work. So how do we protect our teens when it comes to social media? They use text, snapchat, and an array of apps that can cause a plethora of issues. Teenagers do not always make the best choices when they use social media which often puts them in unsavory positions with the individuals that they have shared with. The encounter everything from bullying to suicide because technology has invaded every part of their lives. Instead of the bullies being at school they are now in the homes of vulnerable kids. It’s times for parents to take a stand, educate, and hope that we can get through to these kids so that we can stop the damage that is being caused.

Social interaction has always been an essential to the survival of the human race. Socializing makes it possible for people to fully function as human beings because through socialization individuals learn their roles in life, their culture's language, and form their personality (Sociology). In today’s society, media plays a powerful role in people’s lives. It provides people the ability to form broad connections through countless social media sites and apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Skype, Youtube, and Twitter. Therefore, media has been growing rapidly throughout the world and has become a part of our generation. As users increase, the debate over whether the use media give a negative or a positive influence on people’s lives increases. Nowadays, youth lives most of their lives on media networks. They share news, pictures, secrets, love, and hate through a single tap on the “post” button. Media has a positive impact on our generation, yet at the same time, it can lead to negative influences that affect our society. I agree that the overuse of media can negatively affect youth because it can lead to addiction and cyberbullying.