Negative Effects Of The Internet On Teens

Social media itself is a huge danger to society. It causes many suicides within the world because of the cyberbullying and spreading of rumors. “Recent studies have shown that one out of four teens have been the victims of cyberbullying and one out of six have admitted to having cyberbullied someone” (Trautner 1). The internet and social media is supposed to be used to communicate with friends and for searching information, “Kids use technology different than their parents do. Sometimes it is hard for adults to understand that this can even be a possibility” (Trautner 1). It is not supposed to be used to bully someone, especially not to the point where the victim would think about suicide. “One of the statistics that has been highlighted within this news coverage is the threefold increase in the suicide rate for girls ages 10 to 14. The rates for girls in this age group increased from 0.5 to 1.5 per 100,000 during this time period. The increases for boys in this age group were not as high, climbing from 1.9 per 100,000 during 1999 to 2.6 per 100,000 in 2014” (Olsen

The internet can be a dangerous outlet for teens. According to "Teens and the Internet: How Much is too Much?" by Stephanie Newman, "those who abuse the internet can become trapped in a cyber riptide of sorts, pulled in further and further as their time on-line increases, their school performance declines, and their family and peer

Some people might say that the internet affects the ability for children to learn (VKool 2009-2017). The use of the internet might cause children to abandon their families because they might want to be on the computer rather than wanting to spend time with family. Also thinking

A sentence from Grimes, Ginger explains how lazy students use the internet to receive the information without actually executing the work to the best of their ability. “The good students do all the work while the lazy kids reap the same benefits...” (source F) This demonstrates how the lazy kids rely on the internet while the attentive are actually willing to do the work. Lazy kids receive the same benefits short term but, in the long run they refer back to the internet instead of back to what they learned. The internet has “brainwashed” kids into thinking that it is okay to use the internet whenever they need to, instead of actually thinking about the process of doing things correctly. Some may think that the internet does not negatively affect students. Gamerman, Ellen writes “At Ensign Intermediate School in Newport Beach, Calif., seventh-graders are looking at each other's hand-held computers to get answers on their science drills. And in San Diego, high-schoolers can roam free on the Internet during English exams.” (source D) In some schools it is okay to use the internet while taking a test. Kids are just going to rely on their technology even if it is “frowned”

At a glance, the internet is one of the best invention ever made by mankind. One of the most important concept the internet had given to us is the power to convert ourselves from a consumer to a participation. In other words, the internet actually gave us a chance to express our opinions, whereas we can only consume when it comes to traditional television. Believe it or not, the internet saves us a huge amount of time in our everyday life. Since the internet is packed with useful informations and with just some simple clicks, students can do their homework or research on anything in the comfort of their room. Compare to the 1950s, whereas if you were to do a research on a certain subject, skimming through thick books in the library was

While there might be more downsides to the internet there are some people that want to believe that it is very beneficial to society. She explains how the intern et has given schools the ability to broaden their curriculum to a wider spectrum. Teachers in classrooms K-12 use the internet as a research or reference tool for their assignments and other coursework. She done a study that has shown that internet use can increase success in the classroom. Online classes and internet use in the classroom has been proven to broaden students’ ability to be more social and technically incline. Her studies have also shown that it gets the students more interested in school work by making it more fun for them. “Students who have more self-confidence with the internet have better success in online classes and have higher grades than others who feel uncomfortable with the internet” (119). While the internet isn’t always good it has helped kids think more outside the box (Ronsisvalle and Watkins

“Internet, mobility, and multimedia are important technology tools that are used in education industry” (Hameed 372).Although the internet is an important tool in the classroom and out, it does have downsides. Websites have become more commercialized, and this has made searching through websites difficult since not all websites are reliable. In the Journal done by Shihab Hameed he says that statistics show that teenagers use the internet more than adults, they use the internet to play games, listen to music and meet new people. Hameed also mentions that it reduces student activity. Students are able to get solutions to homework and as result

Because it contains so much information, the internet interrupts the learning process because too much information is being received to be learned in the long term memory and making us more shallow and thinking less deeply.

Technology has a big impact on peoples’ daily life. People rely on the information on webs without truly evaluating the trustworthiness of the site. There might be some trustworthy webs but most of them doesn’t contain an accurate and precise information. Since all the information are available on internet, we complete our tasks through internet and never truly utilize our brains. In other words, our brain becomes more indolent and worthless due to the easy accessible of information and laziness. I tend to use the internet anytime I struggle completing any assignments without giving a chance to solve it on my own. Therefore, I never really know whether the internet is really necessary to complete the assignments. Depending on how we make use of the technology, it has a positive and negative effects on our brain and our attention. In particular, the technology has more of negative effects than positive on students because of the tremendous resources that are available anytime at no cost.

Nicolas Carr in his article, “Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber?” claims that the Internet is hurting students. Carr gives evidence from various experiments and studies done by different people, showing that the Internet has a negative effect on students along with education.

“Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teenagers, according to the Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition, a grassroots group of advocates formed in 2002( Diaz, Hussain, and Lade para 13).” Teens suicides is important, since that the rates are doubling and families of the suicides teengers get heart broken inside. During this era is when the Internet started to get popular with social media and smartphones too. Social media gives teengers a new way for to get bullied and embarrassed quickly. Also with more advance technology with smartphones to get social media apps and texting teengers get bullied with getting on the computers. The popularity of the internet and phones has negatively affects on teen suicide because of cyberbullying, challenges on social media, and the ability to constant harass someone through texting.

Using the internet is not good for students; because the internet is too interesting, so it makes students to spend many hours for using the internet instead of studying; because internet use can damage students brain; because the internet can cause some kinds of mental disorders.

For the majority of people, it is difficult to imagine what life would be like without the internet. The world of education has also undergone tremendous change since the advent of the internet. It allows students to quickly obtain a vast amount of information on every subject. They also get the convenience of going to class and completing assignments, permitting them to schedule their time with great flexibility. The internet has become one of the easiest, fastest and most effective tools that can be used to explore and comprehend more about the world; however, it is not without problems. The uses of the internet by students changes their thinking patterns, distracts their attention and reduces their interpersonal skills.

Practitioners have a responsibility towards children and young people to make them aware of the dangers which they may face in the outside world. In school, this awareness has historically been around issues such as road safety, stranger danger and how to treat and respond to others. As well as being an additional resource, the emergence of the Internet has opened up a wide range of additional threats to children. As many children now have access to a computer in their own homes it is important for all children to become familiar with them and be able to use them with ease. E-mail and the Internet are becoming increasingly common methods of communication and this can open up a new way of learning for children, providing that they are used

Almost all institutions around the world used internet as a primary tool for students’ learning. There are positive effects of internet on students especially in terms of academics, positive effects which resulted from the services and information that the internet can offer. Once on the internet, users in rising and creating countries have held onto associating as their most favoured kind of advanced movement. Respondents said it has a positive impact. Survey says that the expanding usage of the internet has an impact on individual connections, contrasted among those who have less experience with the internet. (Pew Global Organization, 2015). Parents consider computers as important instruments to education for children to help discover a wide perspective of reliable information, and that young students who has no access in the internet has more disadvantage in comparison to those who have access (Kim,