Peggy Orenstein Social Media Analysis

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

We live in an era ruled by social media, primarily when it comes to teenagers, social media is used for everything. From communicating with family and friends to being used as a news outlet, and even advertisement for business and companies. This article is titled “Social Media: What's Not to Like,” written by Alison Pearce Stevens. The topic of this essay is the effect social media can have on teenagers. Social media, on one hand, can be used as a great way to share with the world and boost teens’ self-esteem. On the other hand, social media can be used as a place for bullying, body shaming and can cause depression or even suicide in teens.

Melissa Healy, a reporter of the Los Angeles Times, in the article Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such A Bad Idea, claims that kids who spend lots of time on social media are not the least well-adjusted, but psychologically healthiest. Healy supports her argument by demonstrating how social media is beneficial to a teen’s health. According to a three-year Digital Youth Project, when teengars use social media, it helps them develop important social skills such as communication, grappling with social norms, and developing technical skills. Psychology professor Kaveri Subrahmanyam describes that teens behave the same between offline relationships and online ones, so most teens will use the internet safely. The author’s purpose is

The article was written by Diana Graber on December 8, 2014. This article was written to show why age restrictions on social media matter. Diana’s audience is parents of children of why they should wait until the age limit of certain social media sites. Diana’s article gave insight on why age matters when it comes to your kids having a social media account. The article is about a girl named Rebecca and the study of children and social media. Rebecca was just twelve years old when she decided to end her life due to cyberbullying. The victim and the two bullies were underage using social media. The story shows that both the victim and the bullies were not ready to have a social media account. Rebecca's bullying took place on Facebook, Ask.fm,

Social media is another way of communication through technology. The social media trend is growing rapidly. It has become a daily routine for most people. Social media is affecting the world in many different ways. It was initially made to be a positive way of communicating, but over the years it has has a lot of negative impacts. One of the most known impacts is cyberbullying. Cyber Bullying is deliberately using digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information about another person (Niemer 4). Although many adults experience this issue it is more common in teenagers. “For many teens, he explains, social media is not just a part of their life, it is their social world” (qtd. in Niemer 9). Studies show that 95 percent of ages between 12 and 17 have access to social media and 15 percent had experienced cyberbullying (Horn). These acts have caused depression in most teenagers. “In fact, a number of studies have found a connection between depression and social media victimization” (Miller 387). Some teenagers are afraid to stand up for themselves. The use of social media has caused an increase in fear.

Social media is the fastest growing trend among teenagers and young adults. Whether you believe that social media is a good or bad influence, millions of kids join social media every day. In the article “The Upside of Selfies: Social media is not that bad for kids” by an unknown author, describes how social media has a positive on many teenagers. While the article “Creep Show” by Alyssa Giacobble, shows the dark and unpleasant side of social media. Both articles explain social media in a variety of ways, but the positive side of social media overwhelms the negative side.

Visualize this: It is almost time to eat dinner, and the teenagers have not bothered to do their homework because they have been preoccupied with social media all afternoon. They are spending a majority of their time taking pictures and posting them for ‘likes’ to fit in with everyone else, or they are stalking other people’s posts and pictures, wondering why their lives are not as thrilling as the others’ lives appear. Worst of all, kids of all ages are committing suicide after being cyberbullied to the point that they cannot take it anymore. Picturing it now? Regrettably, that describes the scenery of how their generation is now – the effects of social media on young people are horrifying.

The world has changed dramatically since the creation of social media sites around the year 2000. Today, people communicate face to face or on the telephone less frequently. Fewer individuals obtained knowledge or information through books, newspapers, or television. With the creation of social media sites like Facebook, society has moved into the digital age where information and communication are just a quick click or search on our phones. Children born after 2000 will only know of a world with social media, a primary example being Facebook. One in seven people have a Facebook page and one of every four minutes on the internet is on Facebook. Left unchecked, Facebook can have grave consequences on a teenager’s physical, psychological, and social development and can lead to cyberbullying.

Despite the positives, there are many negatives associated with social media. Using social media can make a person more vulnerable to predators and cyber bullying. In this age, “Cyber bulling is quite common, can occur to any young person online, and can cause profound psychosocial outcomes including depression, anxiety, severe isolation, and tragically suicide” (“American Academy of Pediatrics”). Cyber bullying impacts society in a negative way because it is harming young teenagers’ minds. Bullies, torment, threat, harass, and even embarrass their victims by using different forms of social media. Using social media can also decrease privacy for an individual. People often give out their personal information not knowing who can see it. To average internet users, “A false sense of security may leave social networking site users vulnerable to security attacks such as hacking, leaking sensitive information, and sending viruses” (“ProCon”). Furthermore, Social media can also lead to brain disorders and can cause people to have a hard time interacting with people face to face. “Social networking entices people to spend more time online and less time talking to a person face to face.” (“ProCon”)

New ways of communication over the Internet has grown severely and have brought negative and positive responses to the society around us. In particular, these social networks have become popular in the teen and young adult age group. Social networks has also been popular in unsatisfactory new reports where teens have been cyber bullying, posting inappropriate pictures, and promoting serious cases such as suicide. Social networks include, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia,Yik Yak, Pinterest, MySpace, YouTube, Tumblr, Blogs, etc. In Researching my argument, I 've found many bad news stories about social networks, but not many positive stories. Social networks are represented as bad influence towards our society. Although some people use social networks in a negative way, there are others who use them positively and my argument will explain how. To support my argument I will use Twitter as an example of how social media can be used in a positive way by promoting writing practices, informing others, and being a sponsor of literacy.

This line brings forth the question to whether or not society’s use of social media is a factor in the today’s world that is influencing significant changes in a negative light upon out younger generation. An article published in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology focused on the role of social media in adolescents along with the advancement of social norms. This article introduces the idea behind how social media can be beneficial but also detrimental to adolescents. To support the idea of contrasting ideas behind social media, it is mentioned in the article that,“Despite the promise of enhanced socialization, communication, and education, however, many adolescents' lived experience of social media use has been negative on balance (Cookingham, Ryan 2014)”. Through social media, society is able to create any message it desires and spread it for the world to see. It is significant to note that while social media is capable of increasing communication and useful for spreading ideas across the globe in a simple manner, the effects of social media have potential to taint the younger generations’ minds with its endless capacity for information of all

The internet and social media have come a long way in the past decade. “This is an exciting time to be a young person interested in media” (Jennifer Shewmaker, PhD) Technology has evolved into something that we as humans use every single day. Nowadays children are growing with electronic devices and internet surrounding them. With technology on their hands all day they get exposed too inappropriate content, devolving mental problems and, in some cases being victims of cyberbullying. And yes, there’s no doubt the internet is a useful tool that we use every day for homework and other uses. “But instant messaging, chat room, emails and social networking can also bring trouble – from cyberbullying to more serious internet dangers, including exposure to sexual predators (Katherine Kam, par.3) Too children, who’s brains aren’t well developed they fall to being victims of the to what the internet can cause too their young lives. Many adolescents don’t see the dangers of the internet, but us as adults should prevent introducing the internet too them as such a young age before it’s too late.

We cannot deny that social media has taken over conventional media in the world today. We can easily see that they have impacts on our society. Since the introduction of social network sites years ago, to communicate with friends and family has been easy once you have access to internet.The definition of social media is "the relationship that exist between network of people" (Walter & Riviera, 2004). In the last ten years, the online world has changed dramatically. Thanks to the ivention of social media, young men and women now exchange ideas, feelings, personal information, pictures and videos at a truly astonishing rate. Seventy-three percent of wired American teens now use social media websites (oberst, 2010). Schill (2011) states that the social media sites encourage negative behaviors for teen students such as procrastination catching up with friends , and they are more likely to drink and drug. However, every day, many students are spending countless hours immersed in social media, such as Facebook, Myspace, World of Warcraft, or Sim City. At first glance this may seem like a waste of time, however it also help students to develop important knowlegde and social skills, and be active citizens who create and share content. At present, whether social media is favorable or unfavorable, many students utilize these sites on a daily basis. As social media sites continue to grow in popularity it is our belief that technology is a vital part of today 's

Online social media platforms have grown and gained popularity worldwide. With time, most generations have embraced and gotten acquainted to the changes brought by social media, young adults and teenagers are the most avid users and biggest fans of sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. With all the popularity social media sites have gained, it is no surprise that they have piqued many researchers’ interests. Numerous studies online social media have showed that such sites are impacting and affecting young people’s lives significantly. Being on Tumblr, Snapchat, and Tinder have had both negative and positive effects on the youth of today and how we interact with the world.

Can you imagine living in a world with no social media or smartphone? No instagram, twitter, facebook or snapchat? Believe it or not, that world existed before us millennials did. According to an article found on the Pew Research Center.com, entitled “The Demographics of Social Media Users”, the amount of Facebook users is “72% of adult internet users [and] 62% of entire adult population.” Facebook along with other media outlets have easily become the norm for young adults and older adults in today’s society. The rapid growth of accessibility to social media networking was made possible from the creation and use of smart phones. The combination of social media sites and smart phone users has single handedly eliminated the need for human interactions, but also has provided a repertoire of information at our fingertips. I will discuss the following: the history of Facebook and its impact, the creation of the iPhone and its development of social media apps like Instagram, and the effects of cyberbullying. The purpose of this essay is to explore the productive qualities and destructive qualities that various social media outlets have presented to our generation.