Positive And Negative Effects Of Social Networking Addiction

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

In “The Limits of Friendship” by Maria Konnikova, social media has significantly changed the way we interact with friends and family. Everybody thinks that using social media is the best way to talk to friends and family, however, in my opinion, they are wrong because it doesn’t give you the face-to-face connections we need as humans for social interaction. On the other hand, the great thing about using social media is you can connect with more people, but in a superficial kind of way. Therefore, we do not get the face-to-face interactions with our friends and family. We, the people that are addicted to social media, learn that without face-to-face conversations we wouldn’t have a normal “social” life outside of social media. The question

Irena Ceranic, the author of the web article Social Media Addiction a Growing Concern, has utilised quotes, anecdotes and statistics to convey the author’s argument that social media is becoming an addiction. “… If a teenager spends long periods of time on the computer… that’s going to interfere with things like their real-time social life, they get fat… and it can interfere with their relationship with their parents, it becomes a source of conflict,” mentioned Perth psychologist Tony White. By bringing up the negative impacts for both the addict and their family, Ceranic has heightened concern for the parents with adolescent children who are obsessed with technology. To reach out to the adolescents who may fear they are becoming addicted to

Ahn the author of this article, analyzes how teenagers are among the most susceptible users of social network sites (SNS). This studies show that teenagers spend a significant portion of their daily life networking or interacting through social media sites. As a result of this study, arguments and controversies are being speculated about the effects of SNS on adolescents and the way it affects their personal development.

According to this study, social media is no longer considered an optional form of communication amongst adolescents; it is now the primary and preferred method of communication within this peer group. As a child increases in age, so does their utilization rate of social media. Between the ages of 13-14, 73% have social media profiles. Between 15-16, 82% report having social media profiles. Peer group conformity is heightened between the ages of 13-15 years old which is also the time period in which many begin seeking independence from their parents. Those who excessively partake in social media report having many negative psychological and physical symptomology to include various stages of withdrawal when they are denied access. Only individuals with a true sense of belonging that have identity independence are able to mediate the addictive affects of extended social media

Online social media has gained worldwide growth and popularity through the use of teenagers and young adults which has led to attracting attention from a different variety of researchers throughout the world. Although with time, every generation has come to terms with the changes social network has brought to the world, teenagers and young adults use social media the most. According to multiple research studies in the field of online social networks, they have come to the conclusion that these sites are having a big but negative impact on the lives of the youth.

The third way social networking has a negative effect on society impacting physical interaction with people is it can slowly break down someone’s self-esteem. This should be one of society’s major concerns for the future of our children and young adults. John A. Bargh and Katelyn Y.A. McKenna wrote in an Yale University article, “Several scholars have contended that internet communication is an impoverished and sterile form of social exchange compared to traditional face-to-face interactions, and will therefore, produce negative outcomes (loneliness and depression) for its users as well as weaken neighborhood and community ties (Bargh & McKenna, 2004).” This tells me that internet communication

The 21st century has seen the internet transformed into a tool that has made communication easier and more accessible. This transformation came about side by side with ideas of online social networks that would enable the interaction of citizens of different countries. Teenagers, being the main players of the online generation, have been caught up in the mix of online social networks as they have grown into a period whereby technology has revolutionized the way people go about their daily activities. However, due to the excessive amount of time spent on these networks and the online freedom that teenagers have, granted from social networking sites, they are left prone to negative effects on their development. For the purposes of this

Social media is inexpensive and user friendly, therefore many individuals use this form of communication to socially interact with family and friends who live thousands of miles away (Hertlein 382). This causes concerns that individuals will no longer connect physically to one another, and will ultimately eliminate face-to-face communications. However, individuals are still communicating with others, it is just in a different form. Social media does not alter social bonds, it allows for users to communicate and express themselves differently. Published in the International Journal of Relational Perspectives in 2011, S. Harman stated, “Relationships facilitated by technology appear to provide the same sense of well being as is associated with other types of close associations. The Internet may elicit some changes in how people communicate, but not why they do so” (Zilberstien 152). Those whom are using social networking sites tend to also be social in real-life. This new communication does not replace other forms

“Social networking displaces face-to-face time: an hour longer spent on the Internet has been shown to equate to half an hour less face-to-face time in a day” (Social Tech Science, 2010, p1).

In today’s society, teenagers especially use social media and buzz for everything. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, Snapchat, Pinterest, and LinkedIn are just some of the million different types of social media used on a daily basis worldwide. Today, people can use social media to reconnect with an old friend, share photos and videos of their lives, find family members, publicize relationships, and so much more. Social media can be great in many aspects, however, one can become dangerously addicted to the social world. In the article Social Media Addiction, Joseph Viola explains the addiction teens have with social media. He states, “Facebook, for

The book investigates the relationship between teens and social media in many aspects. These aspects include identity, privacy, and addiction. By the time I read the third chapter, which was based on teens’ “addiction” to social media, my perspective on it had changed completely. One of Boyd’s most critical points in that chapter is that attributing the term “addiction” to social media is a misnomer, and she specifically mentions that “addiction rhetoric positions new technologies as devilish and teenagers as constitutionally incapable of having agency in response to the temptations that surround them” (Boyd 83). In other words, using the term “addiction” to describe excessive social media usage gives a negative connotation towards social media and usage of it in general. In addition, the term also implies that teens cannot control their social media usage at levels of not being able to control alcohol and/or drug usage. This particular point grabbed my attention. Could teens really become “addicted” to social media on that level? Thinking about most of my high school friends, it seemed like that was the case for some of them. Even for those who weren’t “addicted” to social media, they still use it a lot. What are the factors behind a person’s usage of social media? Is there something special about Facebook, Snapchat, or Instagram that I was missing out on or overlooked? There was only one way to find out, and that was to interview someone about their social media usage and

Nowadays people cannot imagine how to catch up with friends and family without the usage of social networking. All around the world, people have the ability to connect with others. Social networking websites allow users to make profiles, upload pictures and videos, play games and chat with other users. In addition, people have the ability to learn about current news and events. It has also served as an effective tool in marketing for many businesses worldwide. Some of the top widely used networking sites include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. While social networking has provided great benefits for users to communicate and interact, it poses some negative effects as well.

Social media provides its users with a connection to parts of the world that normally a teenager would not think of. Being able to connect with someone thousands of miles away surely is a benefit. But, is the connection made with them beneficial to everyday lives involving face-to-face communication? Face-to-face communication is arguably to most important way that humans can communicate. It causes a connection that can not be made via the

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