Do you think social media has a negative or positive effect on teens/kids?? Social media has a positive effect on teens because it makes them more responsible.. Amanda Lenhart says “People are looking for a positive , creative , appropriate profile online . When the person you would be going to work for looks at your profile if they don't see that you are positive , creative , and appropriate then they won't give you the job and if you don't have a social media they think that you're trying to hide something . What you have on your digital footprint is important to because if you have things online that you deleted because you thought that you would get into trouble they can see what you posted because what you post and say online stays online
In the article “ Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such A Bad Idea “ by Melissa Healy, social media isn’t as bad as you think. According to Amori Yee Mikami teenages are using social media to communicate with their friends and not strangers . Some adolescents count their parents as their friends on social networking sites. According to a L.A. psychology professor kaveri Subrahmanyam says children on and offline have the same relationship on social networking sites and in reality . Another thing Subrahmanyam said was that teens use social media in wayś that don't harm their well being. Some teens that struggle with depression or other type of behavior are most likely to be bully or harass, and also take online risks such as sexting
Even though social media could have an negative impact on students . Some of the best resources comes out of Social Media sites.From little things to huge opportunities, Technology and Social media will continue to help those of any kind. Social Media apps such as facebook instagram, and twitter could help while looking into jobs, this could help teens start to get prepared for the real world. Many
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.
Utilizing social media has been shown to enhance communication, social interaction, and sharpen technical skills of teenagers. Benefits to teens of social media allow them to socialize with friends, make new friend, and even help each other on group projects or homework. Studies indicate that over 20% of teenagers log onto social media sites over 10 times in one day. A con in social media is that its has caused cyberbullying and online hate. Studies have shown that online harassment is no more common than offline harassment. Another con in social media is that sexting has increased 20% in teens. These teens have indicated that they have posted nude or semi nude photos of themselves. Teens do not realize the risk
Social media influences a teenager's self-esteem because it can lower or boost their self-esteem. It can lower a teenager's self-esteem by having cyberbullies on the internet putting them down with their negative opinions of the teen which can also drive the teens to feel hurt, or discourgaed by letting others opinions get to them. Social media can boost a teenager’s self-esteem by having a lots of friends or followers, because they’ll feel cool and popular. It can also boost their self-esteem because if they post a selfie of themselves on social media and everybody is commenting on how pretty or how nice they look, they will feel
To begin with, social media for kids and teens ultimately has only negative effects because
Just like with Stout, I partially agree and disagree with Healy. She talks about how teens use social media depending on their personality and mindset before the use it. She claims that if a conservative teen with good morals uses social media, she will continue with this mindset and not change. I disagree, however, since there are a variety of people and "facts" on the Internet that are easily accessible with a press of a button. A teen may learn about things that were being held back from them before or they may discover new possibilities. Social media can greatly affect someone depending on their use, not their morals. Healy also explains that teens that use social media will learn how to multi-task, something I definitely agree with. Same thing as I said before, it depends on the kid, but most people don't just use social media. Most teens also do homework, listen to music, and/or watch something. This is an important life skill especially today and this can help the, manage their life more efficiently in the
Social media has both positive and negative effects. However, I feel as though the positive outweigh the negative. So many people benefit from social media including businesses, students, and distant friends. Although, when not used intelligently social media can be a destructive thing. Social media users should know the risks of social media and educate themselves. Overall social media is a positive thing that has made
The Internet is a very wide world where you can see different things and assortments of the realities that are happening in the real world right now. You can see a problem happening in China or Russia, or you can be looking at the best Compilation of Cat Videos. Social Media, its a part of every teens life at one point, and it really can affect you positively or can demoralize the values you had . Positive signs in Social Media is you can see what your friends are up to and what other people are dealing with in other parts of the world. The demoralizing things about social media is the posting of vulgar content and at this point in our world, live suicides. There is also a risk of Cyberbullying and getting ‘exposed’ to the community of who you really are. Parents, they often see social media, such as YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. as apps that aren’t as harmful because it’s them posting pictures or the child
Everywhere you look you see teens on social media simply stated that’s not always a bad thing. Social media allows you to connect faster with your family. Parents can monitor what you are doing. Therefore social media can be a positive influence on middle school students.
A majority of teens that use social media say that they feel more connected to their friends. This instant connection can have a positive influence over teens as peer acceptance can increase the self-esteem and well-being of adolescents (Valkenburg, Peter, & Schouten, 2006).
Social media is used by almost all generations even a grandma might be caught on Facebook. Social Media have many good things about it but also many bad things as well. Using social media such as Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram all are very fun things to use. They all help people communicate with friends, family, coworkers etc. Social media have many negative things as well. People acting to be someone else to trick little girls/boys or to spread rumors. Cyber bulling is also happens a lot on social media. Social media has a lot of good and bad thing about it that effects our society.
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
Social media can help our social relationship by allowing us to make friends outside the campus. It helps adolescents build relationships and help know ourselves better. It is a very good example of the connection to entertainment where we can find out more about our favorite songs, artists, new clothing, and hairstyles. Social media sites keep us well-informed with goings-on around the world. There is a disconnect with teenagers and staying updated through newspapers or watching the actual news. Media is here and accessible at your fingertips, and with it the adolescence get to know what is going on in their country and outside of it.
One major downside to social media is cyberbullying. Many teenagers are on social media. Because of this, it makes many teens an easier target to bullying because the bully doesn’t have to be face-to-face with their targets. This means that the target may not be safe even when home, and for those who already have bad home lives, they could become worse. Not to mention the fact that social media makes it easier to spread lies and rumors about other. These reasons can be repeated easier and are harder to reprimand or stop. Altogether, these can add a lot of stress onto already-busy lives of teenagers.