Social Media And Its Effects On Children, Adolescents, And Adults

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).

While some young people utilize technology to create great content such as music, literature, or coding, it has created a budding effect of a generation that is obsessed with consumption. The truth is the majority of youth’s time has been excessively dedicated to passive activities like watching tv or online videos, gaming and scrolling through social media. According to Common Sense Media, when it’s summed up America’s youth is using an average of 6 hours of media daily, not counting for school or homework. That is a massive chunk stolen from a child’s day and the effects can be extremely damaging. It is leading the young generation of today to become overstimulated, over-scheduled and under pressure to perform both academically and beyond

The practice of medicine in the United States sustains the marginalization of transgender people (Catalano et al., 2007). When Christine Jorgensen’s sex change was announced in 1952, many men consulted doctors to pursue successful transitions as a form of self-expression to affirm their sexual identities (Meyerowitz, 2013). However, doctors relied on their own authority to diagnose transgender issues and did not have any proven medical theory to assist the men with transitioning (2013). In addition, transgender issues in the practice of medicine are viewed as a mental disorders or illnesses (Spade, 2013) that are curable through medical transitioning (Catalano et al., 2007). Moreover, Spade (2013) discusses the difficulties in securing low cost medical care. Spade is not a textbook case of gender identity disorder, so he is having issues proving that he is a male at all times based on his lived experiences to his counselor, which undermines his transgender identity. Furthermore, the juvenile judicial system perpetuates the medical assessment of transgender people as suffering from an illness to be treated (Ware, 2013). “Uncontrollable” transgender youth, who do not have access to information about their sexuality (Sears, 1991), is placed in the juvenile judicial system by

Are teens being affected by social media and causing them to have eating disorders? Have you ever looked at something on the media and thought to yourself, I wish I looked like them or I wish I was as perfect as them? Teens are struggling everyday because of the things they see on social media. Teens constantly feel as if they need to compare themselves to the “perfect ones”. Yes, teens are being negatively affected by social media because they want to “fit in”, feel confident and the pressure from the media causes them to come upon some sort of negative affects.

In the early 1980’s, “transsexualism” is an official disorder in the DSM-III and is eventually changed to “gender identity disorder” in DSM-IV. In 1987, the DSM-III0R reclassified gender identity disorders into four sub-types: Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood, Transsexualism, Gender Identity Disorder of Adolescence or Adulthood, and Gender Identity Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. In the early 1990’s many transgender rights activist groups are formed. In 1999, gender dysphoria becomes classified as a medical condition and not a state of mind

Hi Vy, looking at the article “Influence of Social Media on Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Young Adults” by Megan A. Moreno, I thought the article was strong in showing how social media can have a negative influence on young adults. I really agree with the authors that alcohol advertisements on social media could be “of particular concern because it can easily reach adolescents and young adults under the legal drinking age”. I think that this quote is a great choice in showing the negative impacts of social media on young adults. I liked how you paraphrased it as “In Influence of Social Media on Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Young Adults, Megan and Jennifer cite through their study about the popular use of social media, that adolescents and

Social media is becoming the most common activity of today’s children and adolescent. The Social Networking Sites(SNS) such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, like a virtual community where provide a common platform to

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.

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.

Social networks have impacted the lives of teens and adults everywhere. This new trend has become the basis for sharing and receiving information. Businesses have been able to attract many clients through advertisements on social networks. Social media is a tool used to connect with people from all over the world and allow the user to share experiences or ideas with others.  Journalists have been able to broadcast political and pop culture news not only on television, but also through social media. Because of social networks, fans are able to keep up with their favorite celebrities and are able to connect with them. Social media has affected political campaigns. Now it has become essential for the candidate to take part in social media cites in order to catch the eye of potential voters and reach a broader audience. The social network phenomenon is beneficial to American society as the best tool for publicity and for self-expression.

There is prevalence in recent times to speak and understand more about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals and identities within in the community. However, more often than not, the conversation of the LGBTQ community typically strays away from transgender individuals not because people discriminate against these individuals but due to a lack of understanding and generalization of information seen or heard through the media. Nevertheless, the public is becoming more aware of the transgender population and the struggles they face with their transitions. People such as Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox, and novelist Jennifer Boylan of openly expressed to the world their experiences and have provided others with a newfound understanding to the subject. Although, the world seems to be evolving about the views of the LGBTQ community the outlooks between different cultures especially in Western Cultures vary in response. Some controversy lies within cultural differences, ethics, and types treatments. The purpose of this paper is to explore the disorder of gender dysphoria between cultures, examine societal responses to the disorder, and to further discover and understand available treatment options.

How does social media usage by teenagers and young adults affect academic performance, attitude towards school, and concept of identity?

They reflect their lives differently from their real life because of desire of popularity in social media. With that lying is becoming a habit. The young people who have not formed social identity easily express themselves with social media. They talk shamelessly and easily convey ideas. They try to be popular in social media to show that they are not alone. They want to have what they see in social media. The things they see in social media cause young people to feel insufficient. For example, when they see a sportsman who has photographed in the gym, they want to see themselves in the same way as they are. The girls learn artificial beauty by not admiring themselves as they see the popular people who make up. Young people become narcissists with social media. The characteristics of people with narcissism cannot tolerate unilateral hearing, selfishness, breaking rules, and criticism. What is the relation between of social media and narcissism? Narcissists often change situations to show themselves, constantly uploading their own photographs, showing everyone their own views. They do not accept criticism. They have a lot of self-confidence. The narcissists have arrogance in their attitude and behaviour. As AJ Agrawal

Firstly O'Keeffe, G.S. and Clarke-Pearson, K., (2011) state that “Using social media becomes a risk to adolescents more often than most adults realize. Most risks fall into the following categories: peer-to-peer; inappropriate content; lack of understanding of online privacy issues; and outside influences of third-party advertising groups” this shows that social media is being used as a negative way for children and younger audiences to share around inappropriate content and to be affected by other means, as said because they seem to have a lack of online privacy. O'Keeffe, G.S. and Clarke-Pearson, K. are saying that not only the children lack these flaws in social media but so do the parents. “more often than most adults realize.” (O'Keeffe, G.S. and Clarke-Pearson, K., 2011) this clearly states that even adults don’t realise the risks that come with social media. Not all aspects of social media have a negative impact on children, “Social networking can also help shy adolescents have a more non-threatening way to interact with peers because they aren’t interacting face-to-face” (Rosen, 2011). Rosen is telling us that social media actually helps young children: who are shy, communicate and develop with other children and new people all over the world: this could be friends and family.

Some of the top benefits of social media over the years are that it is free to anyone, the content can get out to resources virtually immediately, and it can be delivered to a wide variety of people. For these reasons, communication through social media has become an extremely accessible and convenient way to communicate. It is also popular for those who need to be in contact with others. One example that comes to mind is a teenager who goes away on a trip to visit a friend or family. They can be hundreds of miles away but still talk to their parents as if they weren’t. Another example is a person who is shy and has a hard time making friends face-to-face, social media sites are a great way to meet people and build relationships.