Social Media And Social Networking

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

Social media is nothing, but a distracting, timewasting, nuisance to everyone surrounded by it, right? Wrong. Social media has changed the world as we know it. People can share information quickly, publish their thoughts, and exchange their ideas. Social media is becoming a certainty in this modern age, which is why it should be embraced rather than criticized. Although there is concern over potential for cyberbullying and lack of privacy, the use of social media is inevitable in teenagers’ lives, and necessary to the positive development of adolescents because it allows adolescents to gain confidence when interacting with others, it encourages users to create and maintain friendships, and it can facilitate learning while promoting educational growth.

People say that family time flies but some of them do not care about it when they are using social media. They prefer to waste time in the virtual world missing great moments in real life. As a result, family activities such as visits, celebrations, and daily moments are invaded by the hidden enemy, social media. For this reason, some family members prefer to share pictures, chat, or update news with friends, relatives and acquaintances on social networks, instead of interacting with loved ones. Actually, the amount of time that some people spend on social media is high and it is higher for young people. To illustrate, Shapiro and Margolin’s (2014) study, Growing Up Wired: Social Networking Sites and Adolescent Psychosocial Development , analyzed the impact of Social Networks Sites (SNSs) on adolescents’ social behavior. According to Shapiro and Margolin’s (2014) research, adolescents spend many hours per day connected to SNSs, “The sheer amount of time

“Contrary to the idea that social media creates a polarizing “filter bubble,” exposing people to only a narrow range of opinions, 70 percent of Millennials say that their social media feeds are comprised of diverse viewpoints evenly mixed between those similar to and different from their own. (American Press Institute, 2015, p. 3)

In Melissa Healy’s article, published on May 18, 2010, Los Angeles Times, “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such a Bad Idea,” she argues that social media and their social skills may not be such a catastrophe after all and that teenagers who use social media are psychologically healthiest. Healy supports this claim by first describing how, according to the research found by Amori Yee Mikami, social networking sites are mostly used to, not to converse with strangers online, but to interact with friends they already know and said, “So people of well-adjusted teens may have little to worry about regarding the way their children behave when using social media. It’s likely to be similarly positive behavior.” Then, she makes a connection

Social media has been known to help students develop important knowledge and social skills. “At first glance this may seem like a waste of time; however it also helps students to develop important knowledge and social skills, and be active citizens who create and share content.” (Chen 3). The more time teens spend on social media the more they become aware of their own social side and how to interact with others, especially their peers. “Some types of social media has beneficial effects, like helping adolescents establish some sense of identity and build networking skills” (Riley Davis). Too much time being spent on social media can also exploit teens to some harsh realities that they’ve probably never experienced in their lives before.

This applies in a way to all users of social media, but it is exemplified within the generation of digital natives. This generation has almost wholly combined their online and offline identities with each other(Palfrey & Gasser, 2008, p.20). The negative aspect of the merging of identities is the linking of self image one applies to the status of their online persona. Teenagers have become extremely sensitive to the acceptance they receive from their friend on social media even though some of the people following them have never met them personally. Although teenagers have always faced problems from peer groups in forming their self image social media has increased the size of the teenagers peer pool while adding the aspect of anonymity to the

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

Even though social media isn’t only used for social interaction, it is an important aspect of adolescents’ lives. Social media provides an avenue for them to stay connected with peers they have met through school, sports teams, church, etc (Ito, 2008). 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).

Now, with social media being an enormous part of our daily lives, businesses have to keep a close eye on what their employees uncover or talk about on social media websites. With that said, businesses and labor agencies must enact laws that outline what an individual can display online involving their businesses. In Hill’s article “When You Can and Can’t Fire employees for Social Media Misbehavior” and the other two articles apart from Hill, such as Fyfe’s “Fire Someone for Slamming Their Nonprofit Employer on Social Media: Legal update” and Broeke’s “’Facebook Got Me Fired!’--- Social Media and Employee Termination”, acknowledge in some way that agencies have established only concerted activity is allowed online and can be protected if an individual is fired for it. Whereas, personal opinions and harmful remarks are not protected thus allowing a business to legally fire an individual over the comment or comments. There are established policies for businesses too. These policies basically describe that a company policy over social media cannot be overly broad. All the articles will tie in together with at least two of the three topics overlapping with each source.

Social media is destroying the way teens think, believe, socialize, and even their self-esteem. Teen depression has been increasing rapidly over the last 6 years and social media is the main cause of this. Depression among today’s teens are outrageous and most are even starting to commit suicide or self-harm daily. Being yourself is important and if they can’t be themselves than who exactly are they when they’re on these social media accounts. Suicide shouldn’t be a thought of anyone but really shouldn’t be one for a teen who has so much to look forward too. Depression is real but it going to come to end and I’ll find my own way to make it happen even if I must do it alone. Losing friends, family member, and even classmates over stupid things like someone not liking their picture is crazy. Embrace yourself who cares what those people behind a screen have to say.

Social media can be a platform for adolescents to debate their problems and opinions. The necessity to belong may be a natural yearning according to psychologists. Teenagers are at their most vulnerable stages of personal development and they're still developing individualism or sense of self-esteem. Sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter play a vital role in transforming people’s life style. Social media sites offer today's youth a portal for entertainment and communication. Absorption in these sides has led to extensive bullying in schools, but what happens in the cyber world is far more common. For this reason, it is important to encourage healthy use monitor for potential problems with cyberbullying, “Facebook depression,” sexting, and exposure to inappropriate content. On the other hand,

Since the 1990s, the World Wide Web first launched, the internet has been very popular to everyone from babies that are 2-year old’s to 90-year old’s elderly people. The internet has created a new way for humans to interact in a much easier way than maybe calling someone on the phone or meeting them in person to discuss. Now we have social media such as Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and much more sites to meet and chat with people. These social media are easier to connect with your friends or coworkers that you don’t necessarily have their numbers. In college or maybe in high school you can send the paper that’s due the next day through email to the professor because you can’t make the class, before you would have to either miss a doctor’s appointment you had the next day or miss entirely the school day and get a zero on the paper for not bringing it in. But now we have this Social Construction that most people take for granted. Most people that have all these social media is because it is part of the Norms of this generation of the 21st century for a Social Group like this to all interact with some sort of social media like these.

With the development of advances in technology, communication through social networking has risen immensely. Communicating is not only less complicated, it is also relatively inexpensive. “Many teens in relationships view social media as a place where they can feel more connected with the daily events in there significant other’s life, share emotional connections, and let their significant other know they care” (Lenhart, Anderson, and Smith). However, the ease of access to social networking has allowed many adolescents to become overly involved. Networking has the potential to influence adolescents both emotionally and physically which in turn may lead to negative behaviors. An article from procon.org stated, “The use of social networking sites is correlated with personality and brain disorders, such as the inability to have in-person conversations, a need for instant gratification, ADHD, and self-centered personalities, as well as addictive behaviors” (ProCon.org). Essentially, social networking has rising negative influences on teens because of increased cyber bullying, lack of respect for personal privacy, and its addictive qualities.

Today’s youth generation, has a strong attachment to the online world. Many adolescents spend most of their time online versus offline. Therefore, one can consider these adolescents as a social network addict, a person who spends a fair amount of time on one or many social platforms. Throughout the three articles, “Social Networking Addiction: An Overview of Preliminary Findings” by Mark Griffiths, “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship” by Nicole B. Ellison and “Taking Risky Opportunities in Youthful Content Creation: Teenagers’ use of Social Networking Sites for Intimacy, Privacy, and Self-expression” by Sonia Livingstone, show how this addiction has changed people’s communication among people. While there are