Social Media Conditioning

Kardaras, Nicolas. "Generation Z: Online and at Risk?." Scientific American Mind, vol. 27, no. 5, Sep/Oct 2016, pp. 64-9. MasterFILE Premier. Kardars discuss generation z use of social media affecting them negatively. He opens his article with a story of Heidi who becomes addicted to social media when her school issues her a Chromebook. Before Heidi is issued the laptop, she was a sweet innocent girl and after having it for a semester she became someone her parents could not recognize. He states that social media is a “perfect storm” for humans because having a social connection key to “happiness and health”. Having the ability to always use social media leads to hyper texting the illusion of a real connection making it hard for teens to have face to face conversations, making a teens become “glow kid[s]“, someone who is raised on mostly digital social interactions. Facebook depression” can result in the teen to have lower grades and behavior problems in teens. He concludes his article with facts proving that Facebook can become addictive in some people. This source helps support my thesis that Facebook affects teens mental health.

In the article “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such a Bad Idea”, the author, Melissa Healy, writes about how parents should not be overly concerned about their children using social media websites. Also, the author touches base on how social media could be an exceptional thing. Social media should not be a concern for parents and should not be a dangerous thing. American children ages eight to eighteen are said to spend more than seven and a half hours using social media or the internet (Healy). However, psychologist say that the kids who spend most of their time using social media are psychologically the healthiest (Healy).

Social media is killing you! I know that got your attention, but it is taking your time. Nowadays, a lot of people are using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on. Social media is a bad thing for use, so I’m going to be exhibiting to you all about it. Since the Internet has propagated rapidly, social media has progressed a lot. The generalization of the internet makes us to live conveniently and fast. People are using smart phones, laptops or comfortable devices which can access to internet. These equipment’s allow us to use social media easily. It helps contact friends, family, and other people even though they live far away. It could be, however, abused, if you don’t use properly. Especially, it is important that we understand and regulate the use of social media for young children.

This can be found to be quite common amongst students in this era because we now have this big distraction tool waiting to be used.

Technology has caused too many teenagers to spend number amounts of their time on social media sites. Spending too much time of your cell phone causes you to miss out on opportunities.

The more exposure to media messages the more this is linked to reality and therefore risks are overestimated (Dominick, 1990). More exposure to negative media messaging means the individual will present with less arousal and be more tolerant to negative behaviour due to desensitisation (Carnagey, Anderson and Bushman, 2007). Danger perceptions in reality can be distorted by media messages such as the overestimating violence from strangers and underestimating domestic violence (Heath, Gordon and LaBailly, 1981). Cultivation theory suggests that media presents a distorted view of reality (Gerber et al, 1980) and therefore can influence perceptions of crime or risk (Romar, Jamieson and Aday, 2003) (Lowy, Nio and Leitner, 2003) rather than individual's using their own experience to influence their beliefs. Media perceptions could impact on how individuals behave (Streigal-moor et al, 1996). This has been seen in the influence of media body perfections (Swans et al, 2000). The impact on such influence could be eating disorders and low self-esteem were their body is not the same as those in the media (Shomaker and Furman, 2010).

It is difficult to escape the grasp that social media has on our society. These mythical meeting places have ingrained themselves into all aspects of our daily lives. Personal electronic devices have become digital assistants that reside in our pockets. We keep an entourage of "friends" as our brain trust, always on call, always ready to chime in with their entirely factual and biased based opinions. We confide in these sites and their associated user base with our secrets, and believe all the answers they provide us are true. As users become addicted to oversharing their lives, in the infinite quest for social reciprocity and belonging from their "friends" list. Our children are being raised as

In the text “A New Generation”, Larry Rosen mentions that multitasking social media for socialization, communication, and connection leads to behavioral and psychological problems (Rosen 2). She also believes that electronic devices can disturb the balance between screen time and real time due to the interruption of phone calls, television, and text messaging during meals (Rosen 4). In addition, “the obsessive use and constant stimulation, especially for pre-teen children, can lead

Technology as a whole has changed the way we live our everyday lives in numerous ways. We now have the opportunity to do many things with a touch of a button, to name a few, starting our cars, tying our shoes, or accessing the world of social media. The single piece of technology that has impacted most of us today is the cellular phone, which leads us to the wonders of the Internet. In today’s society there is a plethora of troubles we face, what comforts most of us and makes our lives a little easier is the world of social media. Social media sites like Facebook, Snapchat, Tinder, Twitter, and countless other websites can help us feel connected with the world and/or our surroundings. To most people social media might

Conditioning; the act or process of training a person or animal to do something or to behave in a certain way in a particular situation. To be more thorough; a simple form of learning involving the formation, strengthening, or weakening of an association between a stimulus and a response, as define by Merriam-Webster Online. Dictionary (2015)

In this case, the study proved that teens and young adults have become obsessed with social networking and has led to many questions if networking is good or bad (Conger, 2010). In 2009, the media expressed that social networking could cause harm to our bodies and brains by “shortening our attention spans” and “weakening our immune systems” (Conger, 2010). Whereas other studies that have been conducted prove the opposite and suggests that teens who spend more time on social networking sites are more likely to be “well-adjusted” and “psychologically” healthy (Healy, 2010). At this point, it’s time to investigate the pros and cons of children being on social networking sites and understand why parents are against social networking and why certain individuals feel that networking is beneficial.

Social media is one of the most common ways for people to communicate anywhere and at any time in modern society. Some people think that it is beneficial to have in society. Although, many people are starting to see negative effects arise from the use of social media as well. These negative effects are increasing and becoming more problematic every day. The disadvantages of social media far outweigh the advantages. Social media effects everyone in society, especially teenagers by negatively impacting their lives, face-to-face interactions, and mental health.

Studies have shown that the average person now spends more time each day on their phone and computer than they do sleeping according to Nick McGillivray (“What are the Effects of Social Media on Youth?). Social has become part of our social society, especially for the many youths. There are positives to being on social media and also equal amounts of danger that come with using social networking sites, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. These social networking sites also have effects on today’s youth by altering the way they behave, the way they learn, in not only a classroom setting but also in the real world setting, and the way that they socialize with their peers and others.

Mass media, significantly through mediums that project news and information, greatly affect what and how we learn about the world around us. In particular, television has become the outlet with the greatest socialization impact in its influence on young viewers. The distribution of information has become a part of the process by which people learn about societal values and behaviors and come to understand cultural expectations. Through entertainment and news programming, mass media such as television have become powerful influences on individuals, especially impacting adolescents in both positive and negative ways. Thus, the single most important function that media provides is the facilitation and advancement of socialization within our culture, particularly impacting children, who are greatly influenced at an early age by educational programs, advertising, and negative images that may affect behavioral development.

Our lives seem to be more and more consumed by technology as great advances in this area have continue to be made, especially when it comes to social media. Many researchers have begun to notice that depending on how much time individuals spend on these social media sites, they can negatively affect their daily lifestyle in very significant ways.  For example, social networking has become a huge distraction for students and it can affect their grades depending on how often they check their various accounts while doing class work.  Researchers have also come to find out that social media can contribute to the development of psychological symptoms