Society: Social Networking Sites

Also, not only cyber stalking but the use of technology to aid in someone’s stalking efforts. Today, the use of technology for stalking is something that is the norm today for people that are stalkers so to go as far and refer to this issue as “cyber-stalking” there is a fine line here that is hard to determine if the stalking is purely cyber. Social media is such a norm for all people today that if you have a stalker they are not only following you and harassing you outside of the internet but also on all your social media accounts in some way. The future of stalking begins and develops from here, there needs to be a better way to control how people access people’s profiles and notify activity that is unwanted in some way, perhaps stalking apps that work with your phone to determine activity from unwanted individuals. Nonetheless the internet is a tool that stalkers will from here on out use to track and harass people so new legislations regarding this issue needs to be developed to continue to stay a step ahead of

As I myself say, the internet is “Stalking made easy.” In her article, “Friend Request or Foe,” Laurie L. Baughman persuades her audience of the dangers and risks pertaining to internet stalking, mainly pertaining to domestic violence. Baughman is a senior attorney at the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, thus giving her the right to speak about the topic. Facebook itself has over 400 million active viewers, and it considered the most popular online social networking sight for adults and children alike (Baughman 933). Baughman also points out that Facebook users in total upload approximately three billion photos every month and the average user spends about 55 minutes a day on the site (934-935). With such astronomical numbers like these, this introduces a whole new type of stalking based violence that was once again introduced by the internet.

Cyber stalking and harassment is a serious, unlawful activity by the federal government, all 50 states and U.S. territories. Although the definition of stalking differs between the federal and state jurisdictions, all have created criminal law to address cyber stalking and harassment. According to the DOJ report, state laws do vary in regards to the element of victim fear and emotional distress. (Catalano, 2012) The report said some states required victims must have been frighten by the act of stalking, while other states require a reasonable person to experience fear.

Stalking has been defined by J. Reid Meloy, recognized as the authority on stalking, as “[Stalking is] an abnormal or long term pattern of threat or harassment directed towards a specific individual” (Bocij, 2004, p. 6). Pathé and Mullen define stalking as “A constellation of behaviors in which one individual inflicts on another repeated unwanted intrusions and communications” (Mullen, Pathé, & Purcell, 2000, p. 7). In general stalking can include several components: 1) an undesirable habit or conduct such as following, spying, or making unwanted phone calls; 2) the target of these attentions, or a “reasonable person,” would feel fear or a similar emotion such as distress, annoyance, or torment; and 3) there is a sincere danger of harm to the target of the attentions (Nobles, Reyns, Fox, & Fisher, 2014). Cyberstalking has even less cohesion in its legal definition. Generally it includes the use of electronic communication to do any of the following things in two on two or more occasions: communicating with an individual after being asked to stop; harassing, annoying, or tormenting an individual; making unwelcome sexual advances towards an individual; and threatening an individual with physical violence (Reyns, 2012). It has also been defined

Social media allows us to connect with others and to expand our knowledge about ourselves and the world around us. The rise of social media has led to an increased amount of interactions between people of different ages, races, and nationalities. It has also been used a source of news. In fact, most people in today’s world use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter rather than newspapers and news reports to gain new insight into global and local events. However, the expansion and widespread use of social media has its costs. Cyberbullying is the harassment and targeting of person through online media and technology. It is a growing problem in today’s world, as a result of our technological advancements. However, various solutions towards

In the article “ Should you spy on your kids” by Nick Wingfield, the article talks about of how parents is checking out teenagers social media. In the beginning, the article mentions the center survey prove the percentage of parents that have being tracking their own childrens because, parents wants their children’s to be safe. Moreover, the article states that the reason why children’s, being on the internet is because, they want to enjoyment themselves and communicating with other friends. Finally, the article explain that parents should not spy on their kids because, it affected their privacy. In this essay I will discuss the idea of parents spy on their kids,I will also analyze of why parents should not spy on their kids to help with the problem of privacy.

Another form of harassment is cyberstalking. So what is cyberstalking? As Naomi Goodno (2007) wrote,” While there is not a universally accepted definition, cyberstalking involves the use of the Internet, e-mail, or other means of electronic communication to stalk or harass another individual.” (pg.129) Jealousy is reason for people in relationships to cyberstalk one another. “The ensuing jealousy manifests as a need for reducing uncertainty by gathering information about the external threat.” (pg. 708) (2010, Tokunaga) Facebook is a good example of an easy way to stalk. “Facebook intrusion was related to relationship dissatisfaction, and cognitive jealousy and surveillance behaviors were linked to relationship dissatisfaction.” (pg.633) (2011,

In the article Cyberstalking, personal privacy, and moral responsibility Herman T. Tavani and Frances S. Grodzinsky start by analyzing the topic of stalking. They start by giving the definition of stalking as being generally considered as being one in which an individual, the stalker, stealthily tracks the movement of another individual or individuals. The authors then proceed on portraying the topic of cyberstalking. They show that cyberstalking can be understood as a form of behavior in which certain types of stalking-related activities, which in the past have occurred in physical space, are extended to the on-line world. (Tavini and Grodzinsky p.123) To make more vivid, Tavani and Grodzinsky give an example of cyberstalking. They display that a 20 year old girl was murdered

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately one in four stalking victims reported some form of cyber stalking such as e-mail (83%) or instant messaging (35%) and nearly three in four stalking victims knew their offender in some capacity (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2012). Cyber stalking has many classifications, most include the use of threats and stalking via email, social media, or texting. Cyber stalking defined is the repeated used of electronic communication to stalk or harass someone. Cyber stalking can have many faces and can involve more than one person, ultimately cyberstalking is still a misconduct that often goes unnoticed in the social media realm.

In relation to privacy, social networking and many other genres of the internet are one of the main and easiest places to track down people, many naïve victims, posts up their details on their profile, making it easy to enable stalkers or strangers to have advantage of virtually meeting you. This problem has caused many families to live in fear, not knowing how vulnerable they are to the outside world, where

I. Thesis Statement: Social Networks are giving bullies an opportunity to attack individuals online by invading their privacy and creating psychological effects from attacks. These problems need to be addressed by controlling and preventing cyber bullying.

Despite the positives, there are many negatives associated with social media. Using social media can make a person more vulnerable to predators and cyber bullying. In this age, “Cyber bulling is quite common, can occur to any young person online, and can cause profound psychosocial outcomes including depression, anxiety, severe isolation, and tragically suicide” (“American Academy of Pediatrics”). Cyber bullying impacts society in a negative way because it is harming young teenagers’ minds. Bullies, torment, threat, harass, and even embarrass their victims by using different forms of social media. Using social media can also decrease privacy for an individual. People often give out their personal information not knowing who can see it. To average internet users, “A false sense of security may leave social networking site users vulnerable to security attacks such as hacking, leaking sensitive information, and sending viruses” (“ProCon”). Furthermore, Social media can also lead to brain disorders and can cause people to have a hard time interacting with people face to face. “Social networking entices people to spend more time online and less time talking to a person face to face.” (“ProCon”)

Social medias have become a big part of our society now, they are being used in all aspects of our life. We are connected twenty-four hours a day, at work, school, home, shopping etc. There is a necessity, a need to be connected to these social media’s, to feel like you are a part of society. With these growing numbers in being connected to social media’s on the web, there comes a growing desire for privacy and safety. In this paper I will discuss and analyze the social media’s themselves, the dangers that arise from them, and how all these correlate to privacy.

Society is constantly changing and will continue to change in the future. The change is predictable because people change their ideas, routines, and views frequently. One of the topics that is typically brought up when discussing the influences on how society is changing, is social networking. There are two sides to every story. One side of the effects of social networking is that it is beneficial to society by informing people on particular situations in the world and on current important events. The other side views social networking as dangerous and drama filled. While there are benefits and dangers to social networking's effects on society, I will argue that social networking has changed society more negatively than positively.

As a Facebook user, the first advantage of social networking sites I can tell is