Technology and its Impact in the Teenage Population

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

Online social network has gained astounding worldwide growth and popularity which has led to attracting attention from variety of researchers around the world. In Carla Poertner article,”Is Facebook Making Us Stupid,Boring and Insecure?” She is right on target about youth being impacted over social networking. Social media has influenced youths whether it being their motives, lifestyle, or even a choice and ways of their realizations. Although, some will argue saying that social network is a good influence towards young people it is morally wrong due to getting themselves into addiction leading to danger, lack of concentrating in school, even their physical and psychological health. In other words, generations of teenagers and young adults

What does the future hold? The first word that penetrates my mind is technology. Throughout the past century technology has evolved in so many ways. It has made interacting more efficient, school effortless, and medicine much more sophisticated. Moreover, tech has had a colossal impact on our world now. Unfortunately, with all the opportunities this innovation has given us, comes the side effects. Nowadays teens are so invested in the new, anonymous online world, that kids have become increasingly isolated. Many kids are so focused on how many “likes”, “followers”, or “snaps” they have, that the rest of the world is totally disregarded. Even the voracious hunger for learning has been lost with the progress of technology. The question one

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.

Social media has negative effects on adolescents who overuse it. It is important as parents or guardians to remember to monitor how much kids use social media and when they use it. As a parent or guardian, you must remember that the disorders kids can get from overusing social media is real. Also remember that the internet isn’t always the safest place for our children. The use of social media can be damaging and it has no benefit. Keep control of your children’s use on social media to avoid these negative effects. The internet does interfere with daily

How is technology impacting teens’ mental health? It’s no secret that technology is a necessity nowadays, and the popularity and dependency is only growing. This is especially seen in teenagers. The question we need to ask ourselves is how is this dependency affecting our health and overall well being? Teens need about 9.5 hours of sleep a night. However, less than 20% of teenagers actually achieve this, according to a poll from the National Sleep Foundation from 2006. Due to the immense growth in popularity of technology, it can be assumed that this number has fallen in the last 11 years. Sleep deprivation can make people more irritable, tired, and susceptible to illness. Teens feel pressured to be reachable 24/7, and therefore stay up later in order to be able to talk, play games, watch videos or

To begin with,  advertisements of technology are effective based on the advanced technology and new designs, they are not ethical because they are a distraction to teens when teens begin to get addicted to advanced technology. Advanced technology and its new designs are popular to teenagers. New laptops and phones are very popular in this generation. According to the article, “Technologies Affecting Modern Teenagers” it says, “The prevalence of smart phones has given teenagers access to not only calling and texting abilities, but also online access regardless of location. Teens, who have a tendency to emphasize their social standing over their academic performance, often abuse their smart phone privileges, especially texting and Internet use, using these tools at inappropriate times. “ (Technologies Affecting Modern Teenagers. 2013) Now that technology has advanced more teenagers are very into the new features it contains and are attracted to them at inappropriate times. Advertisers know what teenagers are attracted to, and they try their hardest to influence them to buy it. According to the article “Why Teens Are the Most Elusive Customers in Tech” it states that, “While older millennials looked to television shows like MTV's Total Request Live to tell them what was in style, today's teens are discovering trends and deciding for themselves” (Why Teens Are the Most Elusive Costumers in Tech. 2015) This describes what teenagers are into and that is new advanced

It is believed that the use of online and mobile media technologies by teenagers should be a concern because it has risks which impact on adolescents’ minds and behaviours adversely. First, the most important concern is moral panic, followed by cyberbullying and online harassment, less face to face communications, addictive to online social networking and privacy issues also happen when online technologies are used widely but not wisely.

Teenagers are surrounded by technology every where they go. The technology that teens use greatly impacts their lives and can be harmful. Technology has a negative effect on teenagers because of the social problems, health problems, and addiction.

To this day and age, we see more and more children and teenagers craving technology. We now see ten year olds with their own iPhones. This has caused many children and teenagers to become addicted to technology. For this reason, technology exposure limitations should abide. What ever happened to only calling and texting on a phone? “A recent meta-analysis of post studies led by researchers at the University of Exter, U.K., suggests that men who store their phones in their pockets risk exposing themselves to radiation levels that may and also lower sperm levels”(Holmes). Technology damages people’s minds, bodies, and lives, and should limit the use of technology for children and teenagers.

Should parents limit how much time children spend on technology devices? Technology forms the growing mind. The younger the mind, the more adaptable it is, the younger the technology, the more unproven it is. The young minds and lives will improve, society gains, and education will be changed for the better. This experiment involves children getting using technology at school and/or at home in belief that technology will improve the aspect of learning and prepare the growing for the future . But will it change for the better?

The teenage years are hard for everyone. Unfortunately, teens in today’s world are faced with pressures that twenty years ago young people did not have to go through. For the majority of youth in the US, a large part of their lives is put on social media. Technology has opened up the opportunity to predators to message or persuade impressionable youth. There are countless stories on the news about teens or children that have been abducted due to adults talking to them online. Criminals can easily enter a person’s home now just by children using the computer. Technology has opened up a new realm for children to be harmed and when measures are taken to close off one avenue of attack, the perpetrators find a new way. All children are warned

Nine hours. That is the average time an adolescent spends exposed to media (Wallace). Adolescents today spend more than a third of their day exposed to technology, or more specifically social media. Teenagers are addicted to their phones and technology, but it is not their fault. They have been invariably exposed to technology since birth, and this exposure has had adverse effects on productivity, privacy, and health of teenagers.

From the creation of the telegraph to the age of wireless communication, technology has made the humankind more enlightened than ever. This is the age of information, digital industries and high tech companies have spread throughout the world. This spread of digital industries has led to the expansion of smaller and less expensive personal computers and improvements to those devices thus, resulting in a sudden increase to and the ability to store and share information with the public. What does this all mean for the elevating number of teenagers who are being affected by these advancements? Is technology more useful or more harmful to teenagers today? Naturally, there is two sides to these advancements’ effects on teenagers. There is the faction of the society that is worried that these gadgets are preventing teenagers from having a ‘normal life’. They are worried that technology is addicting and time consuming. Then there is the advocates who cheerlead for the internet and believe that technology has minimal negative effects. Their argument is that these gadgets improve the social connectedness of teenagers and their perception. It is true that the long-term effects of modern technology are yet to be seen but it

Technology appears more and more in today’s youth’s lives. Add this to the advent of the smartphone as a staple in households with 91% of adolescents using modern technology (computers, phones, etc.) regularly, it is easy to see why teachers and parents feel their students know more about technology then they do (). This mentality, however, leads adults to the critical error of assuming children do not need to be taught technology if anything adults should be using technology to teach. As the article “Even Digital Natives’ Need Digital Training” elaborates students today lack important skills in online etiquette, safety, and productivity that must be addressed by the educational system. If it is not, adolescents can harm themselves (McNeill). With this in mind, the described digital problem, the actual student risk, and the simple teacher solution shows that students are more than technology fools but still technology learners.