The Digital World Is Affecting Today 's Youth

Many would agree that technology has advanced remarkably, in the past decade and has impacted the the as we know it in so many good ways. However, it has come with some downfalls as well. One of these downfalls is, the impact technology has on teenagers especially when it comes to social media and instant messaging. With that being said, there is this epidemic that the younger generations face with the internet. This includes, being harassed over the internet or cyberbullying. Unfortunately, bullying has always been an issue especially among young adolescents. However, now we have the same issue yet the bullies are able to hide behind a computer screen and this has been affecting teenagers in a negative way just as traditional bullying has. According to Merriam-Webster cyberbullying can be defined as “the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (such as a student) often done anonymously”. Cyberbullying usually results in embarrassment and can sometimes lead to an even worse feeling if continued. According to the indicators of school crime and safety report done in 2013; 6% of students in middle school were cyberbullies and 16% of high schoolers reported that in the past year they have been harassed over the internet. Even though those numbers are smaller than students who get bullied in person, cyberbullying still has negative effects on the victim. The purpose of this paper is to reach out to kids who

In these modern times it is no secret that computer technology has become part of our everyday lives. Being an 18 year old kid now I still remember when I was in grade school I didnt have half of the technology these kids have now. It is almost getting out of hand what 10 year old kid needs a iphone and a smart watch. My own nephews are 3 and 4 and they wont put down there tablets ever. They go into screaming fits if you take it away from them.

Turkle discusses the online personalities adolescents form to gain more confidence in who they are. These personalities’ form a constant need to stay connected and these teens have developed the willingness to put themselves in danger to do so. The new generation of adolescents feel a pull to be at a beckons call to every notification delivered to their cellular device. She argues these teens have been raised in a different manner compared to those of whom were teenagers twenty years ago. All of these factors lead into a war between technology and society of which hinders our young people’s development. Adolescents are bound to the constant desire to have a connection to technology and the luxuries the technology

Adolescents have been missing out on a considerable amount of things ever since they have been grown around technology. Therefore, children have been engulfed to the video games and have stopped playing sports. Family time has also lowered because the teens want to just come home and relax by playing video games.

This text is published by a media company called Mic. Their target audience is young people and they cover a wide variety of subjects such as News, Arts, and Technology (Mic /about). The author of this article is Sophie Kleeman, who, according to her profile on Mic.com, covers the “intersection of tech and culture” (Mic /profiles/152573/sophie-kleeman)

What defines someone as 'dumb? ' How can someone define someone as either stupid or illiterate? Our generation has the ability to access knowledge and the ability to part-take in educational seminars and activities. How can one become stupid if it is the normal lifestyle of either a teenager or 30 year old to constantly learn and practice? Other say the drive of knowledge is lost from the youth, even though the access of learning is possible most of them do not wish to learn anything. The generation of youth can learn and continues to learn everyday, not in need of passion to learn general knowledge. The focus on how the youth’s knowledge does not meet the level needed to succeed is distorted.

Many have been researching the various problematic assumptions and ideas of youth and the social media, but few have actually been able to prove that youth and technology could be helpful or harmful. S. Craig Watkins and Danah Boyd have accomplished the task of studying youth and social media, and have come to the conclusion that social media has given youth a different perspective on life. In The Young and the Digital article, we see many believe that technology has been shaping our kids. The question remains, whether the social media such as MySpace and Facebook are affecting the way teens ' and young people view racial classes?

The rising generation is notorious for absorbing their lives with all things virtual. With the coming forth of new and advanced technology in recent years, the world has seen a shift in the trends and behaviors of the rising generation. In association to these advancements, we have seen improvements in things like medical care and worldwide communications, but we have also observed a sudden disinterest in human interaction as well as obsessive gaming addictions where users waste countless hours online. In a speech given to the students of Brigham Young University-Idaho, David A. Bednar addressed this topic as a means of guidance and direction for these young students. Bednar uses allusion, imagery, and specific word choice that taps into the

The teens of today branded as iGen, the generation born in between 1995 to 2012 have grown with smartphones at their complete disposal. According to Jean Twenge, writer of “Have Smartphones Destroyed A Generation,” the rise and sway of smartphones and social media has had negative contributions over the emotions and behaviors of iGen, and they are, “On the brink of a mental crisis.” “There is compelling evidence that the devices we’ve placed in young people’s hands are having profound effects on their lives—and making them seriously unhappy.”

In the PSB program Digital Nation, Rachel Dretzin and Douglas Rushkoff collaborated to explore how the internet and other forms of digital media have shaped our culture over the last few decades. The program explains how the overuse of technology, specifically social media and internet gaming, have transformed the way people communicate. For example, in the film a mother explains how her husband and children are constantly on their electronic devices and rarely have meaningful communications with each other (Dretzin & Rushkoff, 2010, 0:01:57). Another instance of this communication breakdown can be seen in Chung Young-il. He is a Korean student who has a internet gaming addiction. His mother explains how this addiction has caused Young-il

In a study designed to see how digital natives viewed themselves, Penny Thompson found that digital natives have concerns for both themselves and the future. Although they had an overall awareness and positive outlook on the effect that technology has had on their lives, digital natives stated that, at times, they took “a deliberate and strategic approach to managing the distractions of technology” (Thompson, 2013). The digital natives also frequently expressed concern about the effect of young children having access to, and becoming immersed, in technology at such a young age (Thompson,

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As a result of the of digital technology in modern society, digital literacy practices that adolescents and young adults engage in on a quotidian basis have profoundly affected not only their influence over technology as a result of its centrality in their lives but also their social skills in digital networking. Web 2.0 technologies have enabled individuals around the world to interact and communicate with one another, constructing an imagined community in the Andersonian sense vis-a-vis digital mediums. However, social scientists as well as members of the media have criticized the adverse impact that text messaging and “text speak” have had on literacy in youths and adults alike (Turner, 2009). While various empirical studies have

Our generation has devoted time and money to make our tools convenient to use. In the novel, The App Generation by Howard Gardner and Katie Davis, it touches on the many different apps that the majority depend on. With that high dependency of our smartphone it’s easy to lose ourselves in the process. “Although our conversation ranged widely, three topics emerged as dominant … our sense of personal identity, our intimate relationships to other

A 2011 national survey showed that hospital marketers anticipated a “400 percent increase in the use of digital media by 2013” (Primacy News, 2011). That percentage may seem staggering, but if we reflect on the changes that digital media has brought to our everyday lives, it might not seem that strange. Digital media touches us all on a daily basis. It’s constantly shifting and changing our views of what is “normal”. Fifty years ago it was normal to race to your television to catch “The Lucy Show” Monday nights at 8:30pm on CBS. Now we go to Netflix to stream the latest season of “Arrested Development” all at once, anytime we want to. We once raced to the record shops to buy Donna Summer’s “Bad Girls” album. Now we can buy Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s “Cheek to Cheek” masterpiece from the comfort of our own home using iTunes.