The Effect of Social Media on Children and Adolescents Life at home is normally peaceful until my mother shouts “Switch of that television and do something more constructive”or“No phones at the table,”or“switch off that laptop and get some good night sleep.” My little brother is always watching cartoons on television or playing video games while I spend most of my time on the laptop or on my phone twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Instagram or on blogs, or Youtube or any other social media website having a portal for good entertainment and communication of trending events. My mother always says we shall spoil our eyes or become fat and lazy. She always goes on and on about how she used to play a lot of outdoor games as a child and how they are important for the growth and development of children. Social media has proven to enhance children and adolescents communication and social skills. It enlarges their network or friends and other people who share similar interests. This is done through playing video games online with others, interaction with family, relatives, friends and classmates throughout the day and night irrespective of the territorial or global divide is also enhanced by the use of social media such as Facebook and MySpace. The increased use of mobile phones, tablets and laptops and the readily available access to the Internet promotes access to social media in the shortest time possible. These children and adolescents spend a lot of time on the media which would
Social media seems to be changing how we communicate through society. Adolescents are consumed with media for an estimated 7.5-8.5 hours per day (Georgia, 2014; Giedd, 2012). Instead of interacting with each other face to face adolescents are socializing through their phones (George, 2014). The purpose of the paper was to research how social media affects the brain, sleep, and cyberbullying (Lemola, Perkinson- Gloor, Brand, Dewald- Kaufmann, & Grob, 2014; Mills, 2014; Betts & Spenser, 2017).
Social media is the way teens network. It includes applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram where individuals can connect, share photographs, and like others posts or images. These applications can be accessed through electronic devices such as iPads, phones, computers, etc. It is known to educate, engage, and impact individuals and their environment. The most well-known theory is that an individual can control what he/she sees, considers, or feels about a topic. To some degree this is valid. Nevertheless, does teenagers know that social media influence them in some way? Social networking is harming to a teens growth as it boosts their online identities, separates them from the universe of social connection, occupies their attention from television, and it also affects relationships. The 21st century has seen the internet change into a device that has made communication less severe and handier. This change occurred rapidly with thoughts of social networks that would allow the association of individuals in various nations. Teenagers, being the principle players of the online networks, has been caught *up in the blend of social networking as they have developed into a period where innovation has reformed the way individuals approach their day by day routines. However, because of the extreme measure of time spent on these sites, they are left to result in pessimistic consequences for their advancement.
The internet is one of the world’s most influential platforms. Since the creation of the internet, social media and media itself have made their way into being more and more prominent in the lives of humans, especially in the lives of our youth. According to an article in The Washington Post, “Teens spend nearly nine hours a day consuming media” (Teens Spend Nearly 9 Hours a Day Consuming Media). , which means it is where most of their time is being spent, whether that is in school, at work, or, at home. Although there are many great things that are learned and shared on the internet through all types of media, there are many negative factors shared as well that are just as impactful.
Modern media such as T.V., films, and social medias (mainly Tumblr) frequently advertise a parade of skinny models and actresses. These appearances, more often than not, make teenage girls self conscious about their weight and physical appearance. Anorexia is most common around females, especially women. “47% of girls in the 5th-12th grade reported wanting to see weight loss because of magazine pictures.” Success and worth are often associated with being thin and/or skinny. Peer pressure plays major roles in a teenager’s environment and peer pressure may help fuel the desire to be “perfect”, and to be perfect, you have to be thin.
According to “Mixed Perceptions About Kids Using Digital Media,” kids and teenagers ranging from ages 8-18 spend an average of 7 ½ hours a day using digital media. Kids and teenagers use social media for different reasons. For example, some feel like they want to fit in with the “cool kids” by having multiple social media apps. Having the latest and greatest devices, trends, and social media is the biggest culprit of peer pressure in this day and age. They may not realize it, but by using social networks it opens up a whole new world of danger, risks, and
About how many kids currently have cell phones? Some people believe that kids don't need a cell phone. Others think that kids do need a cellphone. The use of cell phones by adolescents poses many challenges and benefits.
A Teenager’s life is not like it was for their parents. A generation ago, kids went out, hung out, did “stuff”. Now all they want to do is be in their rooms, on the computer or their phone, or both. Texting, sharing, gaming, liking, commenting constantly can’t prepare them for “real life”. This reliance on electronic devices can’t be good. How will they learn to relate to each other, to problem solve, to exist when the power goes out? The enormous amount of time spent online and plugged-in is harmful to a teenager’s development.
Social media has become a very prominent part of everyone's life, irrespective of the age group. While social media is very helpful and it is a necessity in everyone's lives, whether it has a positive or negative effect is a debatable topic. Social media definitely plays a very influential role on the psychosocial development of children and youngsters today.
Over the past several years’ social media, television, and other collective communication outlets have increasingly been displaying children, adolescents, and adults who are gender nonconforming. In films such as the 1999 Boys Don’t Cry and now the popular television show I am Cait, more attention has been given to those with the current diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria (GD) and/or those who define themselves as “transgendered” (Zuker et al., 2008). Despite this new attention, there is evidence that gender nonconforming individuals have existed in cultures in what would become the United States since the sixteenth century (Beemyn, 2014). However, the nomenclature, legislation, and societal understanding of those who are gender nonconforming have evolved in the United States, and the ways in which transgender identity has been formulated has greatly changed. These narratives reflect the political and larger societal understandings of gender and sex. In fact as a diagnostic classification, Gender Dysphoria (GD) remains a focus of much contemporary debate; as some critics argue that a formal diagnosis continues the history of pathologizing and stigmatizing groups that express variations from the norm (Zucker & Spitzer, 2005). The following paper will outline the development of the diagnostic classification of Gender Dysphoria, and discuss the history of the social, cultural, and legal understanding of gender nonconforming individuals.
computer, or tablet. We have made it to the digital age where Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat are just a few of the ways people in this generation have chosen to communicate. In most instances, all these social media sites are seen as positive ways of interaction. It’s a way to keep in touch with your friends and family, share your opinion, and a chance to have a voice. However, the introductions to all these social sites are being introduced to children at a younger and younger age. Livingston (2014) suggests, “The widespread use of social network sites (SNSs) by children has significantly reconfigured how they communicate.” (p. 283). Can social media affect actual social skills? When you can’t hide behind an
A community can be affected by a numerous influences both negative and positive. One such negative influence on a community which has the potential to cause a horrible outcome on society’s youth. This health issue is psychological in nature, uses technology known as cyberbullying and is aimed at destroying the self-esteem of an individual. The old style schoolhouse or neighborhood bully is now replaced by one who uses anonymity to attack a victim for any number of reasons from jealousy, irritation, hate or just for fun. Anonymity allows a bully to harass, threaten and intimidate someone they would not normally belittle in person (Will & Clayburn, 2010). A cyberbully can be the instigator allowing others to add their comments to further the attack. Attacks such as this can have harmful results and potentially cause the victim to become withdrawn, depressed and suicidal. Social media such as Facebook, Twitter and others along with text messages continue the barrage of slander and hate throughout the day and night making removal of such material from cyberspace virtually impossible.
Over the years more and more students have joined the Social Media phenomenon, making students the largest age group that use it. It is estimated that young people aged between 16 and 24 spend more than 27 hours a week on the internet (Anderson, 2015). Spending this amount of time on the internet exposes users to health issues such as anxiety, sleeping problems and depression. Students often find themselves in a pressurised state, as a result of the demand of immediate replies to posts and comments on Social Media accounts. While the need to follow trending topics and conversations lead to lack of sleep and later anxiety problems. The suggested average hours of sleep is 9hours per night to allow the body and brain time to function again,
Since the new phones are coming out with more and more accessibility to the internet from almost anywhere, social media has grown tremendously. Young teens have unlimited access to sites that influence how they dress, act and talk as well as what they talk about. Social media is not the only type, there are multiple types of media that can play roles in the lives of these adolescents. Mass media plays an intricate role in shaping the minds and ideas of the current adolescent generation in both positive and negative ways. The article Growing Up Wired discusses the impact that social networking sites have had on adolescents and their use of the sites. I hope to discover whether mass media has a positive or negative effect on adolescents by using its impacts and applying them to both sociological concepts of identity as well as groupthink.
Teens in this generation have been able to communicate more with their friends and family than ever before. Social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, and many others, allow people to stay in touch with their friends and family regardless where they are (as long as they have access to the internet). Before the late 20th century teens would communicate with one another by letters or talk with each other face to face. It may seem little odd and/or less common now days with the internet and all of the new technology, but how people talked with one another, guys talked to girls in order to have a relationship, or get a job. Modern communication is handled by technology (internet or phone). This paper examine how are teens traditional use of this technology in terms of their social life, life in general, and their face to face social interactions
Some of the top benefits of social media over the years are that it is free to anyone, the content can get out to resources virtually immediately, and it can be delivered to a wide variety of people. For these reasons, communication through social media has become an extremely accessible and convenient way to communicate. It is also popular for those who need to be in contact with others. One example that comes to mind is a teenager who goes away on a trip to visit a friend or family. They can be hundreds of miles away but still talk to their parents as if they weren’t. Another example is a person who is shy and has a hard time making friends face-to-face, social media sites are a great way to meet people and build relationships.