The Impacts Of Facebook On Children. Today, Social Media

The most popular social media outlets include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube. As an article, The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families from the American Academy of Pediatrics states, children are at risk for “...inappropriate content; lack of understanding of online privacy issues; and outside influences of third-party advertising groups.” More specifically, inappropriate content refers to the ability for children to quickly send and receive explicit images and messages. According to “Sex and Tech: Results of a Survey of Teens and Young Adults,” about 20% of teens admitted to posting nudes of themselves. Understanding of online privacy issues refers to children to are sharing too much information that may market an individual negatively. Lastly, influences of third-party advertising refers to websites posting advertisements based on gender, age, and interests. All three of these components have consequences--emotional

Over the past decade, technological innovation has brought us into an era in which the social networking revolution is prominent in almost everyone’s life. The social networking revolution is a phenomenon that many people see as a breakthrough in technology that allows for simple communication and an easy way to keep in touch. In reality, this revolution has created a multitude of issues in our society, which people often overlook. This is an especially prominent issue amongst children born from the 1990s to

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

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

Throughout the years, media has continually grown and has had a huge impact on people of all ages. According to the authors of “The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families”, social media is both a blessing and a curse, social media encourages creativity, connection between peers, and helping shape ones individuality. However it also can lead to “Facebook depression” which is depression that develops when preteens and teens spend a great deal of time on social media sites, such as Facebook, and then begin to exhibit classic symptoms of depression.”(O’Keeffe and Clarke-Pearson). O’Keeffe and Clarke-Pearson also point out the flaws that social media has privacy, advertisements, and

“Daily overuse of media and technology has a negative effect on the health of all children, preteens and teenagers by making them more prone to anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders;Facebook can be distracting and can negatively impact learning. Studies found that students, in general, checked Facebook at least once during a 15-minute study period achieved lower grades.” (Vito 1)

“Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand”-Amy Jo Martin. Children have advanced and are now using the internet as a way to escape from the real world. They post pictures and videos of themselves and others with a belief that once it is deleted no one will remember it. Social media has taken over our lives as adults, so imagine what it is doing to our children. Parents should not allow their children to have an instagram or a Facebook account because of cyberbullying, over-sharing, and the media has a bad influence on the way children should view themselves.

Social media is becoming the most common activity of today’s children and adolescent. The Social Networking Sites(SNS) such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, like a virtual community where provide a common platform to

The world we live in today is being constructed by the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web contains infinite amounts of information and infinite networks. These so called networks are constantly being used to people’s advantage because it makes communication faster than the speed of light. Nowadays, as a worldwide culture we are saturated into different types of social media. These different types of social media, control our daily lives whether we like it or not. Social media is a world on its own, it is created by different networks in the World Wide Web. It allows us to do various tasks besides communicating with a relative or colleague. Social media has expanded in a tremendously large magnitude in such a short amount of time period, and still to this day it continues to evolve as if it belongs to its own species. Although, many people use social media every day, it can play a negative and positive role depending on what the social media is being used for. The World Wide Web can be a very dangerous place, especially towards young kids and young adults who are still developing skills for their futures. One of the largest known social media site nowadays is Facebook. Facebook is one of the largest corporations when it comes to the social media world. Facebook is widely known for its popularity and its constant development. It currently surpasses any other social media apps or websites to this day. It is by far a revolutionary network.

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.

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.

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.

Nowadays, many people are using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so on. Since the Internet has rapidly propagated, social media has progressed rapidly. The widespread use of mobile devices to access the internet gradually transformed the nature of our social interactions. Most people use smart phones, iPhones or mobile internet devices to easily access social network. It helps us contact friends, family, and other people even if they live far away. Social media has many advantages; but also, it can be abused in moments by young children if we are not careful, because they can easily access social media. We need to understand and regulate the use of social media by young children.

The length of time that children spend on communication technology in school and in the home, is increasing. This has caused worries as to the effect of the time spent on these devices has on their growth and development. This study considers the use of communication information technologies and social media apps by 6th grade student’s. It observes the parent’s knowledge of the children’s use of these communication information technologies and social media apps and how many of the parents are friends with the children on the apps. This study was conducted from the use of online survey’s by more than 31,000 students. There have been several studies as to the effect that spending too much time online has on the students’ performance in school. These studies show a direct correlation between the amount of time students spent on Facebook and their deficient performance in academics and their GPA (Temsah, 2016).