The Importance Of Social And Cyber Communication

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

Furthermore, the introduction talks about how technology used for communication has been found to be helpful and hurtful in the development of an adolescent’s development. Researchers discovered that adolescents around age 13-14 who were on social media and having healthy peer

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

Melissa Healy, a reporter of the Los Angeles Times, in the article Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such A Bad Idea, claims that kids who spend lots of time on social media are not the least well-adjusted, but psychologically healthiest. Healy supports her argument by demonstrating how social media is beneficial to a teen’s health. According to a three-year Digital Youth Project, when teengars use social media, it helps them develop important social skills such as communication, grappling with social norms, and developing technical skills. Psychology professor Kaveri Subrahmanyam describes that teens behave the same between offline relationships and online ones, so most teens will use the internet safely. The author’s purpose is

Clearly, social media plays a role in the lives of adolescents. Keeping our teens mentally healthy while providing strategies for managing social media is a frontier that is still being discovered and will evolve over time. Acknowledging the unintended consequences of social media use by adolescents is the first step: sleep deprivation, lowered self- esteem, increased anxiety and depression, increased risk of suicidal outcomes and conflict in the home, specifically among adolescents and their parents. The second step in this process is to find constructive ways to collaborate with our adolescents to minimize the negative impacts while maximizing the benefits, for example, positive moods spread faster than negative moods on social networks, adolescents feel safe accessing STD information, and other health questions they may not ask their parents. (Lamblin) Parents, pediatricians, schools, counselors, and web developers should work together to foster collaborative communication and create best practices with regard

Why is teaching Social Communication important? Social Communication is the basis of how humans interact with each other. Without social skills, the ability to build relationships with others would not exist. Being a social outlet for children, school offers students a unique opportunity to practice their social skills, but for students who struggle, school can have a negative impact on their academic success (Ostmeyer and Scarpa, 2012). In School there is a presumed set of skills that students are required to learn and follow. Some of these skills that teachers find essential are listening to others, following steps, staying calm, taking responsibility for one’s behavior and doing nice things for others. To many, these skills may require a little thought, but to children with social deficits, these skills could be a continuous obstacle. “Thus, an environment that necessitates social communication as a method of learning could lead to academic underperformance” (Ostmeyer, Scarpa, 2012, pp. 933).

Parents complain that teens are always on their phones and never out in the real world, but maybe if they weren’t “locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends,” they could have the chance to mirror what they’re learning online, outside in the “real world” (Boyd). As Boyd puts it, “Social media and smartphone apps have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to explore their identity and the world around them.” If anything, being on social media is a safer way to make mistakes and learn from them before having to face harsher repercussions for them outside of the digital

In addition, the social media allows adolescents to gain access to websites anonymously that can provide excellent means of resources for health concerns such as sexually transmitted diseases, depression, stress, and making appointments or communicating with professionals for these types of issues and concerns about them or loved ones. However, there is always a down side to the social media for our adolescents that range in sub groupings such as peer to peer, inappropriate content, privacy violations, and how third parties advertising groups that target our children due to our Like responses on social media. The number one media issue that is brought by parents today’s is cyber bullying or on-line harassment concerns for their children. This was concern by a parent in the PBS video to Mr.

Subrahmanyam, Kaveri, and Patricia Greenfield. “Online Communication and Adolescent Relationships”.The Future of Children 18.1 (2008): 119–146.

Social media has led many benefits. For example, people are able to spread awareness about mental illness, connect with support groups, and expand searches for research participants. However, users of social media may unknowingly spread false information. Social media also has other drawbacks, which include decreases in-person interactions and increases in cyber-bullying. Children are now have the availability to access a vast amount of information through social media, but the responsibly of having a social media account may be beyond their developmental age abilities. Therefore, the vast increase and interest in social media may lead to researchers investigating human behaviors while noting differences among groups. Additionally, researchers will likely investigate how to assist parents in maintaining appropriate boundaries with social media while remaining safe. From a prevention viewpoint, educating parents and teachers about talking to children about proper use of the internet may be a practical

It vital for parents to be aware and continuously monitor their kid’s online activity. For the most part, children in the United States have an easy access to technology; moreover, it is even part of the public education system. Many kids have a social media account, which is viewed as a norm today. Author Fields indicates that “adolescence is a period of significant emotional, physical and social growth for both boys and girls” (Inside Social Life 139). During this time, where kids are discovering themselves, they can communicate and be impacted by a massively diverse population.

Social media is considered an interaction between groups or individuals that share common or new ideas amongst people worldwide. There is a significant impact of social networks on young people. Children are being manipulated by networking sites such as Facebook, accessing them through via cellphones that has become the most important thing in their lives. By this method this form of communicating is wildly spread amongst peers, parents and others. There is less utilization on a face to face conversation which lacks interpersonal skills.

Even though social media isn’t only used for social interaction, it is an important aspect of adolescents’ lives. Social media provides an avenue for them to stay connected with peers they have met through school, sports teams, church, etc (Ito, 2008). Social networking can also help shy adolescents have a more non-threatening way to interact with peers because they aren’t interacting face-to-face (Rosen, 2011).

Currently individual adolescents are highly subjective to the new craze of ‘social media’, growing up in a generation that relies heavily on technology in every day life; adolescents have social networking at their fingertips through a number of technological products. A recent study shows adolescents use social media for a variety of reasons (Appendix 2). Among the group surveyed 75% had a social networking profiled, believing social media had a positive impact on their emotional wellbeing. Regarding relationships, the majority of the 75% whom have a social networking profile agreed it was beneficial to their relationships not only with friends and family, also teachers. Of this 75%, 88% agreed social media helped them keep in touch with friends they could not see regularly. This 88% also agree social media allows them to connect with students at their school, along with people who share a common interest. However research also showed (Appendix 2.1), most adolescents prefer face-to-face communication, believing social media can cause interference with this. From the group of adolescents examined, some also desired being able to disconnect from social media and connect more often with the people around them.

Social media plays a complex role in children’s differentiation from parents. On the one hand, social media make it very easy for adolescents to stay in minute-by-minute touch with their peers. Yet, those same social media make it easy for adolescents to stay in touch with parents (Wood, 1999, p. 313).