Does Technology Receives Affect Teenagers?

Additionally, social media has the negative effect of addiction. This is presented in the article, “Technology’s Negative Impact on Teens”, by Ashley M. when she writes, “California has enforced a law to prohibit using cell phones while driving due to the numerous amount of accidents.” Teens who drive are so addicted to social media that they can’t even put down their phones. Actually, the reason the law was made was because there were too many accidents occurring from texting and driving. If teens were not so obsessed over social media, they wouldn’t be distracted while driving. Furthermore, in the same source, it accounts, “Even in school, teens are texting during class, distracting them from the teacher’s lecture.” Adolescents who text or

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

In the article Attached to Technology and Paying a Price, they show the story of of Kord Campbell who is a often user of technology. For which states, “Even after he unplugs, he craves the stimulation he gets from electronic devices. He forgets things like dinner plans, and has trouble focusing on his family. This is your brain on computers” (Richtel, Matt) Here is a pure example on the effects that technology has on an individual, how it changes one’s behavior. Imagine a student who was once a focused student but then was introduced to electronic devices. Overtime they begin to separate from friends or family and just spend time on the web. If a family member threatens to take their devices away they can become aggressive. One can see the change in behavior and see the negative effects. In the article, The Toll on Children stated that, “Researchers worry that constant digital stimulation...creates attention problems for children with brains that are still developing, who are already struggle to set priorities and resist impulses.” (The Toll on Children) Teenagers are passing through a great change in hormones and many other factors, which makes them vulnerable to digital stimulation. Many begin to change by what the web has to offer as well from many other things. If schools participate students can be able to take a break and rethink things to make their lives not revolve around

Technology has been part of our daily live more frequently than before. Screen time has been more popularly used on kids and adolescents. On a daily bases many kids seem to spend more time inside on their tablets, instead of having to spend time with other kids. This is a problem that is becoming more popular over the years,on whether kids need to spend that much time on technology or not. Parents either seem to have strict technology usage, or they either don’t. There has always been a huge controversy with experts, who either think that screen time is beneficial or could cause problems later on in life. There are many views towards this topic, from hurting kids brains, to helping them during school, and socially.

Social Media Nowadays it is very unlikely to find a teenager that does not use social media. Social media is a way for young adults to keep in touch with their peers. Many teendagers do not use social media to harm their well-being, but some risky kids might.

There are many risks that come with excessive social media use. One of which is its effects on important social skills children need in their futures. Texting, Social Media messaging, and even phone calls erode on a child's communication and can harm their relationships with their peers. One way they do this is by reducing the intimacy when communicating. Without a person's face and voice, conversations with them over various Social Media makes the conversation less important and may drive the two people apart. The quality of conversations also plummets as long, descriptive sentences are a taboo when instant messaging. The use of shorter, compact words and text slang may limit the child in how they are able to express themselves later in their life. Finally, Social Media prevents children from practicing empathy. Missing facial expressions, voices, and body language limit the use of this important skill and may keep a child from noticing when a peer or loved one is distressed. A study done by UCLA Scientists took two groups of sixth graders,

Furthermore, on well.blogs.nytimes.com it states “schoolwork can suffer when media time infringes on reading and studying” which shows that children using too much technology can and will get bad grades if they dont stop. The use of technology is taking away from reading and studying and that is a problem because students perform bad in schools, these children choose technology over their future and life. To conclude, technology is taking over our lives that too much technology ruin how children think or the actions they do or think, showing that too much technology is a bad

Technology has so quickly taken over our lives without questioning the affects, especially in Early Years as children begin to learn about the social world, away from the home environment. As the modern world develops an ever increasing reliance on technology, the affects on children and their learning are unknown. Technology has made our lives easier and enabled us to do things generations before us would have never even dreamt of, despite this, questions as to whether technology could have adverse affects on young children's learning need to be asked. Many people would suggest that allowing children to spend

Although children spend about seven hours a day on tech devices, parents should not limit how much time children spend on tech devices. Children should not be limited because some children only comminicate through these devices, some children use teir devices for educational reason, and some children only know how to enternain themselves through their devices. If a child is limited on their devices, they will rush and mess up and there is no clue how nuts that child will go.

My research project was inspired by my love of children and the many times I have observed children using technology. From this experience I noticed many young children are extremely familiar with technology and the use of technology can have both positive and negative effects on them. As I have researched into this topic, I have learnt there are many beneficial and harmful implications of technological use for children. A finding I have come across on multiple occasions is children should not be using or be in contact with any technology whilst they are under the age of 2. A positive implication includes using technology for educational reasons as opposed to entertainment purposes. Using technology for entertainment or for long periods of time can negatively affect the child psychologically. A key point from my research has lead me to understand technology can have a huge impact on a child’s mental, physical and emotional health. (154 words)

Included below is a summary about the article titled “How Young is Too Young for Technology,” by Josie Gurney-Read, and published by Telegraph. This article talks about the positive and negative impacts when exposing young children to technology. First, Read opens up the article explaining that by the time children start school, 70% are already confident in using a laptop, tablet or smart phone. Read also notes, that 17% of children under the age of three have their own device. The article then discusses that the American Academy of Pediatrics says that children under the age of two should be discouraged from using technology and that preschool kids shouldn’t be using devices for more than two hours per day (Read). Professor Manfred Spitzer

Everywhere you go teens seem to be glued to their phones, tablets, or computers. Technology is an addiction that does not seem to be going away any time soon. According to the Washington Post, teens can spend up to seven or more hours on their digital devices a day and the usage is still increasing. Not surprisingly enough, more than a third of all teenagers own a cellphone, ranging from a smart phone or just a plain old-school flip phone. But can spending all that time on their computers and smart devices be such a bad thing? Today’s easy access, always on world presents a wealth of opportunity for teens as students, but also challenges them to retain them essential humanity and unique personalities.

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

Imagine a kindergarten classroom where students are interacting with computers and tablets rather than teachers and peers. Imagine students that are dependent upon technology to learn and interact. How would this educational approach affect child development? Will this change the way humans interact, problem-solve, communicate, and think? In today’s society, there has been a significant advancement in technology use. The evolving times have created a push towards the implementation of technology in all aspects of our lives. Included in this move toward a technologically advanced society is our education system. Recently, there is such a trend toward increased tablet and computer integration in the classroom. There are many arguments for and against the implementation of tablet and computer use within the classroom and how it affects the development of the child. An extremely important goal of kindergarten education is the development of a child both emotionally and socially. With the introduction of technology in the classroom, this paper will explore the impact it plays on the social development of young students. Specifically, what are the effects of tablets and computers in the kindergarten classroom on peer interaction? This paper will look at social-emotional development and peer interaction in kindergarten, the integration of tablets and computers in the classroom, and the effects of tablets and computers on peer interaction. Throughout this paper,

According to statistics, technology has been proven to harm youth. Technology can be considered as all sorts of things such as electricity, a microwave, television, cars, etc. This essay primarily focuses on cell phones, tablets, and computers. Technology distracts teenagers from important activities such as driving and walking. Teenagers endanger their lives and the lives around them. They lose focus on the importance of getting to their location safely. Technology robs independence from teenagers because parents always keep tabs on them. Kids do not know what it feels like to step away from their families, even for a minute because parents over protect them. Teenagers feel the need to please others through social media by following certain trends to make them appear more interesting. They feel obligated to alter their actual personalities to fit to the liking of society on the internet. In the context of this essay, youth is the latest generation of today. This basically refers to the age of Millennials and younger. It seems that technology has severely affected this age group more than the rest of the generations. Technology started to improve greatly around their time. The internet has gotten faster and more efficient, apps tell people their daily plans, and so on. Today’s technology influences youth negatively because it causes safety hazards, robs independence, and lessens confidence.