The Internet's Negative Effects On Teenagers

After reading the online article “10 Great Things Teens Learn While “Playing” Online” by Christy Matte and the magazine article “ Teens and the Internet: How Much is Too Much? “ by Stephanie Newman , it is clear that teens should be limited to the amount of time used online daily. The use of the internet may be beneficial; it all depends on how the student uses it. Teens should not be able to use a significant about of time online because it affects their social isolation, physical and also mental health.

The article, “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow up in Cyberspace,” written by Brent Staples discusses negative influences that internet has toward teens. The author elaborates that teens are far more comfortable with online conversations. Social Media has high expectations to how a teen should act or look. Media emotionally scars teens, demanding them to have clear skin and skinny body. The more people that are connected to their phones, higher the chance of losing relationships. The internet has left many teens with unreal social skills. Real life experiences such as law, teens are not knowledgeable. Teenagers miss out on life experiences that can help them grow into adulthood.

Roughly ninety-two percent of teenagers are online daily, but has the internet hurt or improved their lives? The internet has made certain tasks easier like looking up information to prove somebody wrong. Although, it has many negative effects on teens. The internet is accompanied by cyber-bullying, online predators, and other types of violences. In this case, the cons very much outweigh the pros.

The internet makes people to be more dependency. It makes people to observe more information, and to be tended to find information. People relay more in finding information in the internet today. Furthermore, people are physically involved as they try to think and find information from the internet. The internet may have small effect on people, but still it helps people.

A small portion of the teenage population actually use the internet for educational or informational purposes. A larger part uses internet for entertainment and gossip. Entertainment is not necessarily a bad thing, but when someone is constantly on it and not paying attention to the outside world things can get chaotic. If a teenager has a test in school and instead of studying they watch TV or play on their phone there is a chance that person is going to fail instead of pass. Teenagers the main group of society that is always on some type of device that uses wifi or the internet. Since teenagers will often have summer jobs, they are probably going to get on

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.

The internet can greatly assist a person, but can cause more damage than help. Ninety-Five percent of teens use the internet in America, today. The internet causes loss of sleep, dangerous communication with strangers, viruses, bugs, inappropriate content for minors, cyberbullying, and much more.

Teenagers use this technology as a way to escape daily challenges as well as unwanted emotional problems, while constantly looking for excuses to not leave it alone. I believe that it takes determination and self-introspection to realize how much technology is taking over an individual life. In order to have a healthy life, balance is of essence and this is how computer use can be managed. According to the FCD Prevention Works, an international nonprofit provider of prevention for substance abuse, on the Hazelden Betty Ford foundation website, “once teenagers find something they are good at and want to do, they will naturally gravitate toward it. It is easier to create an Internet façade, but far more rewarding for teens to cultivate true purposes and genuine identities within their families, schools, and communities.” I believe this method can be effective when an individual finds their niche, their passionate drive and implements valuable time into it, rather than going on their phone. Addiotionally, with the support of family members anyone can minimize their use due to the constant supervision they are receiving. Technological usage can be a negative epidemic, but with the help of the individual’s environment it can solely be merged with

Thesis: The potential positive influences offered by the Internet outweigh the potential negatives for adolescents.

The teenage years are hard for everyone. Unfortunately, teens in today’s world are faced with pressures that twenty years ago young people did not have to go through. For the majority of youth in the US, a large part of their lives is put on social media. Technology has opened up the opportunity to predators to message or persuade impressionable youth. There are countless stories on the news about teens or children that have been abducted due to adults talking to them online. Criminals can easily enter a person’s home now just by children using the computer. Technology has opened up a new realm for children to be harmed and when measures are taken to close off one avenue of attack, the perpetrators find a new way. All children are warned

Modern society depends on the Internet. Online chatrooms, connected games, internet dependent school assignments, the world lives on the internet. But is it good for teens today? Some say it hinders self-esteem, and it severs connectedness with the real world, but many studies have shown that the internet is not all that bad. It is proven that the internet, and its programs can actually help teen's social connectedness and self-esteem. Technology can actually help teens today, with their online lives, and their real ones.

Controlling the amount of time children and teens play and socialize on social media and their computers can be beneficial. The concern of internet having a negative impact on children and teen lives has been argued by many parents. Parents have argued that kids become less socially active if they use too much social media and surf the internet for too long. A lot of studies have been conducted to find out the truth about the internet and how it affects children and teens mentally, physically and socially. The studies have found that internet has positive impacts on children and teens when it comes to doing school work, but it also has “negative impacts on their social skills” (Health, New, and New Health) according to a New York Behavioral Health article. “Cyberbullying causes psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, isolation and even suicide”(cyberbullying). The internet can be harmful and it's hard for parents to tell if their child is being affected.

The effects of the internet on me and this society have been rapidly changing. Did you know that approximately 3.2 billion people use the internet, about 200 billion emails and 3 million google searches would have to wait if the internet was turned off for one day. Let me tell you about something that happened when i was little, it might be off topic a little but when i was little i was born backwards, meaning i came out legs first. My hips were out of place and until i was about 2. My dad is always on the internet and loved taking pictures of his “Little princess”, the pictures can still be found on facebook along with a lot of other things from my family memories. That was when i started wanting to get on the internet, i asked for a facebook and they said no, being a rebel i made one anyways just to play the games on it. The internet can have positive and negative things about it for younger and older people, for example the internet engines are one of the best information givers out there, they bring almost everything and anything to a lot of internet users that lange from all over the world. The internet can provide ways to communicate with family and friends from a long distance, and even meet new people. Bad things about it is people sharing and storing illegal information on the internet, much like the dark web. The addiction to the internet and the online network can be disturbing a person's way of living and professional activity.

This world has become immersed in online media from socializing on networking sites to seeking information on search engines. People of all ages have become reliant on online media, but the most engaged users are the younger, more easily impacted generations. Although there are many positive uses for online media, there are many negative uses as well. Unfortunately, it is all too easy for these negative effects to impede upon the perceptions of adolescents. Some countries have been trying to reduce this effect by expelling the inappropriate content of online media ("Influence on Children Media...”). However, in the United States, children are thrown in the waves, expected to stay afloat in this massive sea, but many are being dragged

Internet is one of the most original things made by human being. It is profitable for everyone, because yourself your time in searching some information sources, you are able to be known of everything happening in the world, you can easily be In touch with your family, friend if they are for from you. We may say that internet it is our saver, but it is wrong. So I am going to write about disadvantages of internet, negative impact of teenagers and offer solution for doing this problem.