Unrealistic Point Of View Essay

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

In Melissa Healy’s article, published on May 18, 2010, Los Angeles Times, “Teenage Social Media Butterflies May Not Be Such a Bad Idea,” she argues that social media and their social skills may not be such a catastrophe after all and that teenagers who use social media are psychologically healthiest. Healy supports this claim by first describing how, according to the research found by Amori Yee Mikami, social networking sites are mostly used to, not to converse with strangers online, but to interact with friends they already know and said, “So people of well-adjusted teens may have little to worry about regarding the way their children behave when using social media. It’s likely to be similarly positive behavior.” Then, she makes a connection

Parents now days believe teens are misbehaving and not listening more so than teens in years past. However, kids in years past had more control and authority of their own life’s unlike today’s kids who have to rely on their parents. Adults now days have complete authority over teens unlike teens in years past. Teens back in the day were able to find work at an early age and could choose whether or not they wanted to attend school. With that being said, today’s teenager’s growth to adulthood is being prolonged due to society’s changes. Coontz states, “relations between adults and teens are especially strained today, not because youths have lost their childhood, but because they are not being adequately prepared for the new requirements of adulthood.” (McIntyre, 2014, p. 8) Therefore, society’s sociological and historical changes are the real reason for adult and teen

In this essay, Michelle Blake explains how pre-teens shouldn’t be allowed on social media. Blake explains how all aspects of social media play a role in teens personality and progressing lack of empathy for others. A natural desire to be popular causes them to constantly try to be funny, noticed, or clever. Once they set any social media platform, they’re now going to be on it a lot more. In hence trying to get the attention they crave. This can lead to the inability to focus on anything but them. Creating lack of general consideration of others and constant focus on ones feelings. The author describes they are not mature enough to make responsible decision. That most teens are living in the moment rather

For those of us that are parents, we know that raising a child to adulthood is not an easy task but one which we do lovingly (hopefully) and responsibly. I’ll go out on a limb to say here that everyone agrees that the teenage years are the most challenging. The general consensus is that teenagers are unruly, aggressive, careless, spoiled and dependent on technology. On the other hand, I believe along with a small group of other parents that teenagers are also brilliant and in the process of becoming and reaching their potential and that they deserve much more respect than what they are given.

The general topic of my PIP is the younger generation’s (specifically Gen Y and Z - the digital natives) inherent captivation with social media and the moral and social quandary this poses. The benefit of social media is ambiguous to say the least; does it serve as a tool to better network with the world around you? Or are its effects much more negative in nature? Accordingly, my hypothesis in relation to my topic is that “Social media isolates individuals (with focus given to the digital natives) by negatively socialising them with subpar social abilities”. I aim to achieve a concrete conclusion on whether or not my hypothesis is accurate, and how and why the networking

Just like with Stout, I partially agree and disagree with Healy. She talks about how teens use social media depending on their personality and mindset before the use it. She claims that if a conservative teen with good morals uses social media, she will continue with this mindset and not change. I disagree, however, since there are a variety of people and "facts" on the Internet that are easily accessible with a press of a button. A teen may learn about things that were being held back from them before or they may discover new possibilities. Social media can greatly affect someone depending on their use, not their morals. Healy also explains that teens that use social media will learn how to multi-task, something I definitely agree with. Same thing as I said before, it depends on the kid, but most people don't just use social media. Most teens also do homework, listen to music, and/or watch something. This is an important life skill especially today and this can help the, manage their life more efficiently in the

The portrayal of teenagers varies significantly throughout society ranging from determined and diligent to profane and inattentive. There are mixed opinions revolving around the attitude and behavior of teenagers but most inclined towards negative. Much of the negativity comes from the media, especially films and television programs, which influences the views and opinions individuals have on teenagers. A significant number of adults spend little time with teenagers, leading to their dependency on films, which inclines them to have negative views. Many adults believe teenagers offer civilization a bleak future.

Did you know that elephant owners in Asia can keep their elephants in their yard with a simple piece of twine and a post in the ground? I’m sure you’re probably thinking, “How is that possible? Elephants are strong, smart, and have potential to do huge things.” The answer has nothing to do with the twine and the post; but it has everything to do with the twine around the elephant’s mind. The thing is, teenagers are a lot like elephants. We are strong, smart, and have incredible potential, but somehow we are held back by a tiny piece of string, held back by a lie; the lie that teenagers are rebellious, good for nothing, lazy bums. Today I am going to be talking about how this lie affects the relationship between adults and

My personal thoughts on the impact of the social media by the PBS Frontline “Generation Like” video was very informative and showed how much I have been out touch with reality with the communication movement with today’s generation and how involved the social media plays a part in our lives. After carefully examining the video and looking back at past court cases, I believe the social media can be a double-edged sword for our adolescence teenagers. The media can either be positive or negative impact on our adolescence children. The video by PBS provided a transparent imagine how teens were able to accomplish a positive self imagine and fame on different social medias like Facebook, Twitter, and My Space to build their self confidence about themselves by communicating with their peers and on a global level of

Robert Bly addresses that the community is slowly becoming a “World of Half Adults”. He illustrates to his readers that adolescents are not growing up into adults, they are stuck in the middle. Bly describes that America is drifting away from the “paternalistic” society, (where you get your structure, learn respect, and to grow from the example of his or her elders). Instead America is leaning towards a “sibling” society that provokes disrespect for elders, only wanting to “half ass” everything they do, and only reaching half of their full potential because of the lack of role models (page 57). Adolescents are not becoming adults because of parents, technology, and the “sibling” society.

In this case, she gave them an advanced call, "hegemonic teens (middle/upper class, college bound teens)" and "subaltern teens (Marginalized teens, teens from poorer or less educated backgrounds)." She once said "Facebook is what the college kids did." In addition, "MySpace is still home for Latino/Hispanic teens, immigrant teens, ... and other kids who didn't play into the dominant high school popularity paradigm." Just these two simple sentences, she drew a line between those who use Facebook and MySpace to distinguish the favoritism of these "hegemonic teens" and "subaltern teens." Obviously, social networks were divided by their favoritism. However, her terminologies invisibly revealed that she was more favor in "hegemonic teens". That is why she emphasized their origins and uses in her essay and in her response. Even though she was convincing us "hegemonic teens" do not mean literally to have more power or authority than "subaltern teens," she stated "hegemonic teens publicly uphold the values of adult society" while "subaltern teens are often interpreted by hegemonic mass media in a way that they are always seen as failure." Is that not enough to illustrate her standpoint? She used a better way to put a higher value on Facebook users and look down upon those MySpace users. In this circumstance, she was not saying what she needed but what she

Social Media is implying that every teen, seen out late at night, hanging out with suspicious groups and/or going out to large events such as schoolies are horrible beasts out to criticise humanity's every move. But their missing the big picture the youth of the 21st century is just as blank minded and as blame full as the rest of humanity.

Social media is causing teenagers to be negatively influenced. This is an issue, because teenagers are extremely impressionable and social media is negatively impacting their lives each day whether they are conscious of this or not. One anonymous author who wrote the article, “Teen’s Use of Social Media: Positive or Negative?” states, “90 percent of teens have used social media” (Teens’ Use of Social Media). In this statement, it is clear that a large majority of teenagers have already been exposed to some type of social media. Since teenagers learn from direct observation and experience, it is a huge problem when they witness things on social media that concern sexist, racist, or homophobic content. Many teenagers even say that they have an addiction to social media. Teens who have had bad experiences online or who do not use social media on a regular basis said that they have a stronger urge to stay away from the internet. Even though there are many negatives to social media there are some positives as well. NickMcGillivray who is affiliated with the website, TurboFuture wrote the article, “What Are the Effects of Social Media on Youth.” In his article, he states, “There are many positive aspects, but there are equally as many dangers that come with the use of sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Google +, Tumblr, Instagram, gaming sites, and blogs” (McGillivray). In this statement, he makes it clear, that social media has both positives and negatives. One positive of social media that impacts teenager’s lives would be, how they are able to communicate with their teachers and other classmates at any time. This makes it easier for

We would like to start this speech off with a little comparison between what parents think and what we, being the teenagers, think. It is well known that parents and teenagers have not been always been known to agree on everything. Whether it was that haircut you got our that meal they tried to feed you. Sometimes we just don’t agree on everything. For instant, parenting in general, is often described differently depending on who you ask. According to some parents, “parenting is 50% love, 10% lies, 10% yelling and 30% unclogging toilets”. To them, “parenting is basically just listening to yourself talk because nobody else is.”. However, according to some, well most teenagers, “parenting is embarrassing us whenever, wherever 90% of the time”. To us, “parenting is having our own personalized cook, counsellor, chauffeur and bank”. So yeah, there's a little bit of controversy there. But parents, they’re great, I mean, it is an huge understatement to say that you guys are awesome! To