Reaction About Catfish

What causes the prevalence of cyber-bullying is that some people don’t realize they are victims or perpetrators. They hide behind a mask of anonymity to claim for freedom of expression. But actually, there exist the bounds of free expression and some problematic forms of expression. The effects of this behavior are more serious than they think. Freedom of expression is important but so is social responsibility.

These are common ways used by a myriad of people across the internet to stay connected. Normally, close proximity relationships are based around shared interests, and LDRs should be two. Both parties should have some agreed upon interests because as life goes on the twe people will change. Those commonalities will help keep the relationship together as they grow and change. On her blog, Lisa discusses this aspect of the relationship, “If you are in an ‘In Real Life’ relationship, you can grow and change together because of the habits you mutually form while living as a couple.

Postman would agree on this since he cautions that technology is not natural and must be used in a good way. Reflection Technology has affected almost all areas of human life. Food processing, communication, friendship, business, education, etc., are among the areas which are technology reliance. With such progress, there is still key issues to be considered such as digital divide and imaginary cosmopolitanism as revealed by Zuckerman. In as much as technology allows multitasking and easy education access, it has also affected the quality of friendships (Facebook) and caused addiction

Media in all types of forms will be used to communicate what society believes is to be normal in the current culture. In the essay titled “First” by Ryan Van Meter he describes an experience he had in the back of a station wagon with his first crush. The story of the car ride describes the first time he is told not to feel a certain way towards the same-sex. Though it is ambiguous to say this essay talks about gender roles. On boundless.com gender roles can be defined as “society 's concept of how men and women are expected to act and behave” (Gender and Sociology).

Since narcissists thrive on the idea that they are the best, getting such positive feedback will encourage their behavior to continue to lean towards self advocating, as stated in the law of effect. Not only does the use of social media often create competition, but it can also create hollow relationships (easily confused nowadays with genuine relationships) with others as well. Considering another aspect of a narcissistic personality is having poor relationships with others, this only adds to the growing epidemic of narcissism. When Facebook friends are all about quantity accumulation and social climbing, it is rare that these relationships are of much value

This is how trends circulate throughout the internet, reaching more and more people in a negative or positive light in a society because of this innate desire to be included and make people feel like they need to be one with the herd. On a larger scale, this human instinct can lead to negative and harmful actions especially in a discriminatory and prejudice environment. Although it is natural to want to be included, the cost of losing individual morals and values to the inevitable violence and coercive hostility due to this mentality is not worth satisfying that desire. However, disagreeing and defying a group can work only on occasion. It is helpful to refrain from these reflexes especially in a situation where the behavior of a group becomes abhorrent.

One does not simply feel lonely from seeing other people and connecting with them through the internet. It comes from many other factors in which Facebook can only strengthen once they are already there. From personally experience I know that even when one is feeling lonely that even then Facebook can still brighten up their day. With its plethora of people and topics there is a vast amount of information for one to explore and simply lose themselves in thought and exploration. It is a tool of connection and information not isolation and

I think that the positives to being on all the social media is it is an effortless way to stay in contact with family and friends. It also gives us a more understanding on what is going on in the world and how a person feels about a certain topic. But I do see the negatives on not knowing someone’s tone in the message and we put it in our own context. Or we think a post of negativity is aimed at us and it really isn’t. I think by improving my skills it will make me more profiecty in a professional level and I would be able to use social media more in a professional

One of the advantages of the Internet is allowing the users to explore and communicate without having to give away their personal information. Unfortunately, this can lead to people behaving in completely different ways compared to a face-to-face conversation. This is because they find it easier to be rude and aggressive as communication through technology creates a barrier and cannot see the people’s face. Most of the time , the conversations that may be uncomfortable in person such as break-ups are done through calls or texts. Although being able to break-up with someone face to face is the best choice, but everything will become extremely impersonal.

This may be true and their argument is valid, nevertheless, all the negative impacts on one’s physical as well as mental health and social life outweigh the mentioned advantages. Social media has various negative impacts on the physical well being. Excessive use of social media can jeopardize our health. First of all, it should be mentioned that the Internet, for instance, takes time away: instead of morning exercises, one would rather read some new portion of news or check e-mail. People are always staring at their smartphones either for reason or for no reason at all.

Like, for example, they 're some people online who pretends to be nice but at the end, they end up being a jerk. If someone who is talking trash to you online, you can 't simply mute and block the player. My good advice to give you to make friends is that treating others the way you would want to be treated and find that you can trust. Third, inviting players to your game is also a great way to make to make friends. Inviting and play players during the session is a great way to develop a stable relationship with the player.

Social media is used for many different reasons but it also influences who I am. There are many different things on social media like, what is trending and seeing negativity. An article by Jim Taylor states "The problem is that the self-identity that is shaped by popular culture serves its own best interests rather than what is best for us"(Taylor). It shows that social media helps influence us to believe what the social norm is and what is best for us. Being on social media definitely is challenging because it is hard to know if something is socially acceptable or not.