Family as an agent of primary socialisation, it is necessary to bear the responsibility to educate children the knowledge of internet safety and the correct way of using internet. However, most of the parents are unable to do so which the technological development is flourishing, parents might not able to provide the updated and accurate information of online safety to their children, also, as we mentioned before, the emergence of smartphone increased the difficulty of parents monitoring children’s online activities, thus, teens and children would be probably exposed to dangers. Due to the less parental control and monitor, teens and children would more likely to ignore the risks on the internet, like the pornography and sexting which we discussed …show more content…
According to the law, the people under 18 year-old are not allowed to watch porn to prevent teens and children receive the wrong message from the porn video. Although most of the DVD stores or book stores are follow the law strictly, it is not the same in the internet. To confirm the age of accessor, usually the website would only ask one question which is “Are you over the age of 18?”, the accessor can press ‘Yes’ to get into the website though he/ she is aged under 18 years old. Therefore, the regulation of internet pornography is not enough to protect children and young people, and result in exposing teens to danger.
In our former discussion, there are many factors that potentially expose children and teens to risky behaviours and interactions. Though it is impossible to control how internet works, to preserve children, parents, schools and government can put more effort on the adolescents protection work to keep teens and children away from the online risky behaviours and
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pornography, sexting, cyberbullying and identity theft). The features of internet probably are the influential factors to do so. The high accessibility of internet would more likely to increase teens and children to expose to pornography and sexting. Especially after the emergence of smartphone, children and teens can get out of parents control which use their phone to send and receive sexually messages and photos through different communication applications, and watching pornography in their phone that parents hard to notice. The anonymity of internet is potentially raising the severity of cyberbullying cause the cyber aggressors are usually attack other behind the keyboard and they would feel more comfortable to bully people at home, usually the words they use on the internet would be harmful than face-to-face bullying which they do not know how harmful do the words they typed. Although the anonymity encouraged the cyberbullying happens, the bullying issue is already exist for a long time within school, it is obvious that school is the root of cyberbullying which school does not take action to solve the bullying problem, therefore, students would choose to bully others on the internet to relieve the dissatisfaction. As family is an important social agent to educate children, the parenting style that parents choose would potentially affects the amount of
In some instances, cyberbullies have used these and other mediums to post potentially embarrassing photos or videos of their victims online for everyone to see” (Differences…, 1). Bullying has become an increasing problem because of the use of technology as a means of bullying in addition to the traditional type that many people are used to. The effects of cyberbullying can be extremely devastating to teenagers, as stated in the following quote, “Cyberbullying can be so serious that it has resulted in teen suicide” (Teens and Technology 1). Teenagers who are bullied on the internet are several times more likely to commit suicide than those who are not cyberbullied. Cyberbullying is not the only dangerous effect of technology on
According to the survey, a majority of parents would notify the police if they knew that their child was cyber bullied. Many parents choose not to report cyber bullying to school officials because they are unsure if the school has a policy against cyber bullying and whether the police would be more trustworthy and effective. Today, cyber bullying is becoming increasingly common, seeing that 80% of teenagers use smartphones on a daily basis. Cyber bullying is becoming a major issue for students, and the public should be warned about the severity of the issue, in order to take further steps to protect children from future
Digital Parenting “It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.” -Andrea Bocelli. In this digital age, parents, instead of installing invasive software to monitor their children’s online activity, should develop open and trusting relationships with their children, as this is the best way to guard their kids against potential dangers and respect their kids privacy.
“Scary. But a good idea. Most parents won’t even consider it,” Harlan Coben states about spyware. In his opinion article, “The Undercover Parent”, Harlan Coben, author and columnist, expresses to his audience that they should monitor their kids and pro using spyware, but with the condition of making children aware it’s there.
This high usage of social media, as stated before, helps the spread of sexting in teens and pre-teens. Students who practice sexting are more willing to get involved in sexual activities, and their sexual behavior increases. For example, “… a 16-year-old high school student in New York, says sexting is popular in his high school and generally viewed as not a big deal. "People post pictures of themselves on their Facebook pages," he says… he says sexting has never been discussed or punished” (“Sexting in Middle School Means More Sex for Preteens and Teens” Sifferlin).
It has now been a cliche to say “be safe online”. You can’t really think for yourself if someone (most likely a parent) takes over control in this part of your life. In the article the author quotes the famous quote “that which does not kill us makes us stronger”. That quote perfectly fits in my perspective essay because in the internet you need to learn from your mistakes to not keep doing it.
In the article, “On Social Media, Teens Take Risks First Seek Help Later”, Traci Pederson discusses the risks behind the internet and steps that can be done in order to prevent these possibilities from happening to juveniles. Multiple steps can be completed to educate minors on privacy issues as they use social media. First off, teenagers should be frequently warned about the dangers of the Internet. Informing teenagers about local incidents caused by the misuse of social media teaches them the significance of confidentiality settings. After notifying adolescents on these terrible consequences that occurred from the Internet, they should begin to realize the importance of safety precautions and privacy settings.
This study proved that given the amount of time that adolescents are on computers unsupervised whether it be at home or in public libraries those who cyberbully are most often the ones that were prior victims to cyberbullying themselves. This study would benefit in research for “affects cyberbullying has on adolescents because it gives reasons to why cyberbullying bully in the first place. Although with was full of useful information it would have been more beneficial to monitor social media sites that the kids were using verses how long the kids were on the internet. In doing so, it would have supported their theory of cyberbullies being vicitam of bullying as
Technology is getting bigger and bigger each day. With the advance of smart phones, tablets, and laptops it’s become much easier for people to keep in contact with their social media. People can easily stay in touch with friends all the time on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram and by texting. Many people are taking advantage of that opportunity and that seems like people are becoming more sociable but actually it is making people less sociable. People are spending too much time on their phones instead of having a face to face conversation.
An article published by BBC News UK states that almost one out of five children have at some point experienced to be bullied online. These dangers are only som of many dangers youths may have to deal with in the world because of the technology. Despite of the dangers to brows the internet, the web can also be a great source for information and pleasure, but it is important to know the risks as well. Just because there are some dangerous things about the web.
Bullying and Cyber bullying: History, Statistics, Law, Prevention and Analysis By: Richard Donegan Abstract: Based on this article issue my scope will be mention about the cyber bullying or bullying that arises in the Malaysia among the secondary school student and also the university student. Bullying has been established in American society since the establishment of the country. Coming from capitalism economic and competitive social hierarchies, bullying is still a relevant issue throughout the year.
Violence through online access is very common these days, considering some children are not aware of what others think of them. The lack of protection could make them vulnerable to the harsh world of the internet. Harsh people these days tend to show no mercy since they could care less about the opposing person 's feelings. Other than that, they become influenced to continue wrongdoings because others encourage it through their actions.
We are currently living in the 'Net Generation', the internet being in the heart of it. The internet has become very widespread and available with almost one third of the World’s 6.8 billion people using it every day, amongst which includes school children as Well. Hence the internet is an essential part of the net generation's daily life. So it is no Surprise that the internet has such a huge influence on all of us, especially the younger Generation. Therefore, since the internet has such a revolutionary effect on all.
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The Internet has become the most frequently used media for the past two decades (De Leo & Wulfert, 2013). In fact, its users are increasing day after day. The Internet has brought many benefits to numerous societies and individuals, and that includes information searches, communication, commercial activities, and entertainment (Kraut et al., 1998; Korgoankar, & Wolin, 1999).
Cyberbullying Cyber bullying has been a big part of a teens life that 's where they get mistreated by other people. Throughout these years cyberbullying has been increasing really fast especially in school grounds, bullying has been a major part of the school to because that 's where teens notice who they like and they dislike. The main focus on cyber bullying comes from where one person does not like that other person so they prefer to make fun of them instead of friendship. Cyberbullying can also have a major impact on a teens life that can make them do something that they will regret doing, they do that because they think that there is no way to get away from it so they decide their own way to deal with it. There 's different varieties of levels where they take little steps or even bigger steps, cyberbullying can occur in middle school level of in a high school level.