Pros And Cons Of Social Networking

Peggy Orenstein suggests in her article how social networking hurts young girls by discouraging empathy and promoting narcissism. She also contends that social media can distort personality development, encourage self-absorption, and performance of sexuality. With the fast advancement of technology, accessibility to the internet is also growing to young children. Children start on social media now as young as seven years old. Facebook allows people to befriend anyone you want and you can have 622 friends on FB, when your school only has 250 students. It is intriguing to realize that having up to 622 friends means that 622 people are watching and judging us every hour of every day. I do not believe that our real-life identities should become

The internet, a tool for communication, which became part of many people’s daily lives have transformed the way we communicate. In earlier times, communication was a big burden for many people, but the entrance of the internet made it easier. Adolescent are the one who took the most advantage of it, growing up in the middle of “technological evolution” (Sticca) became part of their social life. The internet, is on cell phones, computers, and tablets, which teenager uses it daily. Inside the internet, came the entrance of social networking, which the youth are mostly involved in for communication, making friendships, relationships, research, and homework through websites such as Facebook. Although Facebook is the site mostly used by adolescent, there are some undesirable side effects knows as cyberbullying.

Social media undoubtedly makes teens more social by allowing them to feel more confident and outgoing. A lonely and shy teen can access social media and speak to people online because it’s easier to speak with people online rather than in person. A teen that is always made fun of for the way they look can post a picture online and receive nothing but positive comments. This leads to teens feeling more confident and outgoing.

Children today use more technological devices and are active on social media platforms compared to children in the 1990’s. Technology plays a huge role when it comes to our daily lives. As technology continues to advance more people are becoming active on social media apps and websites. Texting and social media applications have many advancements and conveniences like easy access to information, entertainment and communicating with others. However, it also has consequences, especially for adolescents. Smart phones and tablets easily keep children occupied, yet there are many disadvantages when using technology at a young age. Technology affects everyone, but the obsessive social media consumption from adolescents is affecting their overall

Technology has been expeditiously changing over previous generations. Those born between 1946 - 1964 are classified as Baby Boomers, and from 1995 - 2012 are catergorised as Generation Z. Over the years, youths become more connected to their mobile phones and given up and lost real connections and relationships? The behaviour standards and the influence from Baby Boomers has significantly altered towards the youths over the past decades. Generation Z has an overall population of 82 million worldwide, with the oldest turning 23 and the youngest turning 6 (Robinson, 2018). As part of the research, Shane Lynch was interviewed from the Generation Baby Boomers. He is 57 years old and runs his own business. The technology world is forever changing,

Cyberbullying can happen to anyone and can be committed by anyone with access to social networking sites.

Bullying is now becoming a major and current issue across the U.S, especially in the education system. It’s messing with student's academic behavior, and normal behavior either during school or afterschool. The mental, and physical stability of teens is being affected negatively in many different types of ways because of bullying becoming an issue. One of the main reasons of why bullying is affecting teens is because of the different ways the bully is carrying out the action. Another aspect affecting teens is the mental and emotional instability causing bullies to mess with teen’s heads. The last main issue is the different types of side effects that comes out of bullying, for instance depression, social anxiety, and etc. which all have a high

Social media has revolutionized the way people communicate with each other. In the wake of its growing popularity for ease of finding and sharing information, this revolution has sparked debate about how much is too much time spent on the internet, and the evidence is mounting that social media can have a troubling and negative impact on a young person’s mental health.

Social media is a term used to depict the connection between groups or people in which they create, share, and here and there trade thoughts over the internet and in virtual groups. The impact of social networks on youngsters is huge. Social media have increased astonishing overall development and prominence which has prompted to drawing in consideration from assortment of researchers comprehensively. In spite of the fact that with time all eras has come to grasp the progressions social network has realized, teenagers and youthful adults are the most aficionado users of these sites (Taylor). As indicated by different research studies in the field of online social networks, it has been uncovered that these sites are impacting the societies in both positive and negative ways. So the “Impacts of social media on humanity” is a hot topic for discussion. Different people have different views about the impact of social media. Some people say that social media have played a beneficial role toward the progress of humanity and some people say that a deterrent role has been played by the social media towards the progress of humanity. Social media has more deterrent impact on progress of humanity. Social media has more negative impacts on human societies then its positive impacts.

As a “Millennial”, I have watched the evolution of technology over the span of my life. I can remember a time where cell phones companies charged for every text that was sent from the phone as well as the ones that were received. A time where laptops were not common and those that people owned were bulky and were only good for work. Now not only have laptops and cell phones changed, but the very topography of the internet has shifted. Coined in 1999 by Darcy DiNucci, Web 2.0 refers to the shift in how web pages were designed and how users interacted with them. Social networks grew out of this growing shift to include websites such as MySpace, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Social networks have grown at such a rapid pace that it also led

Even though online social networking gives benefits toward improving the quality of the workers’ life, issues and problems still occur if it is not used properly. Such issues related to quality of life influenced by social networking at working places are the issue of confidentiality, integrity and threats to the privacy and security of health information.

Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are online platforms that users use to create Personal profiles, associates with companion and fuss in different parts. Social networking sites exhibits individual profile and facilitates with various other activities such as sharing information with each other. Social networking sites grab million of people in the globe who are united these websites into their daily life style. Social networking sites will become famous all over the world. The aim of this paper is to understand the various Positive and Negative effects of social networking sites.

According to the statistic, 95 percent of adolescents(12-17) use the internet, and 81 percent of them use Social Network Service (or Social Network Site). 94 percent of adolescents who use SNS joined Facebook, which is the most universal social media site (Sterling). As the teenage SNS users are increasing continuously, not merely advantages that television news or journals are never able to have and that the Internet can only have like exchanging information in real time appear, but disadvantages like addiction or cyberbullying are on the rise. Although SNS has positive effects to adolescents such as communicating, getting information, and building relationship, Social Network Service exerts negative influences more than positive. Therefore, people should recognize the problems on SNS and find the solution.

With the rapid improvement of technology, there is also an increase in cyberbullying. People can experience bullying wherever they have access to their phones or a computer, at home, at a friend's house, during school, during work or even in the street. A 2006 study found that 45% of preteens and 30% of teens are cyberbullied while at school. (Feinberg T, Robey N.

Social media are a websites and applications that enables a person to create and share a content. A person can also interact with someone like family, friends, loved ones all around the world. It deals with the sites that a person uses in order for them to have a communication. It has some negative outcomes that has a aggressive feelings, aggressive thoughts, and aggressive behavior. Social networking describes the phenomena found in, participatory and self-expressive websites such as Facebook, Twitter, My space, and Youtube. Social media is becoming an ubiquitous in today’s society and today’s youth are spending a great deal of time using some sites to access in a public life.