THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON TODAY’S YOUTH Let us face it – Social media is everywhere. People talk the “social media tongue” without even knowing it these days. Man made social networking sites and technically he should be changing it according to his needs but the youth today change according to the social networking site. Our world revolves around Facebook‚ Twitter and sites like that. Like every coin has two sides even this has its own pro’s and con’s. So the question
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Today‚ Mass Media is notoriously known to project a negative influence on teens and society. It manipulates several aspects of our lives including‚ but not limited to‚ the choices we make about our overall physical appearance‚ how we perceive beauty‚ healthy decisions we make regarding drug and alcohol use‚ engaging in premarital sex‚ and our peer and social interactions. We emulate what the media portrays as acceptable and desirable‚ though it goes against the norms and values put forth from society
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video games‚ there are games that are design to be violent. Above all that‚ this paper would clear issues between the games and those concerned about them‚ without any bias in any side. There are different positive effect of video games on the youth. First‚ Video Games develops our Cognitive skills. Shooting Games or Action Games is a good example for that. A convincing evidence for that is about the first time shooter players in which they were assigned to play randomly assigned games at the
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The Importance of Social Development Social development can be distinguished as one of the main elements that ensure a child develops wholly. One definition determines the process as “the adoption of the behaviour patterns of the surrounding culture” (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/socialisation‚ 30/11/2008)‚ thus promoting the need for norms and values to encourage moral development‚ which effectively helps children learn and understand themselves as an individual. It undertakes the importance
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In the 1960’s the nation started to realize that many had low income and were also suffering from malnutrition. The White House conference on food‚ nutrition and health (1970) recommended that special attention should be given to low-income pregnant women and preschool children. The program was set up for pregnant women‚ infants and children up to age 6. This is the only program available to pregnant women of low-income. For it is important for pregnant women to know how to take care of themselves
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"Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners‚ contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents‚ chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers." -Socrates "It has become exceedingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." -Albert Einstein Kids’ behavior and technology: Neither is a wholly new set of conundrums‚
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Tracking Social Media The Social Media Tracking Centre and the 2011 Nigerian Elections Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation About the Authors Dr. Judith Burdin Asuni is the Executive Director of Academic Associates PeaceWorks‚ a Nigerian NGO working in the fields of conflict management‚ peace and development and peace education. Dr. Asuni has researched and written extensively on conflicts in Nigeria‚ particularly in the Niger Delta. AA PeaceWorks has established a social media team to engage Nigerian
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Aman Gada English 2010 Social Networking: A Barrier There was once a time‚ when humans‚ like ourselves‚ interacted with each other face to face with a god given gift called the mouth. This interaction was a type of excuse to meet one another to share anything extraordinary from an ordinary day. As the world grew bigger our curiosity to explore new mysteries grew as well‚ which led to the increase in distance. Eventually‚ the one’s that we wanted to talk to became difficult and that’s how we started
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Effects of Social Media Who Uses Social Media? 76% of females and 72% of males 89% aged 18-29 82% aged 30-49 65% aged 50-64 49% aged 65 and over 79% of those that make $30‚000 or less 73% of those that make $30‚000-$49‚999 70% of those that make $50‚000-$74‚999 78% of those that make $75‚000 or more What Websites? 17% use instagram 19% use twitter 71% use facebook Youths & Teens the average amount of time spent on the internet each day is 7.5
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International Asian Research Journal 02(01): pp.36-42‚ 2014 ISSN: 2310-337X ©TIARJ Publications‚ 2014 www.tiarj.com MEDIA OBSCENITY AND SOCIAL DISORDER 1 1 Muhammad Riaz Raza PhD Fellow‚ Department of Mass Communication‚ Gomal University D.I. Khan‚ Pakistan. Abstract: Media is the wonderful invention of this age that has commanded the recognition as an agent of socialization. Media has been accused of distorting established cultural values and norms at the same when it has been decreed the
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