Emerging Technologies Paper
Brandyn Zea
Emerging Technologies Paper
Karyn-Lynn Fisette
11/8/13
Teens and Social Networking
The increase in social networks has diversified throughout many countries;
bringing people together, fueling political movements and has provided an
opportunity for people to connect with their jobs or jobs they may pursue. While
they 're many advantages, social networking cites have negatively altered social
interactions and provided new platforms that are damaging and harmful to its users.
Teenagers and social networking has been a big issue ever since Facebook in
2008, it has became popualr here and around the world. Every day there are
thousands of teens who log on and probably thousands more logging on as I am
typing this right now and to do what upload pictures, post statuses, instant message
friends and/or family, and comment. Well I think adding bullying to that is a valid
statement because cyber bullying has become as popular if not more popular than
bullying outside of the internet which shouldn 't even be the case anyway, bullying
does not make any better of a human being. I am actually really shocked cyber
bullying is even around. Since I was in elementary school society has changed
rapidly. Trends or what 's mainstream classifies you as popular now, kids are
smoking, cussing, and having sex younger, kid 's attitudes are getting more stuck up
and mean, and text talk and slang is being used in real life. All of this is affecting the
kids ability to think critically, rationally and abstractly in important situations, also
critical for their adult life because when your twenty-five you can 't just go around
saying JK, LOL, and WTF, your vernacular by that time needs to be sharp and
professional. If Facebook was non-existent I honestly think most teens would flip
out heavily because in this day in age society is technology-dependent
Emerging Technologies Paper
Karyn-Lynn Fisette
11/8/13
Teens and Social Networking
The increase in social networks has diversified throughout many countries;
bringing people together, fueling political movements and has provided an
opportunity for people to connect with their jobs or jobs they may pursue. While
they 're many advantages, social networking cites have negatively altered social
interactions and provided new platforms that are damaging and harmful to its users.
Teenagers and social networking has been a big issue ever since Facebook in
2008, it has became popualr here and around the world. Every day there are
thousands of teens who log on and probably thousands more logging on as I am
typing this right now and to do what upload pictures, post statuses, instant message
friends and/or family, and comment. Well I think adding bullying to that is a valid
statement because cyber bullying has become as popular if not more popular than
bullying outside of the internet which shouldn 't even be the case anyway, bullying
does not make any better of a human being. I am actually really shocked cyber
bullying is even around. Since I was in elementary school society has changed
rapidly. Trends or what 's mainstream classifies you as popular now, kids are
smoking, cussing, and having sex younger, kid 's attitudes are getting more stuck up
and mean, and text talk and slang is being used in real life. All of this is affecting the
kids ability to think critically, rationally and abstractly in important situations, also
critical for their adult life because when your twenty-five you can 't just go around
saying JK, LOL, and WTF, your vernacular by that time needs to be sharp and
professional. If Facebook was non-existent I honestly think most teens would flip
out heavily because in this day in age society is technology-dependent
Cited: Lenhart, Amanda, and Mary Madden. Social networking websites and teens: An overview. Pew/Internet, 2007. Long, Emily Margaret. "Review: Teens, Social Media and Privacy (2013)." Journal of Media Literacy Education 5.2 (2013): 8.