Identity Crisis Theory

ne. Yet, they continue to do this every time without realizing their mistake. With today’s technology, students can use their smartphone to communicate with people on social media at any time and place (Dunn). Furthermore, teens can spend more hours on social media than with their family. Common Sense Media, a non-profitable organization, surveyed 2,658 people and found out teenagers ages between thirteen and eighteen spent an average of nine hours on social media. In their survey, they claim teenagers also multitask when they were doing homework (Fox and Edwards).
Erik Erikson’s Identity Crisis Theory describes the key part of teens in their adolescence age. In his theory of psychological development, it is called Identity versus confusion.
Social media is a way they use to show and advertise their rebellious lifestyles, such as fast cash, drugs, and popularity. With the benefit of cell phones, social media can be a great way for gang to post comments, photos, their achievements, and their upcoming events. They use the words “Web Banging” to glorify their gang activity (“Gang Presence”). Children in their adolescence stage can be convinced by these images to join a gang organization because they might also want to show part of their rebellious form. As technology improve, gang members could communicate their thoughts and ideas much easier.
Social media can harm social relationships by increasing jealousy and anxiety. Information online can contain suspicion for users, which generally makes people do not trust each other. The outcomes, such as cheating and break-up, were associated with contacting an ex-partner on Facebook or online dating. As people give negative feedbacks on social media, it could disrupt the stability of the relationship. This makes online surveillances very common for couples
In social media, people can easily find videos and images that promotes “sexual addictive behavior.” These free sexual images and videos can lead to teens taking the next step on clicking the internet sites that gives “sex chat, sexual hook-ups, prostitutes, or finding old acting-out partners” (Hatch). Paulla Hall, a sex addiction therapist, claims about forty percent of teenagers had seen pornography before age of twelfth. For men, excitement was the reason for their sexual behavior. In women, “affirmation and feeling wanted” was their reason. Because teenagers lack of education and easy access to porn, it can easily lead them to become addicted. Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, admits internet pornography have increased violence in teenage relationships over the year