The internet is a great tool not only for teenagers but for people of all ages. With the internet, we can easily figure…
Communication among the internet has become increasingly popular, especially among adolescents. About ninety-three percent of young people in America between the ages of twelve and seventeen are using the internet. Most adolescents are using the internet to communicate among social networking websites such as facebook and twitter. They are usually continuing communication among already formed friendships. These friendships could include people they see daily, friends from summer camp, town sports, or long distance friends from a vacation spot. Yet there are still fifty-five percent of adolescents who do in fact communicate with people who they do not know.…
Technology can help you keep close friendships with friends who move away or with relatives who do not live near you. "You can watch your baby cousin grow up via Instagram and stay- up-to-date on hundreds of people at once" ("Is Technology Killing Our Friendships?"). You can share daily experiences with photos on social media sites like Instagram or Snapchat, unlike with the time lag of writing letters and mailing them. Facetime is a good way to connect with people if you aren't able to see them face-to-face. Additionally, with heavy homework loads and busy extracurricular activity schedules, teens don't have time to physically be with their friends. Furthermore, in most families, both parents work and aren't available to transport their kids to friends' houses. "These platforms help people stay connected like never before" ("Is Technology Killing Our Friendships?"). Through digital communication, teens can still check in with their friends electronically, while having busy schedules. Communicating on electronic devices allows you to engage with friends and family in real time at anytime.…
In her article “Online Friendships” which appeared in an internet magazine Current Health 2, Jan Farrington talking about the advantages and disadvantages of online friendships. First of all, she lists how online friendship affects teens in real life. Teens spend a lot of time to connect with real-world friends online. Patricia Hersh, the author of A Tribe Apart, said online communicate is important in teen’s life. Second, it’s a good thing for teenagers to hang online. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that online chatting is a useful way for teens to keep in touch with them real-world friends, and it can shorten the distance between teen and their friends. Also you can make new friends from internet. But life online is sometimes unfriendly, for example, rumors run away, and arguments exacerbate. However, Hersh said that teens will be more emotionally online than in real life, that is, cyberspace is a space where teens can be real themselves. Third, we need to be careful when we go online. Make sure that you won’t tell your private feelings with a stranger, and try to be sensitive with hurtful comments, to avoid bulling things happen. Eventually, a survey found that teens just spend a less time to contact with friends online. So author suggested teens to spend more times to keep up with friends in the future, and online is a convenient way to stabilize your friendship. Online friendship has some benefits for teenager, and it is important in teen’s real life, but teen should be careful when they use it.…
Bibliography: CommUnity, 2012. Social Networking Provides Opportunities for Teenagers to Develop Social Skills Online. Department of Internet Studies, Curtin University, Australlia, CommUnity: Online Conference on Network and Communities.…
The teenagers of today are a main vocal point of many topics regarding the internet. It has been brought to attention how teenagers make use of the internet, and it has become a main point of discussion. A large amount of research has been carried out since the internet has started to develop, and it has been conducted about teenagers and the way in which they use the web. Starting from the late nighties to the present date, research has been conducted by several researchers which this review has been related to using a variety of relevant sources. This review examines the research that has been carried out into the adequate and inadequate ways in which teenagers use the world-wide web. It has been broken down into different factors: How adequate or inadequate is the use of web for educational purposes, the use of pornography and the use of social networking online. The uses of all these factors are different but the decisions teenagers decide to make is what is in question.…
Nowadays, everyone can use the internet for communication even though they are not in the same place. Teenagers like to talk and share ideas with each other all the time using the internet. The two most popular websites are Twitter and Facebook where people can chat and share ideas with each other all the time. These two services include similarities and differences, but both Facebook and Twitter make people addicted.…
The Internet has a great deal of benefit in our lives. It is the window that opens onto the world and shows us everything that is happening around us. Although it is meant to help and support our needs, enrich our social lives and expand our civic connections, it has not been going so far in this way. A lot of research is showing that the heavy use of cyberspace is isolating people form the world around them. Knowing that adolescents are spending a great deal of their time in cyberspace, this article will examine the things they miss when they are left to grow up in it.…
This mass medium introduces an array of diversity in different forms (Mokeyane). Contributing to teenagers knowledge, the media helps influence cultural learning, social interaction, and awareness of many topics. News outlets such as CNN, FOX News, and Al-Tazeena English provide teenagers with an opportunity to develop a political stance. Exposure to these media sources or any type of news informing events revolving around the world, also allow teenagers to participate in charitable acts or consider other ways to engage in benevolent deeds (Mokeyane). In today’s society, social networks are teenagers most accessible form of interaction. A social network is any site that allows a person to interact socially. Such sites offers today’s youth entertainment and communication. These networks-Facebook, Twitter, Myspace- delivers teenagers a gateway to connect with friends, family, and strangers to exchange ideas and to make new companions (O’Keefe and Clark-Pearson). Many benefits are…
Social networking sites, especially Facebook, have become a huge hit. 98% of 18-24 year olds already use social media (Statistics). Hanging out on the internet has become a major way for teenagers to build social relationships. They find people that have the same interests as them and then begin to build a friendship(Niemer) . They can get involved and play games with others. Everybody needs someone to interact with and social networking gives us an enhanced way to do that by playing games, sharing photos, getting blogs started on their certain beliefs. According to Neimer teens are also using the social media to find out information on health topics from sexually transmitted diseases to depression. As the way we communicate changes rapidly, our teens are the first generation to be born into a world that’s constantly connected. Whether we like it or not, social media is a fact of life for our teen that isn’t going to go away.…
Over the past decade, technological advances have reached all segments of the population across the globe. The 20th century was epitomized by youth staying connected through face-to-face interaction or the use of the landline telephones. Social networks, thought of as a set of people in which support is exchanged or relationships that are important to an individual were typically managed through interpersonal or conventional telephone contact. However, the growth in internet access and software availability as well as advancements of cell phones, combined with a population of youth who have grown up exposed to this technology, has resulted in social networks being replaced online and through telecommunications. The youth of today use technology such as the internet more than any other method through which to…
In modern era, a lot of people use social network because it has many functions and benefits. As we know, social network is one of a part from social media. However, social network sometimes has negative effect to teenagers. The writer will try explain advantages and disadvantages in social network. Social network is one of a part to social media, in this globalization era.…
Online shopping is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the internet using a web browser. Also known as online retailing, online shopping involves paying through online banking or cash on delivery (COD). This kind of activity are now becoming a trend among teenagers and adults. Popular websites involving online shopping includes e-Bay, Lelong and Mudah. Online shopping creates multiple effects to the society that are easy to use, but also brings about negative effect such as fraud and addictive behaviour.…
The adolescent participants, ages 10 to 19, are currently enrolled in school. There are mainly three uses of Internet to the participants. First, the Internet is widely used by the participants for educational purposes. There respondents being students would naturally seek help in the Internet to accomplish their school tasks. The Internet contains vast information and made acquiring data easier and within reach. Second, entertainment’s another reason why the participants surf the Internet. The capability on the Internet to incorporate multimedia, which appeals to the different senses, makes the content much…
The alternative argument is that the Internet can be a significantly negative influence on teenagers, if overused. Constant Internet use detracts time that could be spent with friends and family. Hours wasted away typing useless messages are detrimental to personal relationships…