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    50 The Internet and Youth Culture Gustavo S. Mesch S ince the internet and other media have been adopted and integrated into the daily lives of an increasing number of young adolescents in Western countries‚ scholars and commentators are debating the impact of these new media on the activities‚ social relationships‚ and worldviews of the younger generations. Controversies about whether technology shapes values‚ attitudes‚ and patterns of social behavior are not new. In the recent past‚ the

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    123 http://www.futureofchildren.org The Impact of Home Computer Use on Children’s Activities and Development Kaveri Subrahmanyam Robert E. Kraut Patricia M. Greenfield Elisheva F. Gross “I really want to move to Antarctica—I’d want my cat and Internet access and I’d be happy.” —16-year-old HomeNet participant (1995) Kaveri Subrahmanyam‚ Ph.D.‚ is assistant professor of child development at California State University‚ Los Angeles. Robert E. Kraut‚ Ph.D.‚ is professor of social psychology

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    they need. The problem is not the media itself‚ is the way people use it. People have to realize the difference between use and abuse. Sachs called these people in The McGraw-Hill Reader (2011)‚ “vidiots”. Sherry explores in her book‚ Alone Together (Turkle‚ 2012) the ways media are changing how people relate to society‚ their family‚ their partner‚ and friends. She gives a sense of how strange individuals’ everyday lives are‚ how far they have moved away from enjoying each other’s presence. The thing

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    things like lawn mowers that mow themselves! Since there has been such a vast growth in technology many people rely on it for their day-to-day lives. But is there a limit to how much technology someone can take before it comes insane? Well Sherry Turkle‚ author of Alone Together‚ Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other‚ captures that question perfectly‚ but is there a real answer to that question? There are many good things about technology‚ along with many bad things. But

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    Not many people realize that the brain is still undergoing changes and metamorphose over the course of adolescents. Scientists used to believe that the brain was fully developed by elementary school‚ but with brain imaging they proved that the brain still has a lot of work to do before a teen can be considered an adult. Once certain parts of the brain‚ such as long nerve fibers that gradually become more insulated with myelin‚ fully develop‚ the brain can work at a greater speed and is able to make

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    As a member of the first generation to be born into todays “tech savvy” society‚ I found Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari to be a very enlighten look at dating and social interactions in the technological age. He covers a variety of topics‚ from how dating has changed in the past 100 years to how it differs in Europe‚ Asia and Latin America‚ and how online dating sites like OkCupid and Tinder have changed the how we meet people in todays society. He goes on to discuss how not only how we meet people

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    Social media has become the ultimate way of communication for our generation. It allows us to connect with one another no matter where we are or what time zone we live in. It has been a great tool for meeting people and also maintaining those relationships‚ even without having to see them face to face. Social media helps us share memories and also helps us create them. We are able to share thoughts and ideas and post pictures of our everyday lives for everyone to see. Social media sites‚ such as

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    Identify and discuss the implications of social networking media for social interaction in late modernity. ___________________________________________________ Much has been written about the erosion of the influence of traditional agents of socialisation like family‚ schools‚ and communities. etc in the era of late modernity. Many a reason has been ascribed to this phenomenon‚ among others the view that traditional agencies do not fulfill the needs of the new generation of youths in this

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    English 221 21 February 2013 Caution: Take your eyes off the screen We have become a nation of distracted individuals‚ individuals with little interest of the outside world. We no longer pay attention to our surroundings. We walk the streets with our heads down tapping a text to someone from another time zone‚ and our ears plugged in to loud music. A quote from the article “Enough about you” from Brian Williams says‚ “Intimacies that were once whispered into the phone are now announced unabashedly

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    Nature and nurture: Working Together to Form the Person I want to take a look at a subject that has been at the (unspoken) heart of many topics‚ nature versus nurture. How we became who we are today and what made us that way. Nature versus nurture‚ the age-old battle. What truly shapes us into the beings that we become in our adult lives? Is it the constant care and looking after by parents and loved ones? Or does it come from the chromosomes that our forbearers have passed down to us? Or is

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