During the last decade, the Internet enriched our social lives and our civic connections. People use e-mail, on-line chat rooms and instant messages to communicate with each other. Even adolescents can use the Internet as the same as the older people. But, heavy use of the Net can bring some bad consequences to the adolescents more than what they do on adults. Brent Staples, in “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace” (2004) pointed out the consequences of adolescents cruising the Net.
Positives with the Internet and Growing Up The youth generation today uses the internet so much in their daily lives it has created an epidemic. The epidemic caused uproar of different ways of learning, communicating, teaching and even shopping or advertising done online. Technologies such as ipad, laptops and smart phones make internet access unbelievably easy. Since it is so easy, “Growing up Online”, a document by Frontline that aired on Januarary 18, 2008, claimed that the internet has caused many issues in the youth’s lives. One problem the internet caused stated in the documentary is, it is very hard for parents and authorities to regulate what kids do on the computer.
You can SMS not only on a cell phone but also on the internet. Fax Machines: Fax machines are great machines that have come to be huge in the world. They are a fast great way to send a copy of anything really fast over a landline. They are commonly only data communications with some using both voice and data. Pagers: Pagers are no doubt a data communications.
The Face book application is owned and operated by Face book Inc., which was established in September 2006. A primary advantage is that it’s an online community that we can in touch, connect, and communicate and get to know others better over time. Face book is a very important part of many teenagers’ lives, and it us keep in touch with our friends and family. The social networking site lets you post anything you want on your wall to share with the world, but sometimes people never know that what they posted is taken as an offense by others. In Lauren Tarshis, Is Face book making you mean?
Because of this, there has been a massive effect on the amount of socialising between friends and family; using technology in online social messaging websites such as Bebo, MSN, Facebook and many more. Through these social messaging websites, more and more people can interact with their friends and family all over the world. An expert professor David Crystal has supported the idea of web-based messages and disagrees with the view that slang and contractions leads to a lower English standard of language. Although this is a benefit to most people, it has been abused by some people by overusing it and different ‘language’ while typing, which cause differentiation in the way we speak and the way we write. The
Many everyday people create social profiles as a way to connect with people in an instant. They create them thinking it’s something innocent and harmful and not fully understanding that it can back around and haunt you. Sometimes we post things “in the moment” and not realizing the consequences it can bring to us in the future. I feel that my Facebook account doesn’t represent me as a professional, but more of a student who posts, likes and shares articles, videos and pictures of my interest. I think that my social media accounts, would hinder my career as a professional because people will judge and have opinions on certain topics that are on the accounts and would not take me serious as a professional.
Now, though cell phones use both voice and data for their networks and it has been ongoing competition since then between carriers. When data first arrived the cell phone populous people raged about it. Now they could surf the web and navigate their way home while all still maintaining a conversation on the phone. However, companies saw how big of a demand data became since the introduction of social networking. Now companies have put a limit to how much voice and data you can have depending on the price you pay for service.
It has even reached to an extent that many authoritative figures ask parents to be careful and to monitor what their teenage children are doing online as well as encourage them not to let their children spend too much time on the internet. Although going online and surfing the web can be dangerous and risky, Rahul Parikh proves with evidence and statistics that it is not as dangerous as it is being seen, and it is actually good for teenagers to get on the internet and to be online. By analyzing the logic and reasoning of Parikh, the claim he suggests follows the same evidence that he exhibits in his article. He claims that “Fears of online sexual predators, cyber bullying, sexting, and other perils of the internet are overblown” (Parikh 1). In his article, Parikh explains to readers why his claims are true and also gives readers a logical explanation.
Social media websites have allowed people to make new friends, and have fostered many relationships. The impact of actively participating on social media sites is not always a wise decision; it can affect relationships and peoples reputations. Information disclosed on social networking sites can have a negative effect on relationships compared to more traditional interactions, such as instant messaging or face-to-face interactions. Social media can be a valuable source of connecting people together and enhancing relationships but it can also cause conflict and hurt relationships between people. Many people that use social media have stated that it doesn’t only affect their lives daily, but also their close relationships.
This becomes a real danger especially when using networks that are not confined to close friends only. In Twitter for instance, tweeting is not restricted to a particular audience therefore anyone following you on Twitter can see what you tweet. This becomes a real danger as strangers can get access to confidential information. Social media usage reports also show that approximately 50% of all teenagers use social media to make new friends. This is dangerous in terms of exposing teens to strangers who might have ill motives.