This is why I believe parents should not be able to check their teen’s social media accounts. I understand that parents are also concerned with their teens safety. We hear a lot about the dangers of the internet and sharing too much information through social media. But as teenagers, we are expected to be more responsible and deserve some privacy. Parents rummaging through their teens’ social media accounts may do more harm than good as it shows no trust.
There are also many sites that exploit children outing our innocent children in harmful situations. Pornography is very addictive and the internet makes it that much easier for an addict to feed their need; it also contributes to the shaping of attitudes, beliefs, and the values of individuals. Because of the negative effects that internet pornography has on people I believe that the government should regulate the internet and make it more difficult for people to access and to put a stop to the horrific crimes being committed against children. One of the biggest arguments there is for not regulating the internet is the amount of money that is earned through distribution of pornographic material via the internet. According to now public.com the internet’s economic engine is pornography; it is an industry that has larger revenue than “the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink.
Kenji Yoshino, in his essay “Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights”, asserts that everyone covers, and people cover in order to be accepted by the mainstream. Many teenagers would rather text than talk on the cellphone. People avoid face-to-face or voice-to-voice contact in order to “cover”. On the one hand, modern technology can bring people countless convenience. On the other hand, these technologies can also boost covering described by Yoshino.
Social media is a new medium for communicating, and while some discredit its communication format for having its users being unable to convey emotion and discouraging proper spelling and grammar, these aren’t the flaws that should be scrutinised. The ease of communication of social media is undoubtedly a positive effect that it has on society however, some people abuse this privilege. Cyber-bullying is a new form of bullying, the effects of which can be detrimental and according to krenzkcn.wordpress.com, results in suicide more often than schoolyard or workplace bullying. On the same website, an article
Facebook hinders social interaction because it lets us create a version of ourselves that is completely different than who we really are, it can be addictive if over used, and it also can make us very lonely and depressed. Facebook gives us the power to change anything and everything about ourselves. If we don’t like something about ourselves, we can change it with just one click of a mouse. Due to bullying, some kids and teenagers, even adults change their whole look and lifestyle on Facebook, because they can be whoever they want to be behind a computer or phone screen. They can do this with little to no ridicule from others, by changing their likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc.
However, if a private profile falls into the incorrect hands, a personal may be in danger. For stalkers, Facebook is changing into a useful gizmo. “It is easier for folks to try and do stalking to stalk. Facebook is additionally the most common reason for “cyber-bullying”. Students will unfold rumours concerning completely different people and will sometime get associated with anti-group people.
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Just because more gun control laws will be put in place does not mean guns will be completely banned. With gun control the more powerful and larger guns could be banned. For example, high capacity magazines could be banned because mass shootings usually take place with semi-automatic guns. By banning large magazines, less people would be able to be injured in the event of a mass shooting. People believe by putting gun control into action it would put people in harms way.
With this same technology it allows us to communicate around the word in minutes. We would rather text a person instead of calling that person on the phone. When you use the internet the right way it has the ability to make our education better than in the past. Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is having a harmful effect on our brains, robbing us from being able to have deep thoughts and meaningful conversation with other people. "As we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world," he wrote, "it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence.” I have noticed for some time now that I have an issue when it comes to writing essays.
Experts have concluded that cyber-bullying can cause damage that is more psychological to people than the ordinary type of bullying, due to the incoming text messages and the feeling of being unable to escape from the online world. Cyber-bullying consists of hate emails, humiliating images threatened to be put up online for the whole world to see and a numerous amount of threatening text messages. Co-ordinator Sue Steel of the Anti-Bullying Alliance said that it infiltrates the home, taking away children’s safe spaces, and by taking away children’s safe spaces, it can have real life consequences for the younger generation. An incident back in 2009 highlighted the consequences of cyber-bullying, when, the 15-year-old girl, Holly Grogan jumped from a road bridge after a torrent of abuse on her Facebook page. According to Dr. Karen Douglas, the online world can be a very powerful tool to get the message out.