Why Teenagers Cannot Think First and Post Later?

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Post-90s are always been labeling as a group of lacking self-reflect and often act before thinking in today society. More seriously, with the advance of technology, nowadays teenagers even post sensitive personal information about them and about others without realizing the consequences. It is common to see that teens post their own feelings or secrets, or upload videos and photos about the others which are taken secretly on the social network platform and Youtube. Then it comes the question, why the younger cannot change their habit into thinking before acting? In this article, the causes of this issue are going to be looked at into 3 perspectives, social, personal and educational. I hope there will be some solution after analyzing it. Social factors It is undoubtedly that social culture can affect one’s behavior, especially after the wide promotion by the mass media. In fact, the content of nowadays media is a very main reason which leads to teenagers acting first and thinking later. When you have a quick look on the magazines or newspapers selling in the convenience stores or news stalls, a majority of the headings are revealing others’ secrets and private matters, no matter the stars, the government officials, or ordinary people. Teenagers may easily be affected by these articles that having a thought of revealing the unknown side of themselves or of the others can gain awareness from the public. In addition, there are many videos uploaded by the public which are always about some scenes happened on the streets in the Internet, particularly in Youtube. These videos usually will become a hot topic in the community, for example the Bus Uncle and the girl who slapped her kneeing boyfriends. Therefore, teenagers will do the same thing due to the effect of the media, picking up their smart phones and shooting the scenes which are thought to be interesting and
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