Lately, there have been many news stories about young adults who have committed suicide due to cyberbullying. In today’s society, the internet has become very common and it plays a major role in teenagers’ lives. They can shop, express their thoughts, and even make new friends online. It is also important to note how easy it is to distribute information across the internet in very little time. While there are positive outcomes of the internet, there still exist dangerous aspects to it, such as bullying.
Florence Foster Instructor David English 102 11 January 2011 I have chosen to write about Brent Staples “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow up in Cyberspace.” Staples argue that “so called online communities isolate adolescents and hinder their social development” (241). Which I believe to be true, but the world as we know it, is becoming very advanced to technology. So that would basically leave adolescents with two decisions, either they have to jump on board with technology, or be left behind. Which would you prefer? Social interactive technologies, such as instant messaging and texting messaging are beginning to redefine the social networks of today’s youth.
Ranging from the Vietnam War to the Civil Rights Movement, America’s youth were trapped in the midst of the chaos of the decade. These youth which were the children of the veterans who fought in WWII, the baby-boomer generation, had started going to college and started forming their own political ideologies. There was an influx of youths to different colleges during the 1960s which made many of them start to think in ways that would oppose their parents’ ideologies of the conservative 1950s. These new ways of thinking along with great numbers of supporters would allow for such change to occur during an era that was already experiencing struggle. This wave of youth among American society would also impact the culture in which these people were living in.
“Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” An interesting concept I like about Nicholas Carr’s article “Does the Internet Make You Dumber” is how people have unbelievably become reluctant to deeper thoughts and the use of the human brain. The 21st century man is gradually losing the ability to deeply focus on a given problem but instead, we tend to sort for help from the internet rather than the usage of the natural resource from the brain. To begin, technology and all other found equipment that makes human life easier was meaningfully created by man. This clearly displays that the human brain is way too smarter than technology itself and the mind can only be improved through deeper thinking and problem solving. I couldn’t agree more with Nicholas Carr that the internet distracts and interrupts our brain rendering it shallow.
The Inception of the internet and World Wide Web has changed how we research and gain knowledge. Before its introduction to society, libraries were utilized to reference scholarly works by previous intellectuals, but now they are used for computer access and social media. Google and Wikipedia have leaded the charge of information services and the fingertips of our culture. While a great resource in conjunction with other academic sources, they are not the best example of accurate and reliable material. Google is by far the worst example of an information supplier, in that, a search on Google can inundate the reader with an outlandish list of results.
Children are meeting sexual predators on the internet and forming relationships with them and unknowingly allowing them into their lives. Parents must talk to their children about the dangers of the internet. Technology is a great learning tool for them and they will be far more advanced than we were as children, but it also opens the door for unwanted predators who will take advantage of children. With a society more focused on wealth and having a good job and long lasting careers some children are often left in the care of daycare providers. You can often look on the internet and find video after video of the abuse and neglect that goes on in daycares.
On the show “To Catch a Predator” the predators that fall for the bait are arrested. This is just one of the reasons why parents are becoming more worried for their children to be using the Internet. Television shows like “To Catch a Predator” have parents asking themselves, is the internet safe for my children? The internet can be very dangerous, but there are ways for parents to better insure their child’s safety while online. One great way to start protecting your children is to have a computer in a high traffic area in the house where children can be observed.
Tevin Hutchinson 11/10/2012 English 102 Technology plays a huge role in our everyday life. I do believe that technology has made our lives easier, but it also has made us more dependent on the technology itself. When using the internet for a dictionary you could easily get distracted. Anyone can put anything on the internet, so what you find might not be accurate. Most people find that looking things up on the internet is distracting because you are already on the web so why not check YouTube for a funny video, or update your status on the social network.
How is shutting our bedroom doors and sitting constantly on our devices like robots considered to be “socialising”. For an average teenager, seven hours a day is used consuming media, and surfing the web. Do you find yourself constantly logging onto Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, or being ignored by people who are? I myself admit to being a fan of social media. I like being able to connect with my friends and family through these social media sites, and know what is happening around the world at all hours of the day, However, this also means its all easy to fall victim to the alternating nature of the internet.
Their understanding of cyberlanguage and cybersociety is poles apart from today's grown-ups who were not naturally introduced to a world that has developed from a physical environment to endless . The internet; today's childhood don't see the Internet as isolated from customary socialization and cooperations, yet as normal as up close and personal talking (Shariff, 2008). Grown-ups view the Internet as instrument to be utilized; teens see the Internet as an extension of themselves. These contrasting perspectives have brought about a division in how Internet use and the issues identified with it are comprehended by different stakeholders(Goodstein, 2007). Perhaps, this division in understanding has additionally made a gap between traditional bullying and cyberbullying that does not exist nor should be engaged upon when creating larger policies and projects to address bullying and