...The internet has a big power to influence what goes on in todays world, to connect one another in real time, and to mobilize the current generation with the help of recent technological advances that many people wouldn’t believe that would happen. But in today’s society, it has happened and the primary focus has been with the rise of social media. According to The Pew Research Center, “there has been an 356% increase of social media use in the United States alone since the rise of Facebook in 2006.” And including about “over 94% of social media use by people through the ages of 12-18 years of age.” Therefore is doubt that social media has been a godsent to young people who want to get in touch with others around the world who also share the same interests and want to know what is going on in their friends and families lives. Even with this upside there is still a downside because with these social media sites are greatly affecting today’s teenagers, in turn are making it a health concern for these teens to be on social media. Communication is key to any thing you do whether you are talking to a friend or speaking to your doctor on your latest test results. Real communication skills are what teenagers are lacking today. These social practices that you have been taught throughout your life seem to be missing in today's generation since eye to eye contact and having conversations without looking down on your phone are very rare to see today. Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a clinical...
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...Critically assess the effect of Social Media on society Social media as defined by Andreas M and Michael (2010, p. 61) is “a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.” Social media platforms include chat rooms, blogging web sites, social networking sites, forums, and also text messages and e-mail (Luxton, June and Fairall, 2012). The most popular social networking site, Facebook has made such an influence on society that from 2004 to 2011 the number of users registered to the site increased from 1 million to about 1 billion users worldwide (Yahoo Finance, 2012). With such vast figures social media is bound to have an impact on the way society operates, either positively or negatively, or both. These will be critically analyzed in this essay, identifying the most crucial impacts it has on our society. With the rapid increase in the awareness and use of social networking sites, it has provided positive contributions to how society functions. First and foremost, social networking has grown to become a critical part of a business’s marketing strategies, and if managed efficiently, will prove to be a major factor for its success. Social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter have provided an easy-to-access platform for people to share their views, preferences, and experiences about brands and products. Once this information gets widespread through...
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...How does social media affect our lives today? Discuss Social media definitely affects our lives today, don’t you think? Social media consists of websites and applications that enable us to create and share content, and also communicate. Social media itself has positive aspects, for instance online education including the news and informative websites; it also has many negative aspects such as a rise to cyberbullying and a lack of sleep. Study shows that most of these issues are mostly targeted at teenagers, which is also a problem in our society. Social media can have a positive impact in our lives today due to all of the education websites and wikis where we interact by adding articles and editing existing articles. Most of these websites can be used for support in our studies or in schools. We tend to use the internet to catch up on news and what is going on around the world as well as research although we must be aware of false information. At least nine out of ten teenagers have internet access in the home, six of these students are using the internet for research and information and eight and a half of the ten students are using the internet for communication consisting of Facebook, Skype and many more. Despite the fact that social media can be useful, the negative aspects of social media definitely overshadow the positive. Firstly, a lack of sleep has a large impact on the society today, especially on teenagers. Most people do not get enough sleep because they are...
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...Cyber bullying: the monster the internet created Bullying is a social problem that has existed ever since the gathering of people began. Bullying began as the survival and organization of people into groups became important as a way of organizing society. This method of survival has evolved in our daily lives as it can be reflected in our educational, economic and social systems. Bullying is an aggressive intentional and repeated behavior of a group or an individual against a victim who cannot defend him or herself. Bullying can be either physical or verbal although they are both equaling harmful. The forms of bullying has changed dramatically over the years. Originally it was limited to physical or verbal confrontations that involved two or more persons but with the increased availability of internet, bullying is being redefined. Cyber bullying is form bullying that involves hurting someone else by using information and communication technologies. Unlike physical or verbal bullying, cyber bullying is targeted to an unlimited supply of audience. Every age group is affected regardless of physical strength. Cyber bullying has been on the rise as part of the misuse and abuse of a resource such as the internet. Since more and more of our lives now take place online, this type of bullying can take up several different form. As written in Dr. Kate D. Simmons and Dr. Yvette P. Bynum of Auburn University Montgomery article, “cyberbullying: six things administrators can do” there...
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...remain the same" and in this instance, things never really changed despite the technological innovations. Take for instance one of the dreads of any primary, secondary or college student – or anyone for that matter who has fallen prey, bullying; before the Internet and computers, this deviant act is a form of abuse and normally done by stronger person on weaker ones. The goal of bullying is usually to make the weaker person do something against his will, project power on someone else or simply hurt another because they are deemed different. Bullying has been a societal problem since people began walking upright and "as old as recorded history (“Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him,” reads Genesis 4:8), but, unfortunately, its methods have evolved with technology. (Billitteri 2010)" The reasons and motivations for bullying, the victims of the act and the intended affects really remain the same. It’s only that the methods and techniques differ because of the use of technological tools and techniques. From the physical, bullying gave rise to cyberbullying or what "the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention labeled “electronic aggression” (Billitteri 2010)" where bullies who are now cyberbullies used the Internet to harass, malign, ridicule, threat, scare or intimidate their victims. Victims of bullies who cannot take the abuse often commit violent or suicidal acts on themselves because of their helplessness; victims of cyberbullies often resort to the same extreme...
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...cyber-bullying we must understand why and how a cyber-bully works. After researching and analyzing informative articles on the topic, this research paper aims to inform and answer questions such as: what a cyber-bully is, how they work, whom they target, and how to stop them. By understanding how a cyber-bully works we will be able to better protect youth populations as technology grows. Approximately half of U.S. students are impacted by traditional bullying each school day (Ross). Cyber-bullying is technology powered and as technology expands it is getting harder and harder to see and prevent bullying from happening. Bullying over the Internet makes it easy for the tormenter to get away with their destructive behavior without any consequences. The article, “What is Cyberbullying: Bullying Comes Home” states, “Bullying is not new but thanks to the Internet teens are now being bullied at home. Online harassment...
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...Cyberbullying Russel Bustamante Devry University Cyberbullying Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old girl from Florida, had a dispute with some girls over a boy in Crystal Lake Middle School. Multiple girls started threatening and bullying her in school which forced her mother, Tricia Norman, to take her out of school and be home-schooled instead. Little did she knew, the bullying carried over online. Rebecca was being cyberbullied with hate messages such as “Go kill yourself” and “Why are you still alive?” It affected Rebecca psychologically and emotionally to the point where she started searching questions online related to suicide such as “How many over-the-counter drugs do you take to die?” and “How many Advil do you have to take to die?” Eventually, Rebecca could not take it anymore and jumped to her death at an abandoned Cemex plant site on North Eastside Drive in Lakeland, Florida (Allen, 2013). Figure 1: A memorial for Rebecca Ann Sedwick Figure 1: This is the abandoned Cemex plant where Rebecca committed suicide by jumping off from one of the towers. Source: The New York Times: Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies (2013). Tragic stories like this needs to stop. This is an example of an unintended tragedy that can come out of technology in the hands of children. Everyone needs to be aware that cyberbullying is a serious matter and should not be ignored. Kids need to be educated about cyberbullying and know its consequences...
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...Social Media and Our Children Crystal Y. Mays Liberty University Abstract Social Media today has confronted our youth with different entertainment environments than the one experienced by their parents and grandparents. Today children live in a world that provides various social network resources, like cell phones, Ipods, Ipads, and notebooks, that makes it possible to connect to social networks at any time. Technology is everything to them because they communicate, live and socialize through and with it. It can provide a great opening for children to develop cognitive, social and language skills, but because they are so captivated by the vast products and many programs offered they are missing this opportunity. Social media has also become a very lucrative playing ground for predators, either sexual or bullies to prey on vulnerable and please seeking boys and girls. The power of technology has created a new monster called cyberbully who has the ability to reach out and manifest harm and danger to their targets very easily. Parents can commit to enforcing technology education and monitoring to help their children make a successful tool to access for their advancement and also take the correct defensive measures to protect them from the many dangers. Social Media and Our Children Social media has vastly evolved over the last decade. It has become a vital ingredient of our personal as well as our professional lives. Social media is a key component of practically every...
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...Cyberbullying: The Era of Virtual Bullying Rae Black EDUC 16 Mt. San Antonio College November 4, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction …………………………………….. 3 What is Cyberbullying? …….………………….. 4 Effects on Family ……………………………….. 5 Effects of Cyberbullying on the Victim ……….. 6 Effects on School ……………………………… 8 Conclusion ……………………………………… 9 Reference Page …………………………………. 10 Introduction Young people today are using the internet more than ever. They view the internet and even more so the mobile phones as positive aspects of our society. The internet and mobile phones systems are the two biggest systems of communication which play a crucial role in our daily activities and development of identities. On the other hand, these same technologies are also often used negatively. Many children are the targets of bullying via the internet or mobile phones resulting in total confusion on the part of the "target". Very often, children are not able to understand that what they are going through is a form of bullying. As a result the previously safe environment of the internet is now becoming a source of confusion and anxiety. Cyberbullying follows children around the clock, and into the safety of their homes. Many times, kids are scared to tell their parents about cyberbullying, thinking they will be blamed, lose their Internet privileges, or that their parents will call the school or other parents, probably making the bullying worse. However, the pain...
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...The Positive Influences of Social Media in relation to Language Development Richard Brown English 101 HYB Professor Engelhardt 15 October 2011 Children of the twentieth century can be classified by one major thing, change. Technological advancements were made throughout the entire twentieth century, starting with the Industrial revolution that swept across the world beginning in the early 1800’s and continuing through the twentieth century. This revolution brought about the introduction of assembly lines making the rate of production for cars sky rocket, the atomic bomb which revolutionized warfare, and the internet. The internet has brought about a change in cultures across the world as well has helped connect individuals in a personal way. The way in which interactions happen between individuals has evolved with social media. In a little over a hundred years the world has gone from having to send a letter on horse and buggy or train, to being able to use computer to access pictures, e-mails, and personal feelings of another individual. Social Media has been rapidly developing since the development of MySpace in 2003. The global phenomenon inspired others such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. These social media networks are each now worth billions of dollars, and the creators of each have made enough money to last more than a lifetime (Rivlin). A tweet, according to Merriam-Webster is, a “post made on the Twitter online message service.” Twitter does not have...
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...People are bullied every single day in the United States and sometimes, it cannot be stopped effectively. Bullies are everywhere. They are in offices, at home, in the neighborhood, and many other places. It is a huge problem in schools as well. Many schools in the country have anti-bullying policies. These policies are all different and are implemented in different ways. Most of these policies are not effective though. Anti-bullying policies are not effective against all bullying because school bullying and its effects are still seen, because of the growing use of technology, and because of family influences. Anti-bullying policies are not effective because school bullying cases are still frequently happening in schools. Bullying is a major problem in the world today and it can be seen almost everywhere and it happens every day to people. It most commonly occurs in schools though. Many schools have adopted policies that they use to help prevent bullying in their establishment. However, these policies are not always effective. A study by a University of Texas in Arlington found that students at a school that had an anti-bullying policy, “were 1.2 times more likely” to be bullied than students who attended a school without an anti-bullying policy (Antoniades, pg. 1). This confirms the fact that these policies are not always effective. A school that does have a policy actually is more likely to have bullying. A student is often challenged to bully because they see that they can’t...
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...As the internet progressed to the way it has today, a new outlet for bullies to target their victims formed: Cyber Bullying. Social media has contributed many positives to today's society, yet one of the biggest downfalls of the internet was the creation of social networking sites. Many can argue that the internet is not the only cause, yet it is very prominent in situations of cyber bullying incidents. School has been thought of to be a safe environment for students who receive education. Bullying and Cyber-Bullying is a problem that tends to undermine the learning ability of an individual student. Cyber bullying is described as a sort of method of intimidation targeted at youths who use or have the capability to access any electronic devices, said Courtney Stoel. Traditional face to face bullying has taken on a new direction into the world of technology. More social networking sites have the ability to choose the option to become anonymous which creates an outlet to cyber-bullying. Becoming anonymous creates more cyber-bullies since they tend to express what they have to say without acknowledging their identity which creates a safe place for the bullies themselves. As more of the youth in today's society have been affected by cyber-bullying, school performance is at an all time low. Technology is always a resource around people, causing an easy access to social media networking sites. In schools, many technology programs insist on using the computers and internet for research...
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...The fast growth of technology is creating more and more threats to our society in a number of ways. It is threatening individuals by letting cybercriminals gain access to sensitive information that can cause harm to innocent people. It is also creating threats to our younger generations that are unable to cope with the high emotions of social media sites. Individuals are being lured by fake profiles or fake people who would do harm to them. Computer crimes are on the rise. Law enforcements and agencies are doing everything they can to prevent the spread of these crimes. They have created special task divisions to protect our society better. New laws have been put to place to protect U.S citizens better. The four categories of crime: the computer as a target, the computer as an instrument, the computer as incidental to a crime, and crimes associated with prevalence of computer show that everyone can fall victim to some cybercrime. The computer as a target The computer as a target in cybercrime is what today’s society fears. Examples that are considered the computer being a target are denial of service attack, data alteration, and intrusion. Denial of service is when cyber criminals deny users to access to a machine or network. An example of this is when Yahoo was hacked into, and users could not open the website for a couple of hours until Yahoo had fixed the issue. Yahoo’s denial of service attack is a great example because it showed society that even big names...
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...Effects of Bullying and Cyberbullying Unit 9 Project Nisha Ostrander Kaplan University CM107 Professor Lori Martindale Effects of Bullying and Cyberbullying In the state of Florida, a 12 year old girl by the name of Rebecca Sedwick jumped to her death due to bullying in school and online. According to reports, this may not have been the only factor in her life to cause her suicide. Rebecca came from a single parent home and her mother was not a strong role model. Rebecca’s home and school life may have been the reason for her death. Rebecca was being cyberbullied by more than fifteen people (Dahl, 2013). Children who experience bullying, or bully others are most likely to have suicidal thoughts, attempt physical harm, and sadly successfully take one’s own life. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007), suicide was the third leading cause of death among adolescents in 2004. Even though suicide rates have decreased 28.5% between 1990 and 2004 among young people, upward trends were identified in the 10 to 19 year old age group in 2003-2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007). Children today have if far worse than any other generation before them. The pressures they face today exceed society’s expectations. Bullying has been at the forefront for decades, this behavior may include physical contact. Like pushing, shoving, hitting, and stealing. This type of bullying makes the victim feel less than human. Psychological bullying shows...
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...What Is Social Networking? Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision, if you will. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities, and high schools, it is most popular online. This is because unlike most high schools, colleges, or workplaces, the internet is filled with millions of individuals who are looking to meet other people, to gather and share first-hand information and experiences about cooking, golfing, gardening, developing friendships professional alliances, finding employment, business-to-business marketing and even groups sharing information about baking cookies to the Thrive Movement. The topics and interests are as varied and rich as the story of our universe. When it comes to online social networking, websites are commonly used. These websites are known as social sites. Social networking websites function like an online community of internet users. Depending on the website in question, many of these online community members share common interests in hobbies, religion, politics and alternative lifestyles. Once you are granted access to a social networking website you can begin to socialize. This socialization may include reading the profile pages of other members and possibly even contacting them. The friends that you can make are just one of the many benefits to social networking online. Another one of those benefits includes...
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