...Julia Brand English 101 September 11, 2014 Dangers of Social Media Social media has become a commonplace in the homes across America. Like all things there are those out there who looks to use things for bad purposes. This puts us in a predicament where our children have access to the entire world before they’re truly ready to experience it. This means we need to help teach our children what is and isn’t safe on the internet and for us as parents to also recognize what is harmful and to attempt to protect our children. The dangers they face are often cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, and a “no privacy” zone. Being able to recognize these things and teach our children how to handle them will make for a much safer social media experience and an all-around more fun one. A threat to children that can lead to many harmful outcomes is cyber-stalking. This also includes harassment over the internet. Many times cyber-stalking is performed by a jealous ex-boyfriend/girlfriend who becomes obsessive and unable to move on from the relationship. Sometimes this can be an adult posing as a child in an attempt to lure them to their home. This is a particularly dangerous form of cyber-stalking that has very potentially dangers outcomes. Many times these people go years without being caught because they cause the victim to be in fear of telling what happened and they often times return to the abuse. Another form of cyber-stalking is where someone “for fun” repeatedly sends malicious content...
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...cellphones can perform might have baffled them. It is amazing to see how far we have come. However, the price that we have paid to get here is large. The dangers that come along with all of our newfound technology almost always relate back to the use of the internet. In 2000, the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was implemented. This program allowed for schools to receive funding as long as they agreed to an E-rated program that would block specific websites and platforms. Initially, the program was a...
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...Social Medias Negative impact in our society * Social media plays a major part in the way today’s youth are growing up. Although it may have its benefits, it causes a huge negative impact in our society. Social media has drastically changed since it was introduced in 1979 when Usenet systems were first conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, and even since Mark Zuckerberg created “Facebook” in 2004. Social media sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and Omegle expose today’s adolescence to things they shouldn’t be seeing, and it is as easy as logging in. The following paragraphs will talk about the three main negative effects that social media plays on youth today. These are; one, continuously putting users of Social Media, (and even the internet), in danger, two, damaging face to face socializing skills, and three, exposing our youth to explicit materials. * * Firstly, Social media poses many threats in today’s society. It is accessible from any Computer, Phone, Tablet or IPod with an internet connection. This means that it is easier for children as young as 8 or 9 to connect to a social media site. This in turn exposes them to nudity, swearing and the worst of all; pedophiles and rapists. Rheana Murray of New York Daily News stated that a whopping one in ten profiles online are fake (May 2013). This means that at least 10% or more of a child’s friends on Facebook could be phony. The Carly Ryan incident in 2006 proves that the internet is a very dangerous platform...
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...Social Media Good Or Bad? Social networking is defined as interacting with people through applications or websites, virtual communities that allow users to communicate with one another, often used to share information (“Social networking website,” 2015). Majority of the content of the websites are all provided from the users, allowing an open platform to communicate, you can share events, opinions, and media. In this essay I will discuss the pros and cons of social media during a tragic event, I will be discussing social medias involvement in the Boston Marathon Bombing and the dangers that come along with using social media in an emergency situation, I will also discuss which argument I think has a stronger case. The evolution of social...
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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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...Assignment 1 Advertising Campaign Mrk312 Consumers are more knowledgeable than ever before. The internet and the adaptation of social media through mobile devices have allowed the flow of information to travel faster than ever before. The worries of one consumer can quickly become the doubts of thousands if not millions within a short span of time. In terms of cancer and general human health, plastic has become an important issue. Plastic is a concern for both the environment and for the health conscious. Plastic is a synthetic material created by combining materials derived from sources such as petroleum, natural gas or coal. These polymers then must be combined with additives to give the finished product properties such as flexibility or toughness (Life Without Plastic and Mama Mundo Inc., 2013). The shelves of sporting goods stores and general retailers are lined with bottles that market BPA free, but that isn’t enough for some consumers. BPA free plastics still contain chemicals that can interfere with normal human functions. Many of the chemicals in the plastics are not know because they are considered proprietary information by the manufactures (Terry, 2011). With so many unanswered questions about the safety of plastic a market niche has developed consisting of consumers looking for alternatives to plastic water bottles. One material that has promise is stainless steel. Stainless steel water bottles do not require linings made from plastics such...
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...Negative Effects of the Social Media Nowadays with the development of advanced technology, social media become more and more popular. There are about 2 billion social media users around the globe. By social media, people can share and receive updated information whenever and whatever they do. Many people are keen on the social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube because they can connect people with each other conveniently. However, these social media bring many potential dangers. In my opinion, social media do more harm than good. It is no doubt that social media provide people lots of conveniences. For example, if students encounter difficult questions in homework, they do not need to use telephones or mobile phones any longer. They just need to log in their Facebook and discuss the problems with friends. This method not only saves time but also saves a telephone charge. That's why social media are so popular that billions of people use them. Although the social media have benefits, they bring many harms. The problem that students are addicted to the social media is becoming more and more severe. For example, many students who have lots of friends in the Facebook spend much time on chatting with friends and ignore their studies. In addition, the flash games on Facebook are like drugs. The games make students addicted so that they can not concentrate on studying. Spending several hours is very common for them. Social media is also harmful to the social stability. The Islamic...
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...number is based on information from 2012 by the International Telecommunications Unit. There was over two billion daily users worldwide in 2012 (Statistics, 2014). Social Media Social media is a big reason people use the internet. One of the biggest social media applications is Facebook. From 2012 into 2013 there were one million websites to investigate with Facebook. In the top ten thousand websites, 24.3% have some form of official integration on their homepage. Wolfe (2013). “There are now 500 million Facebook users worldwide. That means there are more people using Facebook them there are living in the following countries: The US, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Japan.” Uses Facebook allows people to interact, share photos and find people. Not only is Facebook used for social purposes, many people and/or companies use it professionally for business networking. It has been found that more and more businesses with an online presence will link users to a Facebook page. It is surprising, however how many businesses do not know how to use Facebook for marketing. This has become a crucial skill to have in the job hunt and an integral part of online marketing strategies. Facebook has found a way to make itself the link between the brand and the consumer. Dangers. The CBS News (2010) website. There are five main dangers Facebook users expose themselves to that they may be unaware of: 1. Your information is being shared with third parties. 2. Privacy settings revert to a...
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...Social Networking 1. Introduction Social networking is like small rural communities, filled with millions of individuals who are looking to meet other people. Social networking is not necessarily a bad thing, in fact, social networking makes communication and sharing easier and even business models are using them. However, when such practices are becoming more common, people are less likely to question about the dangers and start using it as well. Up till this day, people are increasingly thinking that sharing and communicating online are more important than privacy and security (Elsas, 2008). The purpose of this paper is to further raise awareness of the benefits and dangers of social networking. It also covers examples of why people should pay more attention to dangers they might encounter before posting anything online. 2. Benefits While there are many dangers when social networking, there are certain potential advantages when it comes to communicating and sharing online. Social networking provides better chances for people to communicate and build up relationships with one another and it is also important to encourage others to build positive relationships with others online. 3.1. Gaining social confidence online Children improve relationships with friends that they have never met online (Pekel, 2012). For example, making friends online before meeting them, allows them to get to know the other better before meeting up. This usually works with situations...
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...Effect of Social Media on Students Social media has evolved tremendously over the years. It has become nearly a necessity to people around the world. Why take away the social media if it helps us out so much and has made things more accessible? The truth is that social media has become almost as addictive as a drug and a use for chatting and doing things that are not important, when instead people could be out doing important things and building relationships. Social media distorts our views on society and the real world, affecting the way that people communicate and has made us more dependent on a screen than face-to-face. Social media is destroying the social skills of high school and college students for the following reasons including: it causes danger, social media includes cyber bullying, and it can cause personality and brain disorders. The first reason that social media has a bad effect on the social skills of young adults is that it can cause personality and brain disorders. A person on the internet can be everything that they think a person wants them to be to be the “cool” kid. This is a bad habit to develop because students might tend to show a personality that is not them. What will happen when they go out into the real world and communicate? It is plain and clear that they will feel tense and get nervous since being behind a computer screen does not require an individual to face that person and require an automatic reply. On the contrary, when facing a person...
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...Is it social medias fault that kids are putting their lives in danger? Or is it our faults? Since January 1,2018, the American Association of poison control center has received more than 170 reports of teens poisoned as a result of ingesting laundry detergent packets. Kids are filming themselves doing dangerous stunts to get famous online, and many kids are getting hurt in the process. Some people think that social media sites like YouTube are to blame. Others think its kids and teens fault for doing dangerous stunts to get famous. Others thinks its not social media because teens are risking their lives just to become famous. Its not social media fault because people are risking their lives for them getting famous. People are going...
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...Effects of Social Media on the Youth We live in a quickly evolving world, in which people are more connected than ever before. Social media has become one of the defining themes of our generation, reaching all parts of the globe and influencing many aspects of life. It has provided a platform for individuals, businesses, and news outlets alike. Whether the rise of social media has brought about more harm than good, particularly amongst the youth, has become a hot topic of debate and discussion. Young people are some of the most active social media users, and likely the most vulnerable. Research has indicated that poor academic performance, sexual exploitation, and increased anxiety are often results of overexposure to social media. A study by the Kaiser family foundation found that today’s teens are spending more than seven and a half hours a day consuming some form of media (Ahuja 2013). Although we may not be surprised by hearing about heavy media exposure, over seven hours would amount to nearly half of our waking time. Social media alone accounts for over 3 of those hours, according to the Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange (Marketing Charts 2013). These numbers, which are consistent with many similar studies, mean that the current younger generation is the most electronically connected ever. These new trends require that we understand the benefits, as well as the drawbacks which may occur. Up until about a decade ago, time currently spent on social media may have been...
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...Topic: Social Media’s Impact on the Government Subtopic: Social Media’s impact on Politics Social Media has had a lot of impacts in the government. It affects the governments in different ways such as:Globally, Politically, economically, and Involvement. As we know now a days the government likes to use social media to keep us informed or as youths like to say it to keep us Hip. The Government doesn’t just use social media to keep us Hip, but they also use it for campaigning. As said here “It has become fairly common for political campaigns to produce commercials and publish them for free on YouTube instead of, or in addition to, paying for time on television or the radio.”(Tom, Different ways of doing it). Politicians use social Media to do things like this in order to save money. Meaning when they are campaigning they also try to save money. “Personal communication via social media brings politicians and parties closer to their potential voters.”(European Parliamentary, Politicians).This shows how politicians are brought together with the people that could potentially vote for them. “Reactions, feedback, conversations and debates are generated online as well as support and participation for offline events.”(European Parliamentary, People). Due to social Media more and more youths are involved in politics, this means youths are no longer left in the dark they are knowledged. “41% of young people engaged in at...
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...communicate face to face through social media with any person. 7) As nowadays the elections in Pakistan and it is a good platform for the different parties to show their power through social media such as at facebook twitter, and also to produce awareness in the people about their against parties, It also increases the voters for the party if a person see the party page through social media. 8) Social media is also a good platform for those people who shy and cannot face people sowith the help of social media they will in connect with the friends and they will become bold. 9) It also make in increase of the economy of the country as well as for the people living in that country. 10) It also...
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...Are social media sites good or bad for middle schoolers? According to Procon.org that published, “Background of the Issue,” 76% of the people around the world use social media sites to connect with other family members and friends. Everyone can stay connected to people around the world by sharing videos, thoughts, and images. There are many social media sites that are used around the world, and some examples would be Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, which all have similar ways to interact with others globally. Social media has some risks, but is also very beneficial for middle schoolers. Social media sites are good for students in middle school because they can make new friends and relationships, shy students can learn to communicate...
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