...helped to create more jobs and recruiting, while Facebook has helped people stay in touch with each other. Emails and texting have replaced extra phone calls. Ideologies and Cultural Patterns Facebook, a tool for people to communicate, has over 1.4 billion users, YouTube has 490 million user per month and Twitter has 190 million tweets per day. These facts show just how much society is communicating through social networking sites. News spreads faster through these sites but can also give false information just as fast. There are problems that have become a social issue such as cyberbullying and security attacks. “49.5% of students reported being the victims of bullying online and 33.7% reported committing bullying behavior online. 800,000 minors were harassed or cyberbullied on Facebook according to a June 2012 Consumer Reports survey (PR, N., 2012)”. Adults are also victims of cyberbullying, and the problem with that is adults are supposed to be examples. If children see their parent’s bad behavior, then they are being shown its okay to bully one another. In 2012, Facebook’s chat window infected with a virus called Steckt.evl attacked users. The chat box would show up as you scroll down your Facebook page, looking like a link from a friend. When you click on the...
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...negative effects later on in life. So are people becoming more dependent on electronic devices for communication? What effects could this have on young adults and children? Bellinson, Jill. "Introduction to “Where the Wired Things Are: Children and Technology in Treatment”." Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy 10.4 (2011): n. pag. Abstract. Print. Jill Bellinson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst as well as the author of the Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy. As a Ph. D I believe her information on the topic very credible. Bellison presents this topic in an unbiased way by listing the pros and cons of having so much digital interaction. Pros such as the ability to be connected and ability to communicate at any time but cons such as cyberbullying, and stalking. Boyd, Danah. It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. N.p.: n.p., 2014. Print. Danah Boyd, a social media scholar and youth researcher has alma maters at Brown University, MIT and UC Berkeley School of Information. She is well known for commentary on sociality, identity, and culture among youth on social networks. In It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, Boyd busts numerous misconceptions that many adults have about teen social-media activity. For example, she reports that teens are not oblivious to the need for privacy. Her interviewees find a variety of ways to limit what adults and strangers see of their...
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...is a very unique invention that grew among internet users exponentially. With this exponential growth came the debate over whether or not the government should regulate social media use. Of course recent attacks and propaganda from terrorists via social media has embedded fear into its users. Along with this, youth safety online due to cyberbullying has become a rising threat. The impacts it can have on one’s health has raised concerns as well. These arguments for regulation of social media combined show you why there has been recent debate over social media. Terrorists are becoming a bigger and bigger threat to American citizens. One reason it feels this way is due to the increased use of social media by terrorist groups. Michael O’Hanlon, a specialist in foreign policy and defense, states, “There is no doubt in my mind that social media has helped ISIL enormously.” O’Hanlon goes on to say that the group continues to draw in about one thousand recruits each month (Johnson). Justine Dunlap, a college professor, agrees with this unfortunate...
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...Persuasive Essay: Social networking Sharrieff L. Martin University of Phoenix COMM/215 Professor Haines September 30th, 2014 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Introduction ...
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...It is obvious as to why there is debate over whether social media is helpful or harmful because both sides have convincing claims. Those that claim social media is helpful say that it enhances community policing and safety, improves the quality of schoolwork, and changes how we will receive news forever. Those that allege social media is harmful claim that is supports terrorist groups, encourages cyberbullying, and increases health risks. However, almost anything can be turned to bad when used incorrectly, just like social media. Even though it has its faults, its perks are changing America. Students are improving in school, the public is more aware, and communities are able to see and connect with an abundance of diverse cultures around the world, all thanks to social media. Social media is a remarkably helpful tool to today’s innovative, high-tech society, and is not going away anytime...
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...Social Networking A social networking service is a platform to build social networks among people who share common interests, activities, backgrounds or real – life connections. People create user profiles. Different countries have different names and sites. Such as American based sites are Facebook, Google +, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, vine, Tumblr and twitter. They are all used worldwide. Other countries have different names and different sites. Some examples of these are in Germany you have skyrock in Spain you have tagged and in Europe you have Myspace. When it comes to the history of social networking. Social networking began back in 1994-1995 most of the communities focused on bringing people together to interact with each other in different chat rooms. Some of these communities included: theglobe.com, and tripod.com. Some communities such as classmates.com took a different approach by simply having people link to each other via email addresses. In the late1990’s user profiles became a central feature of central networking sites. You were able to create a list of friends. By the end of the 90’s you were able to search and manage your friends list a little bit better. Myspace and LinkedIn began in 2003, by 2005 Myspace was visited more than google. In 2004 Facebook was launched. It was originally created for Harvard students. Then it was opened up to other universities and eventually opened up to everyone. In the year 2009 it became the largest social networking...
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... Valerie Helfman PS101 Introduction to Psychology Does Facebook have a generally positive psychological effect? Yes, Studies have shown that humans are social creatures and we like to make new connections and to communicate our opinions and to listen to others, and through regular Facebook status updates that pop up in our friends news feeds or vice a versa we are able to do this. Facebook use has become a part of millions of people’s daily routine, whether it is to update a status, reply to a message or even to read the News. Facebook has provided both positive and negative psychological effects. Negatively, Facebook has provided a site which can be used for cyberbullying along with an extreme influence on education. And because people may only post positive status, people tend to get the impression that all is well in their lives and they have no problems. And this could lead to feeling that their lives are boring and sad as and recent studies indicated as to how children and teenagers feel because of this. Facebook is also a distracting site that can make you lose track of time and distract the mind from more important matters. . . Facebook has generally provided positive psychological effects on the multiple sections of society. Positively, Facebook has revolutionized the understanding of communication along with increasing the self-esteem of users. And Studies have shown an increase in self-esteem...
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...Social media is hurting us mentally, because it is creating stress in teens. According to an article called " Social media can be both bummer and boom for the brain" by Kaiser Health News, social media is contributing to a new era of adolescent social stress. This shows that teens are now getting stressed over social media drama. Another way that social media affects mental health is that, according to the same article is that "Social Media can drive envy and enable cyberbullying. It can make things harder for people who struggle with a mental illness." This shows that people who suffer from a mental illness can be more affected from social media, because people are bullying them. This is another reason why people who have a mental illness are affected even more when they use social media....
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...WK 9 Expository Essay Final Project Bridget Sherman COM/150 September 9, 2012 Elliot Courtright Social Networks and Teens Essay As a single parent with a pre-teen, it is often hard to make the right decisions in knowing how to keep them safe. It is the hope that the information provided in this paper, will inform the reader of the pros and cons of what it is to have a teen using a social network. As parents, it is a never-ending duty to ensure the safety of the lives that have been given to them as parents. One must ask themselves is this environment a safe place to be in and who will their teen be interacting with. Frequently children in 4th-6th grade levels engage in social networking activities. In the process they post personal, potentially exploitable, information about themselves online. (Social Networking Statistics, 2012) Social networking sites provide many opportunities for adults, but leave adolescents vulnerable to predators, addiction, and lack of social interaction. The beginning of social networking started with a site call BBS (Bulletin Board System). This was a site that allowed user to use text only exchange. This was a popular thing in the 1980s and late 1990s. (Nickson, 2009) The Internet was still new at this stage and did not catch on until AOL (America Online) ventured around in the mid-1990s. Soon sites such as Yahoo and Amazon came alone catching the eyes of the young generation. In August 2003...
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...Social networking sites allow people to stay in touch like never before. However, people who are using them spend too much time on these social networks that it begins to interfere with their lives. Are social networks good for our society? While it is true that social networking is educational, people should regulate the amount of time spent on social network because it’s addicting or obsessive, eliminates privacy, and it’s affecting the way we communicate. To begin with, Social networks may be filled with negativity it’s also a way to improve information literacy skills. This skill is the ability to recognize the quality of information. Social networks expands exposure to information which allows people the chance to analyze, create, and evaluate information to develop critical thinking skills. With social networks and teenagers, this is important as the most impactful part of social networks. When collecting information, people can learn to blend it into ideas and present it. Information literacy alone encourages critical thinking, and skepticism. Moreover, social networks like Facebook increases communication. Facebook offers a great program for teachers to build study groups. Professors/teachers can also utilize Facebook to set up projects or lesson plans. With Facebook students can collaborate easily on assignments and the teacher is more accessible. Another advantage is that the students who are shy can direct message the teacher to for questions. With professors/teachers...
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...stepped up an joined new technology. I never would have thought about is, but yes, there is an App for that. In the past election, 80 % of voters used their cell phones to gain details about politics and 8% of voters had an App from a campaing, political party, or interest group related to the campaign. You might have received in the last election a campaign pitch on your cell phone using all your minutes. Though there are guidelines for the campaigns to follow, they found loop holes to reach you all day via cell phone. Sneaky Politicians. Legal implication of cell phones Some of the legal implications of cell phones are crime, cell phone bullying, cell phone jamming, and distractions on the roadways. Cell phones has their pros and cons when it comes to crime. Cell phones have been used to report a crime, call 911, or trace a kidnapped victim. Cell phones have been useful as evidence...
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...Misty Roger EDU 225 January 29, 2012 Megan Mattioda Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan Introduction To me technology is a logical and practical addition to learning science and assisting students in their problem solving that helps them meet today’s basic human needs. Technology is an innovative vision for a better future. Technology literate student accesses and acquires knowledge, exchanges ideas and opinions, solves problems and creates, innovates and expresses themselves through the skillful use of a variety of technologies. (Oregon Department of Instructional Technology, 2011) Mission Statement In my classroom I will strive to provide my students with the chance to incorporate technology in the classroom as an educational tool and use these tools to assist my students in achieving the highest possible standards in academics, creativity, and cultural diversity, in the real world. It is my duty to get the community and the parents involved in the students’ education and the educational standards that they face. Vision Statement My students will be able to excel in academics through the use of technology learning and hands on experiments that will entice the students to learn the joys and the thrills of science. Through the use of technology my students will develop skills that will aid them in the real world. My students will be successful by incorporating 21st century technology in their everyday learning. My students’ technology skills will aid them...
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...For this assignment, you will choose a topic, narrow it, research different points of view about it, and identify your audience in order to develop your angle on the topic. After looking at the list of topics below, which was shared in Week 1’s lecture, choose a topic in which you have more than just a passing interest. The best topic to choose is one which impacts you in some way. Having personal experience with the topic will probably lend some perspective on it and may get you closer to an angle on it. Also, sometimes research can be daunting, but if you have personal experience with the topic, or are even passionate about it, you will probably be more motivated to keep working when the “going gets tough.” Thus, while “interest” in a topic is important, mere interest will probably not sustain you through this project. You might ask yourself, “What is it about this topic that sparks my interest enough to write a ten page paper about it?” Once you choose the topic, please respond to the five questions below. Each of your responses should be approximately two paragraphs in length. This assignment will be graded using the Week 1 Assignment Rubric available in Doc Sharing. Education | Technology | Family | Health and Wellness | School Bullies | Multitasking and Technology | Sexualization of Girls | College Students and Weight Issues | No Child Left Behind Act/Race to the Top | Technology and Social Isolation | Gender Discrimination | Childhood Obesity...
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...Francis Tampol Jane Hemmerling English 1C 24 February 2015 Essay 1: Social Media: It’s Impact on Human Relationship If Alexander Graham Bell is to live today, his traditional telephone invention would have not succeeded and he would not have been the great inventor that we all know. Or yet, he might have invented greater things and became even bigger than Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. But then, history would have changed, human interactions would have been different and businesses would totally not be the same. Alexander and the rest of those innovators and inventors have significantly influenced the way we, human beings, live today including:—the way we create, build and nurture relationships, the way we communicate with each other and the way we live our daily lives. From then, the social media was born. What is Social Media? According to webtrends.about.com, “Media is an instrument on communication, like a newspaper or a radio, so social media would be a social instrument of communication. Think of regular media as a one-way street where you can read a newspaper or listen to a report on television, but you have very limited ability to give your thoughts on the matter. Social media, on the other hand, is a two-way street that gives you the ability to communicate too. Is social media and social news the same thing? Social news is not the same thing as social media any more than a banana is the same thing as fruit. A banana is a type of fruit, but fruit...
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...The Ripple Effect of Technology Troy Lindberg DeVry University The Ripple Effect of Technology OMG Where’s My Phone!! Figure 1 We have become so dependent on mobile phones that their loss certainly causes emotional and mental distress. (MIREVIEW, 2015) Figure 1 We have become so dependent on mobile phones that their loss certainly causes emotional and mental distress. (MIREVIEW, 2015) Some people believe that technology is the best thing since sliced bread. It is so ingrained in people’s lives that most individuals’ believe that they couldn’t function without it. A testament of this would be the frantic reaction one gets when they believe that they have misplaced their phone. It resembles the reaction of a mother when her child has gone missing. We laugh at this analogy but the thought should be sobering enough to open your eyes. It has been found that the average teenager spends approximately 133 hours a month absorbed in some form of technology or social media (OAH, 2013). That is almost four and a half hours a day. What is the allure that keeps them returning as if it were an addiction? It’s this dependence that drives me to proclaim that technology is a detriment to the social development of youth. How did we get here? Positive Development Computers have been in existence since 1936 but it wasn’t until 1991, when Tim Berners Less came up with the World Wide Web, starting the computer revolution and computers as we know it. There is a plethora of information on...
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