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Social Media and Social Development

            "Social networking- generally a website (ex. Facebook, Myspace) where people can add "friends"and communicate with them through multiple ways such as leaving comments on posted pictures or blogs, or perhaps sending them a message that can read when they sign into the site at a later time."- Urban Dictionary. .
             Social networking seems like a completely harmless matter, twitter especially; however this is not the case. It is everywhere, it has evolved from becoming an after school activity into an obsessive need to make sure you didn't miss anything. It makes one feel the need to constantly keep up with their peers' lives and never miss the latest gossip or dispute via Twitter. It can be helpful if used properly, however with the youth of America, it is simply being abused. It can control one's life, people put social networking before other things.
             Teachers believe that Twitter along with other social networking sites "are infantilizing the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a short attention span and live for the moment". (Facebook 2) Social networking isn't just affecting our face-to-face communication; it's also affecting the development of a child/teens brain and their education. There aren't any grammar rules on twitteryou get 140 characters to write whatever and however you want. Given the fact you only get so many characters teens shorten things up with other slang. They use it as an opportunity to not have to use any proper punctuation or spelling. In fact it's "cool" to not follow proper rules of grammar. Some will try to shorten up words, for example, instead of saying because they will shorten it to "bc". Some will even say it in person. "Less sophisticated children will find it hard to differentiate between social networking communication and real world communication".


Essays Related to Social Media and Social Development

1. Social Media - Tool or Trouble?

I have become increasingly aware of the adverse affects of social media on myself and society. ... The use of social media is dramatically on the rise. ... Although the use of social media has rapidly become a valuable tool in society, few users take any thought of what adverse affects the excessive time spent on these sites has on social development. ... The flood of social media technology cannot be stopped. ... For better or worse social media is an integral part of our lives. ...

  • Word Count: 1381
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  • Grade Level: High School

2. The Effects of Social Media on Identity

Social media, in today's environment can come in many different forms. ... What is the role of social media in our lives? ... Social media lends itself for this purpose. ... Ultimately social media is leaving a long-lasting affect on human beings. ... Besides the short term affects the Internet and media can have on adolescent brains, there is also the issue of development and behavior in young adults. ...

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3. Social Media and Generation Z

Has social media and the likes of Facebook become the downfall of their time? ... Now with social media bulling has risen to an all new level. ... Being accepted by their fellow classmates is an important development of adolescents. ... Greenwood states that "many teens' social and emotional development is now taking place online, which can be problematic because teens are still developing self-regulation skills and are susceptible to peer pressure". ... Social media is the biggest pressure of all. ...

  • Word Count: 2055
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4. Social Media - Emotional and Social Development of Teens

Social media use is widely common around the world today, from television shows to social networking sites to texting among friends. ... During adolescence, the brain has already made its final developments. ... It makes it surprisingly easy for many teens to lose themselves in social media and to fully invest themselves in it. ... On the other hand, social media can also be used as a sort of educational tool and a great resource for teens. ... Social media helps these teens to reach out and create new bonds and friendships, which brings them access to these greater learning and social opportu...

  • Word Count: 1452
  • Approx Pages: 6
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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

5. Teenagers and Social Media

Although social media can have a few positive effects, teenagers should have tighter restrictions and regulations on how much social media usage they are allowed to have per day, because social media can present a serious threat from other people using these websites, teens can also be a danger to one's own self, and the amount of time teenagers spend on social media can have many negative effects. Social media can be an extremely dangerous threat to teenagers from some of the other people using the social networking sites. ... Cyberbullying is not the only threat from others on socia...

  • Word Count: 2104
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6. Social Unawareness

Popular fields of development have been cell phones, and the Internet, which now go hand in hand. ... Secondly, social media has been associated with affecting the health of an individual and thirdly, as well as their personal lives, in areas such as work, or school, and prioritizing the virtual social media world than focusing on reality. ... Thus proving twitter to be a distraction, like any other form of social media, even in the workplace. ... On average, Americans spent seven point six hours a month using social media, with the majority of individuals accessing social networking sites...

  • Word Count: 1242
  • Approx Pages: 5
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7. Social Media Addiction

Social media has become a way of life nowadays. ... Clearly the use of social broadcasting and technology should be restricted and supervised by parents to help decrease the potentially negative outcomes of social media. ... With social media interactions today, it has created a very high potential for cyber bullying. ... It incorporates the uses of social media to damage of tease another person. ... Having an addiction to social media makes it difficult for many users to fall asleep at night. ...

  • Word Count: 3174
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8. Generation Y and Social Media Addiction

Social interactions are being altered through social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. ... The first step to identifying a potential social media addiction case is to see where the emotional and mental attachment rests in the social media user. ... Even though there are negative side effects to internet and social media addiction, it is also beneficial to those who have different brain developments (Yen, 2009). Based upon research for brain development, there is a conclusion declaring that day-to-day exposure to the internet and social media stimulated brain activity and...

  • Word Count: 2077
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9. Social Media - Power To The People

Social Media is used by almost everyone. ... The effects of social media depend purely on its usage. ... Social media basically helps in connecting people. ... According to Leon(2013) Arab youth is increasingly engaged in social media . ... The world is getting technologically advanced day by day and these social networking sites are contributing in the development. ...

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10. The Pros and Cons of Social Networking

But then again, this does not mean everything on social media is reliable and true either. ... Through social media, the research method and developments are clearer and available to a larger community. ... Students are not the only ones social media may help and harm. ... "One in six job-seekers credit social media for helping find their current job.... Being that, spending too much time on social media can lead to social isolation. ...

  • Word Count: 664
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

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