Essay on frontline-2

2nd part of RESEARCH

http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/dmal.9780262524834.095?cookieSet=1

Youth and Social networking

Millions of youth all over the world indulge in online social networking almost daily. Many young people of today have grown up in the digital age, and their world is the digital world. From talking to old friends to finding new ones, everything is digital to the generation of today. They use the internet to discover new identities, explore new worlds and to socialize in every way that they possible can in real life. 

REASONS they use the internet for:

Exploring identities: The teenage years are the times when teens are more concerned about their personal identities. It is during this time of life that humans go through the most change physically and mentally, and these changes impact greatly on their personality. People also begin to think of them as more mature. This atmosphere and the feeling of being an “adult” makes them want to be more independent, make their own decisions etc. As they look on to their surroundings to answer the great question of “Who am I?” , teenagers become more concerned about their personal identities. The question has no straight answer->kids explore different identities to find out the answer

Social relationships: teenagers are more concerned about their social lives. Teenagers who grew up in the digital age obviously try to communicate with each other over the internet, which explains how websites like Facebook are so popular.

Positive feedback: Kids sometimes use the internet and blogs to get attention and positive feedback about themselves. The internet is anonymous, and they can create any personality they want that people might like over it. They want attention and respect and might not get that in real world (i.e. Autumn Edows/Jessica). Being in a world where they can be listened to, and where people might actually listen-They also like it when people listen to and understand their problems, and can relate to it.

Show their real personality: Some teenagers use the internet as a way to be themselves. Many people feel uncomfortable being themselves around the people they know in real life. But over the internet, it’s different. You’re anonymous, and are in a circle of people or friends who don’t even know you in real life. It’s easier to be yourself

Essay on Frontline

The person I researched on for my frontline assign was Evan Skinner. I thought it was a bit interesting how she viewed the internet as way different from her kids, so I’m going to be doing my essay on how parents view “online social networking” different from their kids:

RESEARCH

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/tech/tec13.shtm

http://malenel.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/25-perspectives-on-social-networking/

What Parents hear the words “online social networking”: Fear and danger are some of the more common words that come into their minds. Many parents are more concerned than accepting of their kids participating in social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace.

Their problems with social networking are:

kids are posting too much information about their personal lives online.
They’re sharing pictures, and videos over the internet, and don’t care about who see them or does what with them.
They’re alarmed that their kids are using blogs, and instant messaging to communicate with their friends, and are afraid that social networking is not private enough.
Parents are more frustrated because technology is growing; their kids are finding more and more ways to communicate through devices such as cellphones;
some parents also feel less savvy with computers and technology than their kids are, and are more afraid because if something happens, they wouldn’t have much knowledge about it.
Parents’ concern with social networking is the lack of privacy, cyber bullying, and most importantly, online predators.

Parents deal with these problems in different ways. They are encouraged to talk about safe communicative methods with their kids, and let them know the dangers. They also try to get more used to the technology their children use so that they would have first-hand experience about what is happening online, instead of having to listen to media reports and the like to find out about things. They also take measures at home to make sure their kids are taking safe practices with their online lives-some parents (like Evan Skinner) keep the computer in an open space in their houses so that they can have a look at what their kids are doing now and then. Parents could also take advantage of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act if their kids are under 13-COPPA makes it a requirement for sites to have the consent of parents before using or sharing their children’s information, and it also allows parents to access their kids’ pages and delete or modify them (so long as they’re under 13).

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