How social media effects children and teens.
just edit this and make it better “Are children smarter (or more socialized) because of the internet?” Does social media affect young Children and Teens? There are so many different opinions by so many individuals who believe that the internet and social media are not only distracting for kids but also starting to corrupted them. In today’s society, parents don’t realize how effective or defective the internet and social media can be. Yes, it’s great for keeping in touch with friends and family or looking up information. But like everything it has its positives and negatives and is social media healthy for your children to spend countless hours on Research Question: Are children smarter (or more socialized) because of the internet Pellissier, Hank. “Your Child’s Brain on Technology: Social Media.” Great Schools, 7 October 2019, www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/child-brain-development-and-social- media. Accessed 12 Oct. 2019. This article discusses how a child’s use of technology can be both beneficial and dangerous. Parents should protect their children by monitoring their internet use. Parents should also know how technology affects their children’s brains. Using social media puts children at risk of cyberbullying, social network sadness and more. “Social media, like other technology examined in this series has the potential to provide enormous benefits or catastrophic damage to your child’s frame of mind.” This article was written in 2019. It is relevant to my research question because it discusses how children interact with technology. The author has a master’s degree in English from the University of California Dominguez Hills. He is a freelance journalist who has written articles for the New York Times, and three ebooks. He is the Founder and CEO of Brighter Brains Institute, a non-profit organization promoting humanist principles. He is a frequent writer for GreatSchools.org a website that provides resources for parents with school-aged children. Since the article is not peer-reviewed, the information has not been verified, however, the author cites a Pew Research Report, peer-reviewed articles, and a study done by the University of Michigan. While somewhat biased, the purpose of this article is to inform parents of the dangers of children’s use of technology, and the inherent bias should not discount the importance of the content of the article. Ben-Joseph, Elana P. “Teaching Kids to be Smarter About Social Media” April 2019 kidshealth.org/en/parents/social-media-smarts.html. Accessed 22 October 2019 This article discusses implications of teenage social media use, and how parents can keep their children safe. The author highlights the positive benefits of social media, including developing social skills, interacting with nonprofits or charities, and meeting others with similar interests. These are all extremely important for a kids’ development. Some negatives come from social media use such as cyberbullying and online harassment. The author warns that a child should never reveal personal information about themselves or post revealing pictures. Parents must know how “to stay involved in a way that makes your kids understand that you respect their privacy but want to make sure they’re safe.” Parents need to set a few basic rules for their children. Be nice, don’t friend strangers, don’t reveal personal information and always ask yourself, would grandma post this? Teaching a child these basic principles can go a long way in ensuring their socialization and safety. Kidshealth.org has existed since 1995 and provides parents with information about the kid’s mental and physical health. The author is a medical doctor specializing in pediatrics with an emphasis on media and children’s health, as well as a visiting scholar at McGill University. This article is relevant to my research question because it addresses the need for parents to be involved in their children’s social media use. The purpose of this article is to educate parents on how to help their children be responsible social media users, however, the author believes that a parent should not be so controlling that it damages the trust between a parent and their child. Ronaldo, Tumbokon “Good and Bad Effects of Social Media on Teens and Kids“ 25 August 2019 www.raisesmartkid.com/10-to-16-years-old/6-articles/43/facebook-myspacewitter-good-or-bad-for-kids-brainm Accessed 22 October 2019 In “Good and Bad Effects of Social Media on Teens and Kids” by Ronald Tumbokon,” it highlights a plethora of negative and positive effects associated with social media usage in a child’s teenage years. The most common problem with social media on teens and kids would have to be an addiction. Some experts believe that knowing what’s going on with friends and what they are thinking or feeling can be addicting. Along with this, a liking system on social media leads children and adolescents to believe that this reward circuitry is needed to feel accepted and explains why more teenagers are into social media. The social foundation of media can be referenced by the amount of followers someone may have which can lead to compulsive checking, which ultimately, disrupts other activities such as schoolwork, reading or engaging in sports. On the other hand, some foundations, such as the MacArthur Foundation, believe that social media helps kids and teens develop important technical and social skills online. He claims that “social networking makes kids more peer-based”(1), that “Kids communicate and interact more than ever”(1), and that “social networks make kids more relationship-oriented, considerate, and empathic”(1). The most alarming and overlooked aspect of social media is an addiction. “Researchers at UCLA’s Brain Mapping Center has found that being appreciated in social media through ‘likes’ was seen in brain scans to activate the reward centers of the brain”. This reward pathway is very similar to the same pathway associated with drug and food addiction. If a teenager isn’t aware of this they could soon find themselves addicted to social media just like any other drug. This also might be why we find teenagers addicted to social media more than any other age group as it plays with a teenager’s still maturing brain. However, on the other hand, social media is crucial in developing a teenagers technical and social skills. This is something most parents overlook and may be the reason parents and teenagers have such a big gap in their opinions over social media. Regardless of whether or not social media is more positive or more negative what is important is how social media is regulated. For parents, it’s essential to ensure their child’s safety online, and for teenagers, it’s important to use real-life socialization skills and learn not to hide behind their phone screen. In Ronald Tumbokon’s article, he lists many strong reliable sources. The most reliable is Baroness Susan Greenfield, a top neuroscientist of Oxford University. The second notable source comes from the MacArthur Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to a variety of global changes such as climate change, decreasing nuclear risk and promoting local justice. As stated in the ‘about us’, “The MacArthur foundation continues its historic commitments to the role of journalism in a responsive democracy as well as the vitality of our head”. These sources on top of the validity of the website itself prove this source to be reliable and safe. Saha, S. (2019). “Do Children Become Smarter Because of the Internet?” [online] Supportive Guru. Available at: sguru.org/children-smarter-due-to-internet/ Accessed 22 October 2019. Some of the main advantages of children’s internet usage would include good results at school, answers to questions nobody knows, communication and acquiring friends, and better preparedness for adult life. It touches up on how the internet is a huge source of information that kids can interact with and then apply it to their everyday life. This allows students to question much more and be able to have answers to those questions. Most social networks are beneficial tools that help a child’s communication skills. Though social media has its advantages, it also has some downfalls to it, such as how children may not be more brilliant or socialized because of the web. Instead of doing homework, children can easily find the answers to the problems instead of finding the answers correctly. This source can be justified by concluding the site is “.org” and the company Supportive Guru. The reason Supportive Guru was developed is to guide people in solving problems relating to technology. The source offers sponsorship and advertisement and claims to have 56,000 subscribers. Studentshare. (2019). Are Children Smarter Because of the Internet Research Paper. [online]AvailableAt:https://studentshare.org/sociology/1473347-are-children-smarter-because-of-the-internet Accessed 22 Oct. 2019. The young generation is impacted by the internet the most. Since the internet is significant in the young population, it tends to have effects such as making children both sociable and smarter because they have gained an increased amount of exposure to unknown areas. Since the young generation grew up as technology advanced, they both began to grow and strive together. People have become more socialized with the internet, which is seen on social sites such as facebook, twitter, and Instagram. These sites have played a factor in children’s socialization. Seen most commonly as a way of communication with other peers, or having a conversation with someone over the internet that they would not normally have in person. “Internet connections may facilitate the initial contact among those with social anxiety, with people beginning by investing their sense of true self in internet interactions” (1). This connection can be seen as a way for kids to overcome their weaknesses that come in their way of socialization in the real world. This article can be justified because of the author, “ian04”. He/she formulated the article on a masters degree level and labeled it as an official research paper in sociology. The article’s sources are sited and can direct you if you wanted to learn more about the given topic. StudentShare.org posted an article that justifies the essay more. The organization running it claims to have “more than 1,000,000 professional essay samples in all subject areas and on all topics from common or even classic to rare and tough ones” (1). The organization offers many services ranging from essay help to study guides to blogs. Uhls, Yalda T. “Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence” Official Journal of The American Academy of Pediatrics Nov. 2017 Accessed Oct. 22 In this journal, the author expresses how adolescents use social media quite often in a day and over a week. The other exclaimed that children who are already more social and outgoing tend to be more attracted to social media. Children are adapting posthaste to electronics and the apps that iPhones, iPods, and tablets provide. Apps such as Instagram and Facebook are causing cyberbullying and social anxiety to teens and young children. Inappropriate content is one of the largest issues on social media and the internet that teens and young children have access to. The use of social media by young teens and children tends to have a negative effect because of all the exposure. Due to the exposure of one’s self, you tend to deal with the tress of cyberbullying. Unhealthy content can be accessed on social media and the internet such as sexual content, alcohol “and many other unhealthy products also easily reach children and adolescents through those new media” (28) This journal was written in 2017. It is useful to my research topic because it covers the effects of adolescents and the effect social media has on them. This journal can be justified due to the fact it comes from AAP News and Journals Gateway and Official Journal Of American Academy Of Pediatrics. This journal references many google scholar written articles regarding social medial and child behavior. The American Academic of Pediatrics was founded in 1930. American Academic of pediatrics has the largest publishing program in the world, with more than 300 titles for consumers and over 500 titles for physicians and other health-care professionals. Due to all my research, this journal written by Uhls is up to date on the information which it provides and is a valuable source regarding my research topic.