A Dark Side of Technology
Without a doubt, digital technology benefits and revolutionizes the world. One cannot deny the massive impact that technology has on the society, especially children. Currently, digital devices such as tablets, smart phones, etc., play a key role in children’s daily play. However, the effects that it has are complicated. It can be beneficial as well as harmful. At that age range, the children’s brains are still improving, so immoderate exposure to digital devices might negatively affect their cognitive development as well as other psychological health aspects. Even though there are numerous evidences prove the positive impact technology has on children’s development, its devastating effects cannot be neglected. It …show more content…
The article called “Loneliness, Social Support, and Preference for Online Social Interaction: The Mediating Effects of Identity Experimentation Online among Children and Adolescents” written by author Louis Leung explores further about the negative impacts of technology on the youth’s psychological health. Leung strongly emphasizes the fact that adolescents frequently use Internet as a tool to discover their identities. It gives them the ability to avoid face-to-face confronts so they would have a chance to think about their responds as well as be who they want to be without any parental controls (Leung 382). One of the psychological problems that adolescents might encounter when using information and communication technologies is loneliness. With the support of strong facts and statistics, Leung states that Internet users who experienced loneliness and often use Internet for emotional support are indications of psychosocial distress (Leung 384). She also includes negative consequences that people who grow to have abusive behavior on the Internet might experience from harming school, work activities to essential relationships; it could lead those individuals to isolate themselves to society and eventually suffer more loneliness (Leung …show more content…
It now has the ability to follow the victim everywhere through social media such as Facebook or Twitter. Cyber bullying has been one of many difficult concerns without a sturdy solution in this modern society, especially with the improvement of technology. Unlike physical bullying where it often arises in elementary school and then reaches to middle school and beyond, cyber bullying can occur unexpectedly at anytime through multiple different mediums from emails, text messages, to social media platforms such as blogs, Facebook, etc. Authors Steven Seiler and Jordana Navarro write the article called “Bullying on the Pixel Playground: Investigating Risk Factors of Cyberbullying at the Intersection of Children’s Online-Offline Social Lives” to have an in-depth discussion about this serious social problem that raise international concern. The authors suggest that children who spend most of the time online and with low levels of sociability potentially have a higher chance of being the victims of cyber bullying. In addition, the two authors also mention that “the youth are more likely to cyber bulling others if they have been victims of cyber bullying themselves” (Seiler & Navarro). The victims are motivated by revenge to cyber bully other online users. By harming and harassing other online peers who appear weaker and vulnerable, they could feel a sense of
Without a doubt, digital technology benefits and revolutionizes the world. One cannot deny the massive impact that technology has on the society, especially children. Currently, digital devices such as tablets, smart phones, etc., play a key role in children’s daily play. However, the effects that it has are complicated. It can be beneficial as well as harmful. At that age range, the children’s brains are still improving, so immoderate exposure to digital devices might negatively affect their cognitive development as well as other psychological health aspects. Even though there are numerous evidences prove the positive impact technology has on children’s development, its devastating effects cannot be neglected. It …show more content…
The article called “Loneliness, Social Support, and Preference for Online Social Interaction: The Mediating Effects of Identity Experimentation Online among Children and Adolescents” written by author Louis Leung explores further about the negative impacts of technology on the youth’s psychological health. Leung strongly emphasizes the fact that adolescents frequently use Internet as a tool to discover their identities. It gives them the ability to avoid face-to-face confronts so they would have a chance to think about their responds as well as be who they want to be without any parental controls (Leung 382). One of the psychological problems that adolescents might encounter when using information and communication technologies is loneliness. With the support of strong facts and statistics, Leung states that Internet users who experienced loneliness and often use Internet for emotional support are indications of psychosocial distress (Leung 384). She also includes negative consequences that people who grow to have abusive behavior on the Internet might experience from harming school, work activities to essential relationships; it could lead those individuals to isolate themselves to society and eventually suffer more loneliness (Leung …show more content…
It now has the ability to follow the victim everywhere through social media such as Facebook or Twitter. Cyber bullying has been one of many difficult concerns without a sturdy solution in this modern society, especially with the improvement of technology. Unlike physical bullying where it often arises in elementary school and then reaches to middle school and beyond, cyber bullying can occur unexpectedly at anytime through multiple different mediums from emails, text messages, to social media platforms such as blogs, Facebook, etc. Authors Steven Seiler and Jordana Navarro write the article called “Bullying on the Pixel Playground: Investigating Risk Factors of Cyberbullying at the Intersection of Children’s Online-Offline Social Lives” to have an in-depth discussion about this serious social problem that raise international concern. The authors suggest that children who spend most of the time online and with low levels of sociability potentially have a higher chance of being the victims of cyber bullying. In addition, the two authors also mention that “the youth are more likely to cyber bulling others if they have been victims of cyber bullying themselves” (Seiler & Navarro). The victims are motivated by revenge to cyber bully other online users. By harming and harassing other online peers who appear weaker and vulnerable, they could feel a sense of