Using social media is the newest trend of today's children and adolescents. Any website that allows social interaction is considered a social media site, including sites such as Facebook, and Twitter, video sites such as YouTube and blogs that are very popular among today’s youth. Sites offer today's children is a portal for entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in the last couple of years. We have been using social media so much that it has been slowly embedded on our daily lives. It is nearly impossible to live in the 21st century without using social media. For this reason, it is important that parents become aware of the dangers of social media sites, given that not all of them of course are healthy environments for
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it is called peer pressure. It often times gets the best of people. It sometimes forces a person to do things he/she isn’t really use to doing or refrains from doing it because of what others might think or say. Socializing and participation among peers is important for a healthy lifestyle. If one struggles to do so because of peer pressure, he/she cannot expect to live a happy life. Due to technology, particularly the Internet, has helped many people overcome peer pressure by letting them speak what’s in their mind and giving them the freedom to decline from participating in unwanted situations, many people are saying social media can worsen peer pressure. Sites like Facebook, YouTube, Multiply, and Twitter are the prime culprits for such accusations. But is it true? How can peer pressure be affected or aggravated through social media?
The Issue
The endless struggle to keep young teens away from bad influences have moved into a new battlefield– the Internet. The latest studies show that people, especially teenagers, who frequently visit their social media account increase the chances of participating in unwanted habits, such as smoking, drinking, and premarital sex, compared to people who do not have an account or seldom visits it.
What Studies
it is called peer pressure. It often times gets the best of people. It sometimes forces a person to do things he/she isn’t really use to doing or refrains from doing it because of what others might think or say. Socializing and participation among peers is important for a healthy lifestyle. If one struggles to do so because of peer pressure, he/she cannot expect to live a happy life. Due to technology, particularly the Internet, has helped many people overcome peer pressure by letting them speak what’s in their mind and giving them the freedom to decline from participating in unwanted situations, many people are saying social media can worsen peer pressure. Sites like Facebook, YouTube, Multiply, and Twitter are the prime culprits for such accusations. But is it true? How can peer pressure be affected or aggravated through social media?
The Issue
The endless struggle to keep young teens away from bad influences have moved into a new battlefield– the Internet. The latest studies show that people, especially teenagers, who frequently visit their social media account increase the chances of participating in unwanted habits, such as smoking, drinking, and premarital sex, compared to people who do not have an account or seldom visits it.
What Studies