Social media is a way to stay connected with the world. Through social media we communicate, share our ideas, and witness interesting things others have experienced, but social media may also increase our opportunities to make unwanted friends, and inspires us to become a different version of the person that sits behind the screen. I see many ways of how it puts us in danger. I believe that the dangers of social media out weight its benefits. We should be careful of the information we share with the world. Before we share something on social media, many of us don’t think about whether it may affect us. We tend to get caught up in the moment of how cool this will make us look and who we will impress. In the article “Just between You, Me and
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It’s our instinct when we see someone who looks like a potential danger to our safety, to attempt to stay away. There are people online that are like this too. These people have full access to our lives through social media and we may not even know they exist. These people could be enemies, stalkers or even rapists. It is easy to create a false identity and anyone can see what you’ve posted. While we’re young and still developing, we don’t understand the absence of online privacy. O’Keeffe in, “The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and families”, discuss some risks teens and children have concerning social media. She states that a couple main risk to adolescents online today are lack of privacy, and sharing too much information about themselves or others (O’Keeffe, 638). These risks can and will be consequential. They could lead to something minor such as your profile getting deleted or something far worse such as a stalker or trouble with the …show more content…
She was extremely thrilled about the outing and got caught up in all the fun and excitement. A couple days before our trip, she posted on Facebook, “Preparing for my trip has me so excited! I’m looking forward to an amazing week spent lake side with my fantastic family! I’ll make sure to post pictures!”. After our trip, we came home to many things missing from our house. Some of our electronics, appliances, and jewelry had been stolen. My parents were devastated. We never found the thief, but assumed that they must have planned the theft when they saw my mom’s post on Facebook before our trip. This brought into focus a lot of online awareness issues our family had. We started to closely monitor our online profiles and educate ourselves about what was okay to post and what was not. Looking back, I feel this was a good learning opportunity for me growing up. It helped me to realize how vulnerable my social profile made me and how it also affected my loved
It’s our instinct when we see someone who looks like a potential danger to our safety, to attempt to stay away. There are people online that are like this too. These people have full access to our lives through social media and we may not even know they exist. These people could be enemies, stalkers or even rapists. It is easy to create a false identity and anyone can see what you’ve posted. While we’re young and still developing, we don’t understand the absence of online privacy. O’Keeffe in, “The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and families”, discuss some risks teens and children have concerning social media. She states that a couple main risk to adolescents online today are lack of privacy, and sharing too much information about themselves or others (O’Keeffe, 638). These risks can and will be consequential. They could lead to something minor such as your profile getting deleted or something far worse such as a stalker or trouble with the …show more content…
She was extremely thrilled about the outing and got caught up in all the fun and excitement. A couple days before our trip, she posted on Facebook, “Preparing for my trip has me so excited! I’m looking forward to an amazing week spent lake side with my fantastic family! I’ll make sure to post pictures!”. After our trip, we came home to many things missing from our house. Some of our electronics, appliances, and jewelry had been stolen. My parents were devastated. We never found the thief, but assumed that they must have planned the theft when they saw my mom’s post on Facebook before our trip. This brought into focus a lot of online awareness issues our family had. We started to closely monitor our online profiles and educate ourselves about what was okay to post and what was not. Looking back, I feel this was a good learning opportunity for me growing up. It helped me to realize how vulnerable my social profile made me and how it also affected my loved