The Internet is frequently expanding everyday and becoming an omnipresent factor in today’s society with new online technologies and applications for people to interact socially. It has been argued that the Internet is creating a generation of anti social youth, specifically young people ranging between ages of 16-24 years old. The term ‘anti-social’ refers to someone who is unwilling to communicate and associate with others, acting in an unfriendly manner to their peers and being opposed to their social order. This essay will argue that regardless of findings, which propose that online technologies are harming the socialisation of youth, there are greater bodies of findings suggesting that the Internet is helping develop their social skills.
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Studies have shown that youth with high social anxiety who have had few friends in face-to-face interactions find it easier to make friends in the online world and create closer connections with online friendships which inturn help them overcome their barriers of interacting (Tian 2013). The studies revealed that, “..the higher the respondents’ social anxiety, the higher their new friendship quality.” Stated by Tian (pp. 247 2013). This is because computer-mediated communication has no face-threatening situations and allows a more comfortable pace for highly anxious individuals to communicate with greater control of their social interactions. Opposing, it has been argued that those who have lower levels of social anxiety who engage in computer-mediated communication that also create online friendships are at risk of harming the quality of their already existing offline friendships (Tian 2013). Although, studies have proposed that these extroverts will benefit more from computer-mediated communication as those who already obtain these strong social skills are expanding their skills and networking even further. Overall, youth who possess both high and low levels of social anxiety will benefit greatly from the use of computer through online
Studies have shown that youth with high social anxiety who have had few friends in face-to-face interactions find it easier to make friends in the online world and create closer connections with online friendships which inturn help them overcome their barriers of interacting (Tian 2013). The studies revealed that, “..the higher the respondents’ social anxiety, the higher their new friendship quality.” Stated by Tian (pp. 247 2013). This is because computer-mediated communication has no face-threatening situations and allows a more comfortable pace for highly anxious individuals to communicate with greater control of their social interactions. Opposing, it has been argued that those who have lower levels of social anxiety who engage in computer-mediated communication that also create online friendships are at risk of harming the quality of their already existing offline friendships (Tian 2013). Although, studies have proposed that these extroverts will benefit more from computer-mediated communication as those who already obtain these strong social skills are expanding their skills and networking even further. Overall, youth who possess both high and low levels of social anxiety will benefit greatly from the use of computer through online