Almost every person has left a digital footprint on the internet, most being on social media sites. According to Merriam-Webster, social media is “forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” Internet started with the first dial up internet system in 1978. The first social media website was founded in 1997, sixdegrees.com with over one million users (Bennett). Today, there are over 200 well known and used websites for communication and connection to others (“How many…”). These social sites include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. With the amount of accessibility to information and people, the connections can cause negative and long-last
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According to a survey ran by Cherlynn Low, out of the 1000 participants 92 percent of them use the internet over interpersonal contact for things such as asking out on dates, getting advice, or playing games. There are more people using the internet for personal use to find out information or to spend time with one another than there are people using off-line techniques, such as spending time with a friend. The less interaction is due to internet addiction that has rendered the ability to build relationships without the internet according Ayas. Children are being introduced into a world where it there are “difficulties in making contact face-to-face (Ayas)” which causes severe social …show more content…
According to the research Ayas conducted, there are many people who are suffering from loneliness, depression, and lower self-esteem due to the internet, most caused by cyberbullying. There is more access to ever individual through the internet today. The statistics of the amount of teens and young adults who have thought about ending their like due to cyberbullying is around 8 percent (Cyberbullying statistics). According to another cyberbullying survey, “One million children were harassed, threatened or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on Facebook during the past year.” Several news stations report on cyberbullying, but the Collier County states that there are serious criminal consequences if caught for cyberbullying
According to a survey ran by Cherlynn Low, out of the 1000 participants 92 percent of them use the internet over interpersonal contact for things such as asking out on dates, getting advice, or playing games. There are more people using the internet for personal use to find out information or to spend time with one another than there are people using off-line techniques, such as spending time with a friend. The less interaction is due to internet addiction that has rendered the ability to build relationships without the internet according Ayas. Children are being introduced into a world where it there are “difficulties in making contact face-to-face (Ayas)” which causes severe social …show more content…
According to the research Ayas conducted, there are many people who are suffering from loneliness, depression, and lower self-esteem due to the internet, most caused by cyberbullying. There is more access to ever individual through the internet today. The statistics of the amount of teens and young adults who have thought about ending their like due to cyberbullying is around 8 percent (Cyberbullying statistics). According to another cyberbullying survey, “One million children were harassed, threatened or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on Facebook during the past year.” Several news stations report on cyberbullying, but the Collier County states that there are serious criminal consequences if caught for cyberbullying