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Along with immense social ramifications, social networking demonstrates destructive psychological effects upon adolescents as well. “Social psychologists have determined that people have a basic human need to be included by other people” (Kowalski 66) as human nature drives people to the desire of being accepted and included. This provides reasoning to why people become infatuated with obtaining friends or followers on social media; they want to feel like others find interest in them and their…

Social media is such a big part of our life. We spend a lot of time on Facebook, twitter, Instagram, you name it. Many recent studies show about the pro and cons of social media and how it affects our life as a teenager. We can look it from psychological, spiritual and behavioral perspectives. A conclusion has been brought by a study on the impact of online friendship network on teenager smoking and alcohol. (……). Obviously, higher exposure of risky online content likely influence the user.…

actions. It has become far too common, despite the fact that it can be a matter of life and death in some cases, such as that of Megan Meier. Meier, a young girl from Missouri, became a helpless victim of cyberbullying after conversations with a boy on MySpace, a social networking website, were shared with her schoolmates. After receiving a multitude of cruel…

Abstract— With the advancement in technology, online harassment is also becoming more prevalent. Cyberstalking and cyberbullying are two such social problems where a user is deliberately and persistently abused online. These issues have created new challenges for the detection, and prevention of such phenomenon as it is inadequate to just use the traditional methods such as identification by witnesses and enforcing restraining orders. The cyber stalkers and cyberbullies disguise themselves using…

How do you portray yourself on social media? Do you depict who you truly are? Social networking services like Facebook allows users to create profiles, share photos and videos, and send messages to friends, family, and acquaintances. These social networking sites also allow users to make important announcements or state of mind for their friends. Social networking allows users to effortlessly add new people to their friend list that can add up to thousands of friends. As a result, social…

A social networking site is a place where a person can form a profile and frame a personal network that links them to other people. The most popular sites for adults and teens now are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat. Everyone can create their own page and share their information, pictures, and comments with other people, whether they already know or strangers from the sites. Nowadays, we see most of the teenagers turn to use these sites to contact with other friends.…

How much time do we spend surfing the web each day? One, two or 5 hours? Personally I find myself hooked on the internet spending countless hours looking at YouTube videos or maybe I’ll come across a friend’s new post from Twitter letting me know that they’re enjoying their day. It seems that the kids in this time and age are indulging themselves with internet activities instead of reading books or going outside to play. In “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” Amy Goldwasser communicates with us…

A literature review allows a researcher to present the findings and viewpoints of other researchers in order to build on existing knowledge (Onwuegbuzie, Leech, & Collins 2012). This allows the researcher to build a solid foundation in which to further sustain their work and demonstrate the credibility of sources used. By the use of Google Scholar, EBESCOhost and proQuest I reviewed the literature pertaining to cyber awareness, cyber security, cyber attacks, the economic fallout from cyber…

Today I am going to write about a very controversial topic. Are children more social because of the Internet? A lot of people think they are not, but I think otherwise. After reading this paper I want you to better understand why children are more social because of the Internet. I think that social media and the Internet makes people way more social. It gives them opportunities to meet new people they never would have known. Although a lot of time they will be texting when they meet they are…

Abstract In this assignment the subject discussed is one related to the effect of new technology particularly the effect of social media on those who make use of it. It will look into the contradictorial fact that today’s social media is presenting to us, that of being alone but at the same time together. It will also discuss the disadvantages that the individual is facing with regards to this new way of socialization. One will also have a look at the history of how this new method of…