Joseph Singh
March 29. 2018
MCS
Jonah Brucker Cohen
Youth and social Media
After reading, “Its Complicated”, I concluded that teens whom are raised in a technological environment are considered “digital natives”. But adults are considered “digital immigrants” because they weren’t raised in a technological environment and were not raised to adapt with technology at a young age. While I was reading this article, it reminded me of a movie I once saw called cyber bully. It was basically about how this girl was being bullied via the internet and ended up trying to kill herself. This leads me to my next statement which is although kids are growing up in a technological era, it still doesn’t make it safe for them to be online and have social media and search the web. There are predators, people who are “trollers” and bad hackers on the web who have malicious intent.
Teens and kids are becoming more tech sav and technology proficient because just like them they are growing up with the internet. One thing that social media sites do good for teens is offering like buttons with accurate numerical amounts. This feeds the need for teens want to be “like It works liked”. It works like a currency, because the more you have the richer you are, or basically the more you have the more famous or relevant you will be. Furthermore, Social media is a very big part of almost everyone’s lives, to the point where if you don’t have social media you’re the one who is odd or weird. Basically, it is a norm to have an Facebook or twitter or Instagram. Also, when you are looking at a teens Facebook profile vs an adults profile you will see many major differences. For example, the friends list will be vaster on a teen because teens add anyone with out being cautious that they could be dangerous vs an adult who would only friend’s family and acquaintances. Lastly, I think it is great that kids are becoming very good with the internet and social media, but I’d just like to see more safety for innocent children from predators when searching the web
