Introduction In middle school and high school social media is a big part of the student experience nowadays, since there are sites like facebook, instagram and twitter. Gossip, drama and possible violence are all revolving around the students and the things they say to each other on and off the internet. But, the students can be friendly, respectful, and make the online student experience a bit better than the usual aggressiveness they might be use to normally. Quite a bit of information has been given about the students about negative and positive experiences that the students see or do themselves. A number of students have spoken with the reporter(s) and told them their or someone else's circumstances involving the social media sites. Tone: These reporters have gone to middle schools and …show more content…
high school to collect data from the students to make tables to show the amount of cruel and kindness ratio, not only between race, age and gender. Logic has been used as well as credibility to ensure the statistics that these reporters are producing are factual and somewhat accurate. The students that tell the reporters their story, often have negative experiences about themselves or their friend. Negativity on social media sites have even gone as far as physical violence. Though students do talk about positive experiences that happen online. The reporters have also collected an assortment of negative words and positive words they have been given by the students; these words correlate to their experience on line in the social media sites they use with their peers. Plot: The school(s) that the reporters have gone to seem to have students that are big into the social media sites from the interviews.
The reporters are definitely using logic to give all the data credibility for the kindness to cruelty on social media from the students. One or two statistics that surprised me was that 12-17 year old teens were reported 69% mostly kind. 69% is a pretty big number when it comes to the internet and teens, young teens being a bit more cynical, Also, 85% of teens 18+ years old were reported mostly kind. Though, young adults are a bit more mature that of a 12 year old, but can still produce the same amount of venom and toxicity to other students that they do not like or feel they need to make fun of for some reason.One instince of some one being “attacked” online was a boy’s friend came out online on an anonymous forum and was immediately “attacked” by other students. One of the most persuasive sections was that teens tend to lean more towards negative words when describing their experience with other students online. The reporters used a word cloud to list the amount of negative to positive words the students used. Frequent negative words
that came up repeatedly were rude, mean, fake, crude, over-dramatic and disrespectful, though, positive words were used by the students, but positive words were used less frequently than negative words. Most of the information coming from the reporters is negative in its nature because they are dealing with younger people in school(s). Mostly everyone in school has heard or been involved with negativity and positivity that has correlated with the social media on the the internet. These students also say that some other student sact completely different online than in person. One student said,” I think people act different on Facebook because that’s like their-I mean, I think the self that they show you on Facebook could be their true self, like who they actually want to be (pg 337).” Some students even find it easier to talk to friends, new friends or romantic interests because of the pressure of the face-to-face conversations. The students are aware of their classmates having different personas online when they talk to them or changing how they act when they hang out with a different set of friends.
Approximately 75% (3 out of 4) of all girls have never been a victim of cyberbullying. Approximately 83% (5 out of 6) of all males have never been a victim of cyberbullying. If only 25.1% of girls reported being a victim of cyberbullying and only 16.6 % of all males reported being a victim of cyberbullying what 's the point of limiting students speech. The percentages hardly makes up one-fourth of the overall percentage.Approximately 75% (3 out of 4) of all girls have never been a victim of cyberbullying. Approximately 83% (5 out of 6) of all males have never been a victim of cyberbullying. This evidence helps explain why schools should not limit students’ online speech because the majority of the students are not affected by cyberbullying making no reason for new reinforcements on the
According to Lenhart, a PEW survey found that teens between 14 and 17 have the highest amount of reported online harassment (Lenhart, 2010). Girls are more prone to experiencing cyber bulling Lenhart stated that 35% of girls that have internet access have experienced some type of online harassment (Lenhart, 2010). Another group that is more susceptible to cyberbullying is social media users. Data found that almost 40% of social media users have experienced some type of harassment while they were online. These statistics are enough to draw concern, due to the consequences that come with
The short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce is about a man, Peyton Farhquhar, who is getting hanged but fell into a river. He swims while dodging bullets, and manages to get out and into a forest. He walks through the night and to his house to see his wife. However, right before he gets to his wife he dies. Bierce uses imagery and symbolism to reveal that peaceful hallucinations in difficult situations can make pain a little easier.
So many people in society agree that the online issues students face are very serious. This is a life and death issue so the school needs to get involved because they can greatly help by monitoring exactly what social networks students are on. This way less students will feel like they can torment others outside of school and less students will be put down. Laura, a college student states, “I recently found my 13-year old sister’s Tumblr account with the title ‘Depressed but well dressed’, it immediately made me take action, let my parents know and make sure she got the help she needed” (Wallace). If Laura had not found her sister’s social network account, things could have gone very downhill.
Imagine living in a perfect world, a world where bullying, hierarchy, and public shaming did not exist. The novel, “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” has many themes, and messages that deal with bullying and shaming others. Overall the main theme, or concept that runs through each of the short stories in the novel, is the simple fact that all actions have consequences. After doing some extensive research on the uses of social media in a classroom setting, I found it intriguing to see how many teachers and people in general found it beneficial to use social media in a classroom setting. As a teacher I would use current situations occurring in the world to engage and teach, my students about the benefits and consequences about social media.
This report describes the impact of social media on children, adolescents, and families. The author, O’Keeffe presents that the benefits of children and adolescents using social media; he also presents the rise of youth using social media. A few examples of the benefits include: growth of ideas, expansion of one’s online connection, and enhancement of individual and collective creativity. Some examples of the risk include: cyberbullying and online harassment, sexting, and Facebook
Social Media has evolved magnificently since the first email sent in 1971. Social media is any form of website or application which enables us to share content with one another with a simple sharing tool. Social media has became an addiction for most, if you were to ask the average student if they were connected to a social networking site about 73 percent would reply with a yes. In addition about 63 percent of people log on to a social media site daily and on average 40 percent log on multiple times a day. Everyone has their own reasons for the use of social media which could include shopping, research, or other personal reason like venting and status updates. Students often connect to social media because majority of students have one so they feel included. Social Media has became an addiction to many of the students who happen to have a profile to a site. They feel the need to always be connected to society. Many of these students grades have either suffered or raised due to having better connections with other students. My essay will attempt to prove that social media has been affecting the children’s education and prevents them from reaching the academic growth they need.
Exposing students to the power of social media in the classroom is an important part of preparing them to be active and positive digital citizens in a 21st century world. In the last two years, my own students have rapidly been drawn to Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and many other social networking platforms. They upload, share, and connect with others often without any regard to how their digital footprints may reflect them as individuals. Having continuous conversations with students about the choices that they make can lead to positive results. Students don't realize how powerful social media platforms can be in terms of networking, researching, and engaging in academic conversations. It makes me laugh every time I hear them whisper about my colleague Heather's or my Twitter feed. First of all kids, I can hear you. Second of all, yes, social media can be an amazing way to give and exchanged knowledge.
For high school students bullying and harassment can make a time of learning and new social interactions a nightmare. The possibility of being physically or verbally bullied at school,, a place where student should feel safe, is a growing peril. Unfortunately, bullying is nothing new in the United States. As well as the problem of avoiding being a victim of bullying at school, students can not escape this harsh scrutiny because of the rise of social media networks. Teenagers are being harassed on social media at alarming rates and a majority of school can do nothing about it. To understand the role social media has in the battle to prevent harassment and cyberbullying, it is essential that people identify the roles schools and students play in these situations.
Social media is quickly evolving in front of our eyes and it is almost impossible to reject and hide from this new form of media. Not only is it an important part of socialization within peer groups but now it is used to market and motivate people to become a part of a larger community. It is undeniably changing the way one communicates and how one finds and shares information. Most websites offer communication through the use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and many various blog formats. With new apps on smartphones and photography and video made digital, media can be created, edited and shared quickly and once it is in this new digital cloud it is not yours anymore. Through these new advances in technology one can share things about themselves to the world to view, and prior to social media one would have to communicate and share physically. These social media site offer adolescence new ways to access communication and entertainment and the long-term effects are still unknown. For this reason, it is imperative for parents to be more aware of this new media and what it offers both good and bad for our children.
The correlation between the development of youth and social media has become blatant. Although few of the consequences are favorable, the majority have displayed a negative impact. The drive social media can implement on youth is exceptional. The pressure and strain social media can place on our youth is an enduring force which leads individuals to question themselves as a person and feel inclined to fit a norm expressed in media and social media of our society. The underlying force social media can play in the lives of the youth is astonishing and is a force that must be dealt with and controlled, for it not only holds the power to give an individual strength, but also to break them down.
Research paper Question: Why, and how do certain users target other people on social media? Bullying is a huge problem for teens. Today there is a new type of bullying called, cyberbullying, due to technology advancement. Social media has made bullying easier for teens.
Although it’s pretty obvious when you walk into a school and there’s no harm being done to any of the students, by anyone meaning it, there’s always people that will beg to differ. Some people think that actual bullying that you see in the hallway is worse than cyber bullying, like Amanda Lenhart quotes, “Overall both boys and girls say that kids their age are more likely to be harassed offline.” When asked teens, the majority of teens, 67% said that bullying and harassment happens more offline then online. Less than one and three teens (29%) said that they thought that bullying was more likely to happen online, and 3% thought it happe...
As in real life, teenagers are very shy of what is coming out of their mouth, but in social media, it’s the opposite, “Social media is preventing us from standing up for ourselves the way we should be” (Thaiatizickas). Facebook is a convenient way to contact a long distance relative or friends, but teenagers are depending on it too much that make them lacked face to face communication. Social media such as Facebook limits the face to face interaction between humankind. Technology has a huge impact on human life and some may take them as an advantage and disadvantage. Many believed that the digital world is their real life and they can meet and talk to whoever they want through messenger and video calls. Teenagers often say the things that they wanted to say through social media, “they are sending messages and content that they would never share at school, often using language that they would never say to someone’s face, a language that, if used with classmates at school, would lead to disciplinary action” (journal by Steiner-Adair). Compare to the previous generations, the younger generations have the effects on social networking that cause them to grow up differently. Social media are now destroying teenagers’ social skills as well as the future
We live in a world that has become addicted and dedicated toward social media and it is driving America’s youth into the ground. Teenagers and adults are so wrapped up in social media that is runs their lives every day. Constantly people are checking their phones for the latest on social networks. They have to see pictures, tweets, statuses, comments, likes, and the list goes on and on. Social media is becoming the focus point in the modern American society that it is beginning to control people’s social skills, communication skills, and their livelihood.