Wednesday, February 15, 2012
New Media- How has Social Media Effected Children and Adolescents
Hello CIS class. My topic for our upcoming research project is "how has social media effected children and adolescents in our society". I have a special interest in this topic because I have a younger sister that is eight and a half years old. As I was growing up I had no idea about computers because in each grade they had like four or five computers. Plus, even as I went on to junior high school, research done on the computer was not considered credible. Therefore I did not become familiar with computers till my high school years and learned more as I came into college. In my sisters case, she is already very computer savvy. She always plays games on the computer and has an email address. Sometimes when I go to Facebook, I see kids as young as my sister with a profile. I feel that social media has spread so widely that now even kids are on it and I presume that it is definitely not a secure place for them. My concern for my sister has led me to take this topic as my research project.
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I believe this is a great topic for a research paper. I could relate because I actually did a presentation for my communication class dealing with how computers can affect children. You have a good incentive and motivation for this project and I hope it goes well! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI like how you found this topic through personal observation. It is very interesting how the new generations are at ease when using those tools. However, like you said, there are a lot of risks involved for them, which is indeed frightening. I think that since they are at such ease with new technologies, our role is to explain to the youth the risk involved with their use. I also thing it will be interesting to see how our little brothers and sisters' children are going to handle new technologies!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your paper!!