how young is too young?
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Film 260 (summer 2013) Digital Flipbook assignment.TRANSCRIPT
How Young is Too Young? The Effects of Social Media and Excessive Technology Use on Youth
By: Sudiksha Shrimali
Image by: Alec Couros (Flickr)
BUT, despite this…
Did you know that the minimum age to create
accounts on social media websites is 13 years? Source: Pediatrics Publication
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Many children younger than 13 are heavily involved with social media.
A 2011
Consumer Reports survey claimed
there were
7.5 million
underage Facebook members,
two-thirds of which were
10 or younger.
Source: Coming of Age in the Digital Age Image by: Tela Chhe (Flickr)
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Adolescents now
use technology
to create an online presence
and advance their social life instead of needing
it as a tool for communicating with family in
emergencies.
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Since technology is relatively new, there is not substantial data on the effect that it has on youth…
…but researchers have determined that excessive use of
technology has developmental consequences.
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Ongoing
research
has determined that
preadolescents and
adolescents’
excessive use of social media
results in…
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1. A lack of social skills and deteriorating
relationships with family members.
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If people spend too much time on technology, and
less time interacting with people like parents at the dinner
table, that could hinder the development of certain communications skills.
– Dr. Small Source: The Child, the Tablet and the Developing Mind
Image by: Mo Riza (Flickr)
“���My students tell me about an important new skill: it involves maintaining eye contact with
someone while you text someone else; it’s hard, but it can be done.
– Sherry Turkle
Source: The Flight from Conversation
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Adolescents’
increasing proficiency with technology
makes it
difficult for some parents to
relate to their children.
Source: Pediatrics Publication
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Source: Pediatrics Publication Image by: Alex Bowyer (Flickr)
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The end result is often a knowledge and technical skill gap between parents and youth,
which create a disconnect in how these parents and youth participate in the online world together.
2. “Internet addiction” results in sleep deprivation,
which negatively impacts academics for these adolescents.
Source: Pediatrics Publication Image by: Kelly L (Google Advanced Image
Search)
It's just part of life now. Everyone's about the same now
when it comes to their phones -- they're on them a lot.
– Donald Conkey, high school sophomore Source: More Youth Use Smartphones to Log Online
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This technology addiction is getting extreme.
I've had students tell me that they bring their cell phones in
the shower with them. They sleep with them.
– Professor Groening Source: More Youth Use Smartphones to Log Online
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The occasional day where my phone isn't charged or I
leave it behind, it feels almost as though I'm naked in public.
– Michael Weller, high school senior
Many adolescents share the same view as Michael
Weller. They feel lost without their cellphones. Source: More Youth Use Smartphones to Log Online
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This technology
addiction compels adolescents to text and go online during class,
diverting their
focus from
academics.
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3. More susceptible to to Internet related issues:
Cyberbullying “Facebook Depression” Sexting Source: Pediatrics Publication
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Cyberbullying is quite common, can occur to any
young person online, and can cause profound psychosocial
outcomes including depression, anxiety, severe isolation, and, tragically, suicide.
Source: Pediatrics Publication
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Sexting is a phenomenon that occurs among
the teen population; a recent survey revealed that
20% of teens have sent or posted nude or seminude photographs or videos of
themselves.
Source: Pediatrics Publication
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Finally, the new idea of “Facebook depression,”
occurs when adolescents who use social media sites
very often start displaying traditional depression symptoms.
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These adolescents
are “at risk for social isolation and sometimes turn to risky Internet sites and blogs for ‘help’ that may promote
substance abuse, unsafe sexual practices, or
aggressive or self-destructive behaviors.”
Source: Pediatrics Publication Image by: epSos.de (Flickr)
The naivety of these youth and lack of proper
conversation with others encourages them to not only believe what they read on social media sites, but also
post details about their life and current situations.
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Source: Coming of Age in the Digital Age Image by: Michael Mandiberg
“���When we talk about kids being active online, the
worry is less about what and with whom they are
sharing their lives than what hidden data their
participation generates that can be exploited by others.
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At age 13 and younger, are individuals really able to
understand the effects that social media and excessive use of technology can have toward their
futures?
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Credits
All images were found either on Flickr (with a Creative Commons License) or
the Google Advanced Image Search (with the usage rights criteria being “free to use share or modify”). Any information without a source stated is based on my own interpretation of a point and not any direct information from a source.
Work Cited ���Bilton, Nick. “The Child, the Tablet, and the Developing Mind”. The New York Times. 31 Mar. 2013. Web. 12 May 2013. <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/disruptions-what-does-a-tablet-do-to-the-childs-mind/> ��� ���Clark-Pearson, Kathleen and Gwenn Schurgin O’Keeffe. “The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families”. Web. 13 May 2013. <http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/4/800.full> ��� ���Irvine, Martha. “More youth use smartphones to log online: U.S. report”. CTV News. 13 Mar. 2013. Web. 13 May 2013. <http://www.ctvnews.ca/more-youth-use-smartphones-to-log-online-u-s-report-1.1193559#ixzz2Qnxqu5cd> ��� ���Makice, Kavin. “Coming of Age in the Digital Age”. Wired.com. 2 Mar. 2013. Web. 13 May 2013. <http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/coming-of-age-in-the-digital-age> ��� ���Turkle, Sherry. "The Flight From Conversation". The New York Times. 21 Apr. 2012. Web. 13 May 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>��� ������ Image by: kshelton (Pixabay – Google
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