Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Social
media can be used as a tool for many dishonest reasons. It is very easy
for someone to create an account on anyone of the many sites and
anonymously send messages or make comments to bully the victim. Also
people can have posted on their account something that was not meant for
anyone else to see such chat logs or scandalous photos. I have a friend who has been harassed over Facebook by "friends" on his page. They kept making rude remarks based on him being over weight, and if a picture or post has a lot of activity then it gets on all the friend's news feed. Having the things appear on my news feed was how I found out about it occurring. The bullying took its toll on my friend and he deactivated his Facebook account, still not to have activated in yet again. There have been
countless instances of a sent photo being leaked on the internet, and
the sad part is once it is on there you do not know how many people have
seen it or who has saved it. It will be out there in the vast internet
forever. For many young teens social websites will be one of the first sites
they actively visit and they may not be aware of the responsibilities
that come with it. The posts or comments young teens make maybe made
with a naive attitude and unaware of the consequences of posting. Many
teens are unaware of the dangers of exposing themselves too much to
strangers over the Internet. With some experience and knowledge of
computer codes anyone can hack into virtually any one's social media
account and obtain information or post anything they feel like. There is
no real safety when lurking on the internet. When applying for a job
position employers may do a Google search on you so if you have anything
inappropriate or even if you leave your account up and someone posts
something heinous, the job opportunity could be lost. Due to the constant up to date posts and activity on all the social
media sites young teens may develop an addiction. Teens spend an average
of nine hours per week on social networking sites ("Procon"). It does
not help at all that all the sites have expanded to a mobile version so
it can be taken anywhere. Young teens that spend more time online
communicating rather than time having face to face communicating will
grow to be young adults that do not know how to have a normal
conversation.
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