Effects of Social Networking Among Teenagers

By:Steven White

Student, Craven Early College

Interest

* The daily harms that are placed among children and the youth due to improper use of social networking.

* Friends who have been victims of cyberbullying and sexual assaults by predators.

* Friends who been robbed because of posting personal information.

* My God-brother killed because of a communicated threat on Facebook.

Paper

Topic: Social Networking and its Effect on Teenagers

Driving Question: Does the use of social networking affect teens negatively or positively?

Thesis Statement: Social networking is very dangerous for teens; it causes misbehavior due to

provocative advertisements and the display of vague information, and it can lead teens to becoming victims of sex offenders.

Paper Continued

* As of December 2008, 43% of online sexual solicitors were identified as being adolescents (under 18)

* 30% were adults between the ages of 18 and 21, and 9% were adults over the age of 21.

* 38% of Facebook users in the last year were under the age of 13.

* From my research, I have found that social networking has more effect on the youth than any other age range.

Product

* I did an informative lesson on the topic.

* On Thursday, March 14, 2013, I taught two groups of 6th Graders at Tucker Creek Middle School on proper usage of the social network.

* It encourages proper usage and abstinence from unsafe behavior when participating in social networking activities.

* It also has been designed to inform of daily dangers that are a result from improper usage.

Product Continued

* My mentor, Mr. Smith, helped me develop my lesson plans and schedule the classes with Mr. Allran at Tucker Creek.

* He also helped me by forwarding my messages and surveys to his colleagues as well.

* I learned how much teenagers and youth constantly participate in social networking, and I was also able to understand the addiction and attraction to the social network.

Connection: Paper & Product

* They inform about the dangers of social networking such as: cyberbullying, provocative advertisements, sex offenders and predators, etc.

* They also encourage immediate action to be taken by parents by closely monitoring what their children take part in through the social media

Successes

* Creating Lesson Plans

* Finding informative audio/videos

* Interviewing/Surveying Users

* Teaching Class

* Gathering research

Challenges

* Finding accurate statistics

* Constructing my Graduation Project Paper

Final Reflections

* Next, I will continue to build off of what I have learned and informed others of.

* It will help me be aware of what things that I do when on the social network.

* It will also help me encourage others to abstain from improper usage as well.

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Copyright

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