Monday, December 19, 2011

Essential Questions

New media is a big topic of conversation these days.  People are always wondering if it is good or bad.  I am of the opinion that new media is a good thing.  I think that it is an effective tool for youth to communicate and interact with the world.  Sites like twitter and facebook do more good then harm. Now, I will tell you some of the reasons that I think new media is a positive thing in the lives of youth.

Paragraph Reason #1:  One reason that social media is good is that it helps them stay connected with their peers. It's like when a friend move away you don't have no way to get in contact with them. So they have facebook and twitter so lets say for instance, my friend moved away and i can't get in contact with him or her but, then i get on facebook and, i see that him or her have a facebook. Then i say oh look this boy or girl have the same name as my friend that moved away. So i click on their name and, its really is him or her thats how i know that we could still be in connect with them.


Paragraph Reason #2:  It allows them to interact with the world in meaningful ways. When i say that its not because oh that people want to start problems facebook is a website for friends and family to come together and talk to one another. People that have facebook want to start problems and want to throw subbs at each other or tell their facebook friends how they feeling about a situation thats going on. So they put as there status that they are pissed off and want to write everything on facebook. Because they are pissed off they don't just put stuff on facebook the reason why they just put it on facebook is to get everything off their chest. You can't blame them for put how they feel on facebook not saying it's a good thing but you get the point.  In this way, facebook is helpful at allowing people to express themselves, including their innermost emotions.  I think this is a good thing because it is not good to keep your feelings bottled up inside.  If facebook is an outlet for you, then I say go for it; express yourself.  It might even lead to a friend or family member helping you out through a difficult time.

Now that we have discussed some of the positive aspects of facebook, we need to look at some of the negatives. Often, people feel that facebook is not safe for minors, because they would hook up with people that they don't even know and go see them, then won't return. Im just saying that's not good but if a minor is on facebook that's under the age 16 should be supervised by a parent or guardian. So they could see who they are talking to and to see who are their friends on facebook.  Officially, facebook will not allow you to join if you are under the age of 13.  Still, children 13 years of age will require adult supervision to assure that they are using facebook appropriately.



In Conclusion, New media is a big topic of conversation these days.  People are always wondering if it is good or bad.  I am of the opinion that new media is a good thing.  I think that it is an effective tool for youth to communicate and interact with the world. Because the point is that minors is using facebook to put their emotions or how they feeling on the internet, not for everybody to see it's not their fault everybody has problems. They have anger problems so its not good to keep their feelings inside who would want to keep the pain inside their body not me, but people i know fight the feelings out or killed their self talked it out or wrote it out. At the end of the day, facebook does more good than harm.  It give youth a place to self-express, something that is ever more important in the complicated world.

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