This peer-reviewed article by Royal College of Psychiarists discuss the observations of Dr Himanshu Tyagi a psychiatrist at West London Mental health Trust in regards to the usage of online social networking. Dr. Tyagi goes on to explain that the youth who were born in and after 1990 have a very different view of world. Dr. Tyagi believes the youth in this age range for a disorted view of reality, they may put less emphasis on real world indenities and relationships and view them as disposable and interchangable. All these factors can cause these youths to be unable to adquecately deal with the realities of the real world society. Dr. Tyagi also fears that just as the older generations have a hard time remembering a world without the internet there is a generation of teens who are growing up who can't imagine a world where they cannot go on Facebook, Myspace, chat rooms, etc etc.... Dr. Tyagi does not fail to mention positive aspects of online social networking he explains how these social networks allow for a less importance on class, race, and gender consideration unlike the real world. Dr. Tyagi also mentions that online social networtking allows for the absent of geographical boundaries which gives way to the opportunity to find support from all over the world.
This article was very useful to me. Firstly it was one of the best peer reviewed articles I was able to find. Next it gave way to very strong and credible information in favor of my argument, but it does not fail to present a counter argument.
2.) Anoma. "The Facebook Addiction" Tickled By Life tickledbylife.com
August 24th, 2009
The blog entry entitled "The Facebook Addiction" is a blog written about the growth in popularity of social networking sites not just among teenagers although the are the largest age group who use Facebook. The blog discusses how adults are signing up for Facebbok to be able to monitor their children's activity on the site. The author also mentions the amounts of valuable time is being used to play Facebook games and contest instead of being used more constructively. The author is a Facebook user and young adult themselve and doesn't disvalue the positive aspects of the social networking site , just states its usage must be modest. The author also believes the users need to realize that Facebook is created to be for enhancement of life enjoyment, not meant to be the only means of socializing and communication.
This is a blog entry I found on Tickledbylife.com. I was intrigued by the title intially then when I began reading I found this person had a lot of great points. The best part of this blog post is it from the perspective of a young adult who is a Facebook user who is still able to see that there is growing trend is usage and it can have a harmful impact on users. The author also presents that observation that not only young adults are becoming addicted to Facebook that adults themselves are being engrossed into the craze.
3.) M John. " Teens Text A Lot, Adults Worry" Psychcentral.com Psych Central
May 29th, 2009
In the article entitled "Teens Text A Lot, Adults Worry" explains how every twenty to thirty years a new technology is developed which creates an almost hysteric state among parents and researchers alike. First it was the radio, then it was the television, next video games, and now text messaging. Text messaging allows people to communicate with others and sometimes discuss with peers things they may not feel comfortable doing face to face. The article also goes on to discuss what adults may see as a distraction teens do not. Growing up with technology is second nature for teens states John M Grohol PsyD. The article also goes on to say that texting has actually allowed for teens touni-task which many adults have a harder time doing.
I found this article to be a very useful source of credible information for a counter argument to present in my paper. The article shows the usage of texting and other new technologies by teens in a positive light.
4.) Campbell Marilyn. "The impact of the mobile phone on young people’s social life" Queensland University of Technology October 25th, 2005
This article discusses how the cell phone now plays a critical part in young adults' lives. It makes very good points about teens' relationship with technologies such as cellphones.
I plan to use this article as a very informative source for my research paper.
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