Social media affecting teens' concepts of friendship, intimacy
Oscar QiFeb 27 2014
CBC news: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/social-media-affecting-teens-concepts-of-friendship-intimacy-1.2543158
Social media and Network society affects teenager’s relationship and
friendship. The researcher found out that in average, a typical teenager has
300 Facebook friends and 79 twitter followers. Many teenagers have way more
friends and followers than that number. In the research in 2013, the researchers
found out the majority of teenagers post their photos of daily life to let
their online friends to see. The more recent research also showed that the
teenagers also protect their online privacy, like refuse to give their phone
number; however, they do not understand well the Online Privacy agreement and
often share about their geo-location or passwords. Their friendship sort
changes from the network society. They now create their own online words like “u”,
“u2” etc. Also it’s not necessary to meet their friends face to face anymore.
I’m not a kind
of teenager that has 300 friends on my Facebook, but I still agree with this
article. I have many friends who will just enjoy their time on stuff like
Facebook or Chinese Facebook as known as Renren or wechat. It makes them stay
in their house forever and they actually don’t have a lot to say when you meet
them. However, when they log on line, they will be completely changed. They
publish tons of their status online, and when you log on, your screen will fill
with their status. I think the teenagers should do enjoy their life but not
online, to meet with their “real” friends that’s what matters.
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