Thursday, November 13, 2014

ELA COMMON CORE

Technology is a very neutral subject some opinions on technology are good some are bad. technology can be very beneficial to some people. Over year students from the university of Irvine have studied the youth media. They found out that technology is changing the way we interact with each other.

   Today's Generation uses online media and technology for almost everything. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Social media is a Very fast and easy way to gain information but some people are becoming addicted  to it. Some people don't even know how to communicate anymore. Also some    people don't even know how to hold a conversation without looking at their phone. Study

   Today's youth uses online and media for many different things. Say if you forgot the math homework ways you can easily log on a social network and ask one of your classmates this is very beneficial. It all depends on how the person is using social networks and communicating. Although it is easy online there are many dangerous people, such as sex molesters, terrorism, and  cyber bullies.

               In the article findings from digital youth the author is basically stating that most youth use online networks to extend friendships. He is saying basically that youth use social media to talk with friends, because of this youth are almost always socializing with  people they already know in their offline lives.

Today's youth also use social media to explore other interest. This is a good thing they get to learn new things and discover new information,  Also online, youth may find new  peers outside of their community. The authors point of view is basically saying that today's youth gain a lot of new knowledge from online media.

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