CMS 298 Chapter 2 Presentation
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Teenagers today use social media extensively to connect with friends and develop relationships. Social networking sites allow teens to maintain interactions beyond physical boundaries and encourage socializing in larger groups rather than just one-on-one. However, communicating online can also amplify drama as friendships become very public and gossip spreads rapidly over the internet, which can lead to issues like cyberbullying. While social media helps teens strengthen their connections, it also has the potential to intensify normal friendship struggles that occur during adolescence.
CMS 298 Chapter 2 Presentation
- 2. With advances in technology and media convergence, teens today are growing up in a much different world than their parents did. The Internet now serves many teenagers as a place to hang out, without needing a ride to the nearest mall. Chapter 2 of Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out focuses on how young people build, maintain and develop friendships (Ito 114) through social media.
- 4. SNS(s) Allow teens to extend interactions beyond physical boundaries conversations dont have to stop! Encourages peers to socialize together vs. small groups or one- on-one interactions Allow teens to have more privacy with their communication through SNS but also with mobile phones and IM
- 6. Friendship-Driven Motive Friendship plays a central role in SNS use How technology plays a role in friendships online
- 9. Making Friends Teens make friends by choice Their choices are influenced by social, cultural and economic conditions around them Homophily is the likelihood that people connect to others that share their interests and identity, such as similar age / shared interests / values
- 12. Friend lists also serve 3 major purposes: 1) An address book of contacts 2) Privacy settings and control 3) A way to display social identity and status SNS(s) allow users to determine their own boundaries concerning who they accept and who they reject as friends Teens enjoy this option because it allows them to be private, have a deeper sense of connection with the people they do communicate with and to be safe
- 13. Friendship Hierarchies MySpaces Top 8 or Top Friends feature allow users to pick a selected amount of friends to be featured in their top spots which appeared publically on their profiles This feature proved to be very controversial for many users, especially youth. The feature forced users to pick certain friends over others, often causing drama or fights between friends
- 14. Status, Attention & Drama SNS and mediated forms of communication can be a great place for youth to develop and build friendships throughout their formative years, but communicating online comes with the territory, especially for teens. The Internet is home to the struggles that often occur as a natural part of the aging process.
- 15. Common problems that occur for teens online include: ≒the fact that friendships are made extremely visible which can extend or amplify drama beyond school ≒gossip travels faster over the Internet making it a catalyst for teen drama ≒online stalking ≒the News Feed which allows users to constantly keep up with their friends at all times ≒bullying or cyberbullying
- 16. Conclusion Social media and social networking sites allow teens to be more carefully attuned, in an ongoing way, to the lives of their friends and peers (Ito 113) Teens use social media to build, maintain and to develop friendships with their peers. As a way to share ideas, cultural artifacts and emotions with one another. And mainly, to strengthen connections Common practices associated with SNS(s) use of teenagers are: gossiping, flirting, joking around and hanging out Technology, especially social media, has the ability to mirror or magnify teen friendship practices either by enhancing or intensifying situations