Interview With Kids Around school: Are Social Networks Interfering With Friendships?

I. Have you ever been involved in a situation where social networks have caused tension between you and your friends?

Answer I got: 7/10 people said, that social networks have messed up their friendships and ended them.

II. What do  you think need s to change?

Answer: 
From a friend: I think that we all need to stop venting onto social networks, and we all need to stop putting where our location is and who we are with, and what we are doing at that exact moment.

Are social Networks causing pain in middle age and old age? Social networks have emerged to kind of being important in your life. If your not involved with all the social networks like everyone else is, your all of a sudden in the wrong, or not "cool" enough. Social Networks cause more pain then in real life situations. Reading this article I found that Researchers have found that it's more harmful to kids on Social networks because everyone finds out about it faster. Being on social networks everyone is always one step ahead.
               

If social networks are starting to cause pain and affecting our health, we need to start doing something. The fear of missing out is starting to become a serious issue in our society. Kids start to feel out of place, and start bagging on themselves about it. It ridiculous that researchers have found a percentage of kids who feel pain because of Social Networks.

                                           http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15561396

History of Social Networking

Samiel Morse is credited with inventing the telegraph in 1835. The telegraph allowed for communication through the use of codes. The telegraph was not known very quickly, around the 20th century the use of telegraphfor social exchange, both  formal and informal was widely excepted.  Postal mail was not considered technology itself but it was a communication method back then. Out of all of the technologies the Internet provides social networking. The internet also provides a layer of communication capabilities that can be used for different tools. Things such a E-mail, and Instant Messaging (IM) are applications that have been in existence since the early 1980's. AIM was selected first because it was a world wide chat, The user base was about 4.5 million in 1995.

Such as social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and myspace have been a big distraction for all of us, even adults. These sites allow people to search through other peoples profiles. Users post information about themselves such as education information, favorites, music, links, etc. These social networks list up and organize by what school, or network a friend is affiliated by. Basically these social networks are just ways of letting people into our lives pretty much and letting them know whats going on and around us. If you think about it Social Networks do nothing but cause tension between one another because someone is going to end up jealous. No matter how many times we all say it, we ALL want to snoop around somebody's profile, and be nosy.

What are the goods and bad's of social networks? People on social networks tend to be more rude, and more offensive. Many people have ended having connection with friends, because of what social media is doing. More people have more conversations with people they don't know online, then they do in person. People don't know how to talk to each other anymore online

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/friendships-cut-short-social-media-article-1.1312747

This articles talks about how we now depend on digital media, and how it effects us. How exactly does social media effect our social skills. Most days we are all willing to be social, on "social" networking but when it comes to in person there are many people who refuse to talk. They become shy, which is not what they do when a computer is in front of them.Will social networks continue to shape our society like this?

                http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2012/10/3qs-the-social-impact-of-social-networks/

I like this Article because this is the first Article I have read that talks about, Social Networking being our fault. We control our own actions, we can't blame the Social Networking. It explains that we are constantly complaining how bad social media is when we are the ones using it, that's how they get money. We are the ones who make Social networking bad, but at the same time who decided to to make social networks in the first place? If they were never hear we wouldn't have this problem. There would  be NO problems.
Although my project is questioning "Social Networking ruining friendships" This article does make a good point that we are responsible for our own actions. Maybe we need to stop blaming the internet and start owning up. But I feel that I can argue very well back to this statement.

                         http://www.stephanspeaks.com/social-networks-ruining-relationships/

This article mostly talks about relationships and how it's causing drama between two people who are dating. While posting status's and tweets we need to be smart about what we say if we think could offend someone. That's how friendships end, Social networks do nothing but cause drama 95% of the time. We need to stop expressing our life problems on networks. No one needs to know what's going on in our lives except our loved ones.
I think that this article proves very good points about Social networking. People need to stop and think what Social Media can do to any type of relationships.

                   http://madamenoire.com/99734/are-social-networks-ruining-your-relationships/

This article is the perfect example of what I am trying to reach out to young people about Social Networks. This article explains that there is plagued called FOMO ( Fear of missing out). Friends see friends doing something better, with new friends which causes jealousy and a little tension. It makes us hesitant to make plans wit that person or even talk to them. Better yet, even make eye contact with that person. Its annoying to look at a tweet, or facebook post seeing someone doing something better than you. Psychologists say that instead of being fearful of missing out on the hottest party we should be fearing missing out on true, long-term, real-life friendships.
This article is a really good response to "Social Networking & Friendships" because it's exactly what I am trying to research. It explains why social networks is destroying friendships clearly.

                                              http://www.tesh.com/story/cc/6/id/24129

Basically this articles gives tons of "dangers" social media can have. Hurting feelings, Judging, public embarrassement, and jealousy. A number of people have gone through comments, or posts and thinking its about them and getting their feelings hurt. Anything you post, you will be judged, so why keep the network? Words definitley carry power, which can lead to public embarrassement. Wether it's a new house, new car, new friends, new dog, pictures of vacations there is going to be jealousy.

 I like this article because she brakes it up into different catagories of how social media can be good or bad. I think the jealousy is what I am aiming for and she gave very good examples of how it can ruin friendships, or cause arguments.

http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/08/social-media-and-our-friendships/

This article is explaining that Social networks make it so much easier to talk to someone you rarely know through private messages. You find yourself telling people you rarely know more than you would ever tell a someone in person. It's called "fluff" meaning more information. Social networks can also ruin firendships/relationships because having a conversation out in the open on your so called "Newsfeed" or "timeline" gives people the wrong idea. So words start to spread, when really your just having a good old fashioned converation with that person.

I think this article is pretty much on point, but what are more of the negative sides of Social networking?  But social netwokring deifnitley makes it easier to talk to someone. Which can cause some drama in the end.

http://socialimplications.com/is-social-media-killing-personal-relationships/

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• Is social media interferring with good old friendship?

I chose this subject because I felt that kids are starting to feel missed out on crucial life. Seeing photos of your friends not being invited, Net works makes us think and image we are projecting in our heads. Social networks such as Facebok, Twitter, and Instagram have inserted themselves as an unwelcomed filter. Is the fear of "missing out" really getting to us?

     Yound people's engagement with facebook is driven primarily by a desire to stay connected and invovled with friends who live close by, far away, or who have just entered their lives. It's gotten so bad that when we think, or see something clever or funny, we feel the need to share it on Twitter and Facebook. Instagram is just as bad, we feel the need to upload a picture every second of our day. Some of us, not all feel the need to put the location of where we are at! Do we really want people knowing were we are. Does anyone knoew of privacy anymore?Social media is affecting teenage relationships and im going to show you how.