I
Now Pronounce You, New Media and Youth
Yes it’s true, the youth
and new media are happily married. Why so? Well, it’s clearly obvious how the
youth are highly obsessed with new media and technology. They spend most of
their time on the internet. Yes, without a doubt there are many benefits to the
usage of new media as it has more convenience and is constantly ready at the
tip of your fingers, but think of the consequences? It affects so many things
including health, lifestyle, relationships, studies and most importantly, your
ACTUAL life that goes on outside of the internet.
However, it’s somehow
amusing how teenagers don’t share every single thing on the internet even
though they’re on it 24 hours a day. Most chronically ill teenage patients do not disclose their
personal health information on social media websites such as Facebook, research
shows (MedwireNews Reporters, 2012). So this bothers most people because
teenagers prefer not to share their problems with people around them and we
would expect them to let it all out on the internet specifically the social
media. On top of that, since youths are so preoccupied with the internet, why
not spill your beans there? By spilling the beans I don’t mean anything that is
controversial and confidential.
Besides that, It is acceptable if they waste their precious time
on the internet with something beneficial and educational but unfortunately no.
They rather spend endless hours playing online games, chatting, as youths like
to call it, ‘facebooking’ and of course, tweet! Who knows if they even know
what the real, bona fide world looks like. There are mountains of negative
effects of the frequent use of the new media, you don’t even want to go there.
In a nutshell, the infatuation youths have for the new media can
be misleading. Obviously, the internet has positive effects as well but the
youths uses the new media for the wrong purposes which results in bad fallout.
This issue has been going on for a long time and will continue on becoming an issue
until the youths or people around them find a way to stop their incorrect usage
of the new media.
By,
Atthiya Khadeja Anurddin
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