Writing to respond

Dear Ms Samantha Taylor

I read the article that was said about teenagers and I am writing to tell you that I strongly disagree, like yourself, with what is being said about teenagers. Teenagers are young people who are growing into young adults and while going through this stage, not yet have full responsibility of their own lives which gives teenagers the opportunity to express and experience their freedom of childhood through social media with friends and family.

The question asked by Clive Thompson was how often does she text? and she replied “about 250 times a day or something” and it is shocking right, however you may or may not know that teenage girls are more likely to text a lot more than boys or how important using the social network to contact a friend or family would be, however adults use social network for business purposes just like teenagers use social network for their homework but adults also use social network for Facebook and Twitter to communicate which makes adults as social active as teenagers.

The writer of the article stated that ‘social networks are changing children’s brains, resulting in selfish and attention deficient young people’ I disagree with this because I feel that social media is not only used to communicate with one another and keep teenagers from the ‘real world’ but social media can be used for positive things that will educate youths for example G mail and Hotmail is apart of the social media and is used by teachers to stay in contact and communicate with students to help and improve their work outside of school, this helps teenagers stay educated and will motivate students and remind students to get work done, not making them deficient but excessive.

Furthermore, I agree with the claims made by the comedian Louis that ‘aggression supposedly caused by violent video games, particularly now that Grand Theft Auto V has hit the shelves’ but I disagree with your claims about ‘the online chat, the texting, the surfing and the emergence of a new teenage sphere that is conducted digitally. That trend is real. Is it, as Franzen and the others fear, turning kids into emoticon-addled zombies.’ I disagree with this statement because i am a young teenager myself and I play games with my friends and text on some occasions and i have not witnessed any of my friends turn into ‘zombies’ also for the same reasons, I play games and don’t murder. Young people can see the difference between the real world and the online world.

The American comedian also said on TV that ‘he wouldn’t give his daughters mobile phones for fear they wouldn’t develop empathy.’ I disagree with this statement because he is only speaking out of fright of his daughters becoming addicted to technology and is trying to indicate that every parent should follow his opinion but many other parents may disagree with his point of view. By the American comedian Louis CK not giving his Daughters a mobile phone, he is possibly taking away the safety of his daughter also he wouldn’t be able to stay in contact with them when they are out at school or with their friends. As a result of now knowing the dangers of young teens not having a mobile phone, if parents do not want their children having a mobile phone and agree with the American comedian Louis CK, parents or guardians could provide their children with mobile phones that can only make calls and receive calls and text. This would be a perfect conclusion to come to if their parents agree with the American Comedian Louis CK.

Social network is one where it helps bring many people from different ethnicity and cultures together and creates racial harmony which helps educate teenagers about the importance of life which will then benefit them in their future, I think that it is not only a distraction to youths but it also can help to educate teenagers.

Yours Sincerely

Reshawn Newland