Текст для виправлення від користувача Valeria
It is difficult to establish how negative the impact of social media on teenagers actually is. This is in part due to the lack of researches and, on the other hand, to the fact that no long-term studies have been carried out. One thing is certain: the negative aspects tend to be more than the positive ones. The Royal Society for Public Health conducted a survey of 14-24 year olds in the UK, asking them how much social media affected their health and well-being. Social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat would all increase feelings of depression, anxiety, poor body image and loneliness, according to the results.
One of the most significant changes that characterizes the supremacy of social networks in our daily lives is a different way of communicating of young people. As Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a clinical psychologist and author of The Big Disconnect, says: “[…] In a way, texting and online communicating — it’s not like it creates a nonverbal learning disability, but it puts everybody in a nonverbal disabled context, where body language, facial expression, and even the smallest kinds of vocal reactions are rendered invisible. ” For this reason, modern teenagers are learning to communicate by looking at a screen instead of another person, and that is not all. Along with the way of communicating, the way of dealing with problems has also changed. In fact, while in the past it took courage to face a discussion and express your opinions, today “you aren’t hearing or seeing the effect that your words are having on the other person. Because the conversation isn’t happening in real time, each party can take more time to consider a response. ”. Learning to maintain a friendship (or any other type of relationship) requires a certain amount of risk-taking, and new technology only lowers these risks. This leads to a deep sense of anxiety in the subject who, having grown up and become an adult, does not know how to manage a face-to-face interaction.
The other big danger that comes from a less direct communication is that it has become easier to be cruel. According to Dr. Donna Wick, a clinical and developmental psychologist, “kids text all sorts of things that you would never in a million years contemplate saying to anyone’s face”. Dr. Steiner-Adair analyses the phenomenon of cyberbullying starting from the causes: relational aggression often originates from a sense of insecurity, which leads to putting other people down in order to feel you better. Moreover, social media also contribute to the creation of multiple identities in a single person, because often what we show on media platforms is only what we would like to be instead of what we really are. This mechanism lowers self-esteem and causes feelings of insecurity and dissatisfaction, which result in bullying against the others.
Another big change that smartphones have brought in our lives is that we are never really alone. However, feeling hyperconnected can produce anxiety, because “everyone needs a respite from the demands of intimacy and connection; […] When you don’t have that, it’s easy to become emotionally depleted, fertile ground for anxiety to breed” (Dr. Wick). The paradox is that, in the middle of such a state of hyperconnection, it is very easy to feel extremely lonely. In fact, in a world where we constantly hold our phones and response times are really short, if someone is ignoring you, he is probably doing it on purpose. Even the “likes” system on which every social is based is a way of exacerbating loneliness: “when adolescents who feel lonely offline use social media to compensate for less developed social skills, they may end up feeling even more lonely in the long run”. The relationships we build face to face are a lasting source of happiness and personal satisfaction, unlike those of the digital world.
Мова: Англійська
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It is difficult to establish how negative the impact of social media on teenagers actually is. This is in part due to the lack of research and, on the other hand, to the fact that no long-term studies have been carried out. One thing is certain: the negative aspects tend to be more than the positive ones. The Royal Society for Public Health conducted a survey of 14-24 year olds in the UK, asking them how much social media affected their health and well-being. Social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat would all increase feelings of depression, anxiety, poor body image and loneliness, according to the results.
One of the most significant changes that characterizes the supremacy of social networks in our daily lives is a different way of communicating by young people. As Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a clinical psychologist and author of The Big Disconnect, says: “[…] In a way, texting and online communicating — it’s not like it creates a nonverbal learning disability, but it puts everybody in a nonverbal disabled context, where body language, facial expression, and even the smallest kinds of vocal reactions are rendered invisible. ” For this reason, modern teenagers are learning to communicate by looking at a screen instead of another person, and that is not all. Along with the way of communicating, the way of dealing with problems has also changed. In fact, while in the past it took courage to face a discussion and express your opinions, today “you aren’t hearing or seeing the effect that your words are having on the other person. Because the conversation isn’t happening in real time, each party can take more time to consider a response. ”. Learning to maintain a friendship (or any other type of relationship) requires a certain amount of risk-taking, and new technology only lowers these risks. This leads to a deep sense of anxiety in the subject who, having grown up and become an adult, does not know how to manage a face-to-face interaction.
The other big danger that comes from a less direct communication is that it has become easier to be cruel. According to Dr. Donna Wick, a clinical and developmental psychologist, “kids text all sorts of things that you would never in a million years contemplate saying to anyone’s face”. Dr. Steiner-Adair analyses the phenomenon of cyberbullying starting from the causes: relational aggression often originates from a sense of insecurity, which leads to putting other people down in order to feel you better. Moreover, social media also contribute to the creation of multiple identities in a single person, because often what we show on media platforms is only what we would like to be instead of what we really are. This mechanism lowers self-esteem and causes feelings of insecurity and dissatisfaction, which result in bullying against the others.
Another big change that smartphones have brought in our lives is that we are never really alone. However, feeling hyperconnected can produce anxiety, because “everyone needs a respite from the demands of intimacy and connection; […] When you don’t have that, it’s easy to become emotionally depleted, fertile ground for anxiety to breed” (Dr. Wick). The paradox is that, in the middle of such a state of hyperconnection, it is very easy to feel extremely lonely. In fact, in a world where we constantly hold our phones and response times are really short, if someone is ignoring you, he is probably doing it on purpose. Even the “likes” system on which every social is based is a way of exacerbating loneliness: “when adolescents who feel lonely offline use social media to compensate for less developed social skills, they may end up feeling even more lonely in the long run”. The relationships we build face to face are a lasting source of happiness and personal satisfaction, unlike those of the digital world.
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Karl S: One of the most significant changes that characterizes the supremacy of social networks in our daily lives is a different way of communicating to young people. Sorry it is 'to' I misread it
Valeria: Yes, on which every social media is based :)
Ps. thank you so much!