Just Addictive
Just Addictive - 1
Internet social networking is the new communication choice of teenagers everywhere. MySpace, Facebooks, and Friendster are just a few of the very popular social sites that have surfaced on the internet in the past few years. Bringing people together is what all social- networking sites have in common.(Metz, 2006 p.1). This growing trend though has many health experts as well as parents concerned that teenagers are becoming addicted to these internet social networks. Does this type of social environment create an addiction for teenagers or is it just a place for them to feel accepted and to express their creative talents?
Some parents believe that this internet social networking consumes too many hours in their children’s day. One description by a parent, “It’s the sheer amount of screen-sucking time they consume in lives that are already overscheduled,” (Duffy, 2006 p.2). This parent also goes on to describe one site as’ “One giant......
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