Social networks: an environment of two options
That today a person does not have a profile on Facebook, or hang photos on Instagram is a very unusual exception. Especially if we talk about young people. The Internet era arrived in the mid -90s for the general public, and with it a new way of relating: social networks.
Due to the great demand and risks that can be found on the web and its various platforms, it is important to know and have responsibility when using them. The digital world is influenced by millions of people, and the use of them can be seen from many points of view, but the main ones are: good use, or misuse of them.
On the one hand, for Manuel Castells, one of the sociologists who has written the most on the digital issue: "Social networks represent an opportunity for social change" Castells states that these platforms can become a lever of social change, as they can achievethat what seems impossible can be achieved through digital communication and collaboration networks.
Opposite case, it is that of Noam Chomsky, a training linguist and one of the key figures of the American left, questions what the Internet and social networks have built in contemporary societies. Chomsky explains that, “in some way, the network creates a wrong sensation of belonging and autonomy, because when building relationships based on digital interactions, only a false idea of friendship, superficial and limited."
On the other hand, Zygmunt Bauman, a philosopher of Polish origin and one of the main internet critics and social networks, said that “many people use social networks not to unite, not to expand their horizons, but on the contrary, to lock themselvesIn what I call comfort zones, where the only sound they hear is the echo of their voice, where all they see are the reflexes of their own face. The networks are very useful, they give very pleasant services, but they are a trap."
Social networks;A medium widely open to which any type of person who has the Wi -Fi signal can access, these platforms are being massively used by young people between 10 and 18 years.
A question arises that the majority of the population is done and is: why do young people use both a network?, Many use it to get distracted, inform about their issues of interest, communicate, etc. But why all this through a screen?, Actually, what makes young people adopt social networks, is mainly the space they give them;For example: free expression, publicize their joys, sorrows …, and what seems better to them, is that all this can be done in environments free of norms and rules.
And just at that time it is where private life is endangered, a young man who does not know the risk to which he can be exposed, shares most of his information, without suspecting that there are millions of people who take advantage of this to harm.
One of the most frequent risks on social networks is cyberbullying, and sexting.
(Ortega, 1998) ”Cyberbullying is bullying suffered through social networks or communication services installed on mobile. Abuse behaviors, which have always existed among children, jump from school to enter the world online ”
Sexting is the activity of sending photos, videos, audios or messages of sexual and erotic content to another person. A sexual practice is expected to be carried out by adults, however this behavior has grown between children under 18 years. According to a recent analysis published in Jama Pediatrics magazine. That is why this practice has become even more dangerous, since when the management of these contents is lost, the intimacy of each issuer is also lost.
Social networks have been responsible for revolutionizing society, so much so that even children are affected. In a study recently carried out by the Mexican Psychology Hospital "Metropolitan Angels" it is said that of every 10 minors attended, seven of them present alterations in their usual behavior for staying hours in front of the monitor.
In conclusion, social networks are safe, insecure are those who use them. The networks are a wide place to say and express what you want, but you have to be cautious, since they are means in which we must be clear about the type and amount of personal information that can be provided in them, because if it is notThus, we can be affected in our reputation, or integrity. Currently, there is no doubt, that young people are the ones who use and promote platforms most, thus leading to millions of people to join this technological world, which without intentions to enter it, end up involved, for matters of "current"or "modernization" . But, not everything that derives from the web is bad, on the contrary if it is knownTechnology has been developed, and is considered a phenomenon that evolves by leaps and bounds. As Castells can affirm, networks are a means for progress, this can be evidenced in chemistry, politics, economy, etc. But since everything is in excess is bad, it is advisable to use them at the right times, where they are really required. Young people must understand that you can have conversations with people, beyond a screen;That "being fashionable" does not imply having the last range of cell phones, and that you can know much, without having a phone or device in life. That social networks are not indispensable and above all, do not define who you are. That is why, currently, thousands of campaigns have been created in various countries to make todayignorance. And right now, it is time to become aware of this, in order not to regret what we could be and we did not achieve.
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