Social networks and psychological sequelae in communities
Introduction
In this essay, part of the social networks with which adults are and even minor will be addressed, they are found daily. The psychological sequelae that social networks bring to communities will also be treated. I will also reserve a space to refer to the formation of the criteria. Have you ever thought about the veracity of the enormous amount of information that lives on the Internet? Or of the same users who interact with you and between them? The Internet is generally a great tool, but without the necessary care, nor the cooperation of all users, both social networks and other sites in general, can be contaminated with harmful content for the mental health of users, or Well, with information from doubtful origins that cause confusion in situations that can influence life off the screen.
Developing
Before starting, it is necessary to present by definition what social networks are, for this, I must introduce a difference that avoids conflicts with the definition to be used in this writing. In a variety of texts such as work manuals, or training in jobs that require the use of social skills, social networks appear as massive interactions of people, by digital and/or physical means, well, in this writing I only have to treat the Social networks launched by digital media. Made this difference, I will cite a fragment of a book, which I acquired from a page that provides intellectual resources under the support of the University of Oxford. The appointment is originally in English, so I have decided to translate it for use.
“We define the Social Network Sites (SRS), as web services that allow individuals to build public or partially public profiles, in a system that links these profiles, generating a list of users with whom they share a connection."(Boyd 211) I would like to take the fact that they indicate, that people" build "a profile for online use, I think this has been taken very lightly by society. The possibility of falsifying and omitting information so easily allows the real user to live in anonymity. The SRS that are exempt from this, are the institutional and formal forums, which form their foundations in which users have a public identity within the institution, so it does not give the possibility to this difficulty. With this in mind, and discarding these last cases, I conclude that the "people" who inhabit these SRS are inventions, fiction, which generates a virtual society based on something unreal.
Is there a problem with this unreal society? Being a society that allows indiscriminate anonymity, there are multiple possibilities of situations, for example adults pretending to be children, women pretending to be men, children pretending to be famous; In short, only these cases can already be glimpsed possible manipulations, deceptions and all kinds of things that can harm emotional, psychologically or even economically. Social networks are not complete. Logically, the abstention of its use is the simplest solution, but new generations come with new cultures, the case that older people do not get along with technology does not stop repeating themselves, and that is, because it is effectively a reality. So abstention is really unlikely, even though they are rigorous.
Given this, I continue to teach an appointment of an academic text endorsed by the University of Salamanca, which is contextualized under a study conducted in Spain. The appointment says: “Social networks have come to blur physical, geographical and social barriers, allowing people around the world to be connected in society […] Our adolescents are part of a equipped generation of technologies. Among the data obtained, 90% of the students have technological materials in their houses oriented to leisure.”(Flames 45-48) of this I am interested in highlighting that in addition to the risks from the unknown age difference for those who interact, all of their information is actually unknown, these contacts can arise internationally and/or/or Intercultural, which again derives this age sector with lack of training in its personal criteria.
I even consider it possible that the current "common sense", which is defined in the indiscriminate acceptance of opinions ("we must all be treated equal, and therefore our opinions also, regardless of our mental and/or emotional condition, nor the lack of arguments after this opinion ”), be a direct consequence of an accelerated globalization by these communicative resources. This "common sense", or rather, this thought model is quite established in social networks, and does not seem to me a coincidence. This way of seeing things is originated from the lack of a "personal filter", this "filter", is studied in psychology and pedagogy under the name of "criteria". A person reaches his state of "maturation" when he has formed his criteria, and this can only be formed under the guidance of someone who has it, as well as under his experience, it is for this reason that this concept is related to adulthood.
Returning to complicated situations, although there is no greater opportunity to avoid them through ignorance, if users can be educated so that there may be adequate resolution by it before this type of case. For example, to provide a space a week to talk about what happened in it, in this way, the “filter” that the child requires not to alter its maturation in a negative way could be controlled. Now the problem lies in the guides, because not all guides effectively have this well -formed "filter". This task would then be delegated to a professional, with a criteria formed, who had access to a short talk with the minor in question. Teachers could take such responsibility, but in my experience it doesn’t seem like a good idea.
What would be a missing piece in teaching staff? For me, the ideal would be a new professional. This professional would have to comply with an adequate profile, that is, correct tact, treatment and vocation towards minors, average or higher knowledge about social networks and that seeks to be informed by these same means, so that I can understand and have a fluid conversation With someone who spends a good part of their time in the SRS. And most importantly, which is indeed interested in complementing the moral and social education of new generations. Could it be a new university career? I do not see why not, but if it is, I think it is necessary that it be of short duration, because the younger professional is, I feel that it would be more likely to comply with what is necessary for this work.
conclusion
Concluding, social networks by digital means, or SRS, are important for new generations, and if they explore this path alone, there could be irreparable repercussions. It is necessary for the adult community to be aware of what is happening and try to adapt to provide support to those who will populate this world in the future, it should not happen that future societies have their foundations based on inventions and internet conventions, since the Inventions at the end of the day are just that, inventions, although we want them to come true, they will not necessarily do it, and I do not want to think that in the future they discover that from a lie, the society they know begins to begin to collapse. I hope that society in general will understand the importance of starting from the truth.
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