Effect of Social Media on Teenagers Social Relationships with Peers

Effect of Social Media on Teenagers Social Relationships with Peers

Introduction

The Information Technology and Communication (ICT) generate profound changes in our society. Likewise there is no doubt of the importance of engaging in prevention socializing agents-while-significant others because their influence is demonstrated in applications makes the teen of the Internet, mobile and video games.

Today's society is established in a changing world, in a time of transformation and transition period to adapt to society technologies. Internet, mobile and video games occupy an important place in the process of socialization, influencing behaviors and attitudes and consequently psychology as a science and professional practice cannot remain indifferent to this transformation. Also, there are emerging a new kind of behavioral maladjustments product generalization of the Information Technology and Communication (ICT). While these technologies were created as tools to inform and communicate, your own is likely to affect the desire for control, which along with other personal and environmental factors, facilitates addictive behavior.

On the other hand, ICTs are present in all areas of scientific reality, cultural and social, and are an essential element of the functioning of our daily lives. Teens, fascinated by the Internet, mobile and video games, these technologies have found an extraordinary means of connection, communication, learning, satisfaction of curiosity, leisure and entertainment (Lenhart, 2007). Gradually, this implies that ICT is becoming an important and essential element in their lives.

Problem Statement

Social media has highly affected teenagers' social relationships with peers and family.

Literature Review

Effects of social media on sexual behavior outcomes of adolescents

As previously described adolescents make much use of different media. The proportion of sexual content within these media is high, figures ranging from 60-80%. From this idea is the concept of "sexualized media environment" created. Previous researches have shown that television (TV) has a large influence on violent and aggressive behavior among adolescents. This phenomenon can be traced back to the "Media Effects Theory" and find its origins in the cognitive social learning theory. On the basis of these theories, it can be expected that the same transaction can be carried out in the field of sexuality. This means that sexual tinted media sexual activity could promote. Many researchers support this call and media "sexual super peer "adolescents who gives a picture of attractive peers risky and challenging behavior what is not in their "peer group" occurs. The easy accessibility of media contributes to this and plays an important role and supports the process of sexual socialization (Griffiths, 2000).

Over the past decade, several studies have examined the role of sexualized media and related behavioral outcomes. These investigations see that there is a significant relationship between the use of sexualized media and the sexual behavior of the adolescent. Within the current study distinguishes between two different forms of media, namely television and internet. The choice of these two forms of media arising from previous research which emerges that scientists have reason to believe that TV and Internet is the major ...