Teens, Technology, and Friendship

Teens, Technology, and Friendship Work cited: Lenhart, A., Smith, A., Anderson, M., Duggan, M., & Perrin, A. (2015, August 06). Teens, Technology and Friendships. Retrieved September 16, 2015, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/08/06/teens- technology-and-friendships/ Number of pages read: 69 pages This online data about teens, technology, and friendships was was surprising, yet not surprising. "One of the things discussed was the percent of teens who actually met their online friends in person. As a parent and teacher, I find 20% out of 57% to be a scary number. However, not all teens are using technology to make new friends online, many teens use technology in order to stay connected with friends that they already have. Around 55% of teens text their close friends on a daily basis. Things can get dramatic when 88% of teens believe that too much personal information is shared on social media, 53% have seen events in which they have not been invited to, 42% had negative things posted about them, and 21% say that they feel worse about their life. Social media is said to cause 40% of teens to become pressured and resulting in them posting content that only makes them look good. While 39% of teens tend to worry about posting content that will be of interest to others and result in lots of comments or likes. However, technology can be damaging to friendships and result in teens who unfriend or unfollow and block their ex-friend(s) (Lenhart, 2015)." I found it to be interesting that Caucasian teens are more likely to share their password(s) with their friends then African American or Hispanic teens. This can be an issue for various reasons. One reason is that your friend may become angry at you and post inappropriate things on your social media. The data was interesting and I hope that you take the time to look over my infogram below and possibly even read Teens, Technology, and Friendship for yourself.