Vimalan [as first-speaker]
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Social networking sites can have negative effects on social skills development. Some issues include cyberbullying, which 42% of students surveyed reported experiencing. Victims of cyberbullying can experience lower self-esteem, depression, and in some cases suicide. Additionally, the use of shorthand and slang on social media can negatively impact students' language skills and writing abilities if carried into schoolwork. Frequent online socializing can also reduce in-person social interactions important for developing conflict resolution and relationship building skills.
Vimalan [as first-speaker]
- 1. Good morning honourable adjudicator, time keeper, my beloved team, my beloved opponent and member of the House. Let me introduce myself and my teammate. I’m VIMALAN SON OF SELVARAJU as first speaker; ASHIMAH BT ASHAMUDDIN as second speaker; and the last, TAI WEI YAO as third speaker Well, audiences... Our motion today is Social Networking Sites Have Adverse Effects On social Graces. A social networking service is an online services, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. Two little words - "social networking" - have become a giant buzz phrase over the past couple of years. According to e-marketer, global social networking revenues will exceed $10 billion 2013. Most social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and many others offer their services to members for free, yet still net significant income. In fact, according to Mashable Business, Facebook earned $1.6 billion in revenues in the first half of 2011, and was on pace to achieve more than $3 billion in revenues by year end. If the services are free, then, how do social networking websites earn such staggering sums of money? The answer is that you, the social network user, is the product these online giants sell to generate revenue. According to BBC News, social networking sites are uniquely positioned to make money by matching people to products. Social networking can result in negative outcomes, some with long-term consequences. Social networking like Facebook, Twitter, playing games and chatting can be harmful for others. Honourable judges, teachers, friends & worthy opponents, I would like to give my points for the subject "effects of social networking sites ". One of the issue associated with social networking is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies such as e- mail, instant messaging, and personal websites to
- 2. support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual or group , that is intended to harm others. There have been some surveys done in the United States to get a better understanding of just how many students are being cyber-bullied, and how many students are cyber-bullying themselves. 1566 students from grades four to eight were surveyed to find out their experiences with bullying online. Cyber-bullying has spread widely among youth, with 42% reporting that they have been victims, according to a 2010 CBS News report. Over a 34% of young people have felt depressed because of something they have seen on a social network site and 14% have been victims of cyber bullying, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by the Prince’s Trust. Young woman are more likely to be negatively affected by posts they have been seen on social networks. Research had demonstrated a number of serious consequences of cyberbullying victimization. Victims have lower self-esteem, increased suicidal ideation, and a variety of emotional responses, retaliating, being scared, frustrated, angry and depressed. Cyberbullying are sometimes so damaging that victims have commited suicide. An example is on 17th October 2006, Megan Taylor Meier, who was an American teenager committed suicide by hanging three weeks before her 14th birthday. Her suicide was attributed to cyberbullying on MySpace by her friend’s mother, Lori Drew Another issue associated with social networking is encourage the poor use of grammar and also spellings, as students mostly use slang or shortened forms of words. students and the general public are beginning to embrace shortened "text-speak" as part of an overall trend of using bad grammar, bad punctuation and bad spelling– all for the sake of convenience and speed. In speaking to students, we often see that the shorthand used in social media and texting can be carried over into the classroom. Brandon Kessock, a high school freshman, said he's experienced an overlap. "he get so used to texting that he mess up a lot of easy words. Using twitter as an
- 3. example, twitter limits its users to the use of 140 characters; therefore users will have no other option than to abbreviate their words as much as they can, just to enable their thoughts fit into the 140 character provision.“There is, after all, only so much information that can be obtained in 140 characters. While the option to dig deeper may be present through embedded links in Tweets, for example, there may be little reward in pursuing those connections for students.”. As a result of the excessive use of abbreviated words and slang by students on social networks, they start to rely on the computer grammar and spell checkers on their devices. This results in the reduction of their command over English language and also their writing skills. Ladies And Gentlemen , A huge advantage of these social communities has a reverse side effect that is also a big disadvantage of social networking : they reduce or eliminate face-to-face socialization. Because of the autonomy afforded by the virtual world, individuals are free to create a fantasy persona and can pretend to be someone else. It is hard to say no, be rude, or ignore someone when you are looking them in the eye. It's incredibly easy and quick to unfriend or unfollow someone or simply block their efforts to make a connection. Just one click of the mouse and your problems are over. Unfortunately, this feature of online socialization cheats people of the opportunity to learn how to resolve conflicts in the world outside the Internet and it could retard or cripple one's social skills developments. Teens are at higher risk because those years are when they are learning to interact with others or build and maintain relationships. A report from the National School Boards Association shows that of the children in these age groups that use a social network, 41 percent spend their time posting messages. They are not spending this time in face-to-face interactions with their peers or others nor are they developing the necessary social skills for future success.