Impact of Social Networking Services on Youth Behaviour

elsw

10 Feb 10, 00:40

Hi, I am researching on the impact of social networking services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter on behaviour amongst youths. Experts have listed outcomes such as increased narcissism, a decline in real life social interactivity, as well as an increased sense of false self-importance. I am curious to know what positive impacts these websites have on behaviour amongst youths.

elsw

10 Feb 10, 00:46

I personally feel some positive aspects of social networking services in regards to youth behaviour include:

Increased social interactivity if the person possesses an existing healthy social life. The presence of an active real-life social life set against the backdrop of an active online social life can lead to the positive growth of both in a simultaneous fashion.
I personally find the ease of communication that social networking websites offer increase in proactive habits to communicate for professional, school and social purposes.
It can also help foster and maintain healthy relationships between people separated by geographical location (such as family members) as communication over these sites can facilitate this.

elsw

10 Feb 10, 00:52

Here are some resources that have influenced my work:

Understanding Social Networking On Young People's Construction and Co-Construction of Identity Online

http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:1bldy_FktBgJ:www.ell.aau.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/staff/Malene_Larsen_-_Documents/Paper_Malene_Charlotte_Larsen_REVISED_version_Sep07.pdf+Understanding+Social+Networking:+On+Young+People’sConstruction+and+Co-construction+of+Identity+Online&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=sg

Social Networking: Scourge of the 21st Century?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1655448/social_networking_scourge_of_the_21st_pg4.html?cat=9

Social Networking: A Full Report

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/medlitpubrss/socialnetworking/report.pdf