Effects of Social Networking Among Teenagers By: Steven White Student, Craven Early College

Interest * The daily harms that are placed among children and the youth due to improper use of social networking. * Friends who have been victims of cyberbullying and sexual assaults by predators. * Friends who been robbed because of posting personal information. * My God-brother killed because of a communicated threat on Facebook.

Paper Topic: Social Networking and its Effect on Teenagers Driving Question: Does the use of social networking affect teens negatively or positively? Thesis Statement: Social networking is very dangerous for teens; it causes misbehavior due to provocative advertisements and the display of vague information, and it can lead teens to becoming victims of sex offenders.

Paper Continued * As of December 2008, 43% of online sexual solicitors were identified as being adolescents (under 18) * 30% were adults between the ages of 18 and 21, and 9% were adults over the age of 21. * 38% of Facebook users in the last year were under the age of 13. * From my research, I have found that social networking has more effect on the youth than any other age range.

Product * I did an informative lesson on the topic. * On Thursday, March 14, 2013, I taught two groups of 6th Graders at Tucker Creek Middle School on proper usage of the social network. * It encourages proper usage and abstinence from unsafe behavior when participating in social networking activities. * It also has been designed to inform of daily dangers that are a result from improper usage.

Product Continued * My mentor, Mr. Smith, helped me develop my lesson plans and schedule the classes with Mr. Allran at Tucker Creek. * He also helped me by forwarding my messages and surveys to his colleagues as well. * I learned how much teenagers and youth constantly participate in social networking, and I was also able to understand the addiction and attraction to the social network.

Connection: Paper & Product * They inform about the dangers of social networking such as: cyberbullying, provocative advertisements, sex offenders and predators, etc. * They also encourage immediate action to be taken by parents by closely monitoring what their children take part in through the social media

Successes * Creating Lesson Plans * Finding informative audio/videos * Interviewing/Surveying Users * Teaching Class * Gathering research

Challenges * Finding accurate statistics * Constructing my Graduation Project Paper

Final Reflections * Next, I will continue to build off of what I have learned and informed others of. * It will help me be aware of what things that I do when on the social network. * It will also help me encourage others to abstain from improper usage as well.

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