“All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing,” states the MacArthur Foundation from recent studies. The majority of teenagers have at least one social networking site that they belong to, such as Facebook and Myspace. By visiting these sites every day, teenagers are learning how to communicate with one another on the World Wide Web. Mizuko Ito, a lead researcher on the study, said, “But their participation is giving them the technological skills and literacy they need to succeed in the contemporary world. They’re learning how to get along with others, how to manage a public identity, how to create a home page.” This is important, because the internet is where the future is going and sooner or later, every teenager or adult would need to be able to use a computer. Just look today. People can get their news, weather, and sports on the internet and never have to turn on the television to get this. The internet is what the majority of people use and I believe that it’s good to belong to a social networking site because then teenagers can really learn now and in the future, the communicating that will take place.
Not only do teenagers have these social networking identities, but well known people have them. For example, our future President Barack Obama has a facebook and you can friend him. Teenagers and adults have become friends with Obama on facebook and can share their ideas with him by writing on his wall. This gives them a great understanding about politics and major issues for our country.
The internet is the future of learning and communicating and teenagers should be able to have these social networking identities. With these, they won’t have trouble in the future using a computer and will have success for years.
Not only do teenagers have these social networking identities, but well known people have them. For example, our future President Barack Obama has a facebook and you can friend him. Teenagers and adults have become friends with Obama on facebook and can share their ideas with him by writing on his wall. This gives them a great understanding about politics and major issues for our country.
The internet is the future of learning and communicating and teenagers should be able to have these social networking identities. With these, they won’t have trouble in the future using a computer and will have success for years.
