American Youth Culture Today

THE EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON AMERICAN YOUTH COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THEIR CULTURE

There are basically three things that brought human beings to the age of wireless technology : first , human beings are proven to have intelligence far above any other creature on earth second , humans has never been satisfied of what they have so they continue to discover and invent new things and lastly , men seem to have the natural tendency to look for ways to make things better and easier from the simplest to the most complicated things they do . For

these reasons , mobile phones were born in place of telephones . Typeare replaced by desktop computers , then by laptops and notebooks and palmtops . From and pen come the e-mails and web cam communication channels . After the traditional face to face personal interactions , there are teleconferencing , i-chat and instant messaging

Like all others , communication technology has brought major changes on major aspects of human lives-both advantages and disadvantages . The social , cultural and cognitive aspects of the lives of the people have been greatly influenced by these communication technologies . This aims to present both the positive and negative effects of communication technology particularly the wide use of internet and mobile phones and how these have either improved or ruined their lives . This focuses on the effects of these communication gadgets on the sociolinguistic lives on the American youth

THE EFFECTS ON SOCIAL SKILLS OF THE AMERICAN YOUTH

ADVANTAGES ON THE SOCIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

There are two obvious benefits that the Internet Age and the Mobile Technology have brought the youth of today : a faster , easier way of getting in touch with almost everyone in the world and the fact that the use of web cam , e-mails and text messaging have opened the door for the youth to socially interact with the other youths of different cultures around the world . The presence of computers has enables the youth to learn how to communicate and exchange ideas with the others of the same interests like music , arts and crafts and even current events . Through the use of broadband technology , children are able to interact with their relatives and friends who are far from home . Children are able to meet other people and make friends without and pen to say what they have in mind . These benefits are undeniably hardly possible if not impossible without the internet

In America , where most children are familiar with the use of the internet , the youth are given the access to express themselves through their own blogs and learning things by browsing other 's WebPages . At the same time , this internet accessibility enhances their creativity as evidenced by their ability and skills in creating their own blogs and web mails . The network actually aids in developing the communication skills of children who are shy and are not quite accepted by their peers for various reasons (E . Hargittai ) Being a part of the Online Community has been the confidence booster of the youths who...