Response: "Children: Social Networking Sites, A Debate in the House of Lords"

So today im going to give a response to this reading by Susan Greenfield, "Children: Social Networking Sites, A Debate in the House of Lords". One question I kept in mind is what precisely is the appeal of social networking sites. In this reading we find many times that people say its a way to feel freedom, not being judge, and feel free that they can express themselves. One quote off this text says "Building a Facebook profile is one way that individuals can identify themselves, making them feel important and accepted." I believe people when joining social networking they tend to feel more safe and that people will except them more through words and pictures on a screen rather than knowing that individual in person. Since in real time conversations people respond to you faster than they would through text on a screen. Another person states"...no opportunity to think up clever or witty responses." This shows how people want to think what they want to say and retype what they want to say till its finally perfect. Empathy is another thing what this article talked about, how when playing games once we win the game people feel as if they achieved something. When we speak to someone in person its like reading a book, we talk to them to find out more about that person. Overall social networking should do something that can have effectiveness in the lives of people so people can grow up and be able to conversate with others and not feel as their being judged or that no one is going to like them. As stated by Susan Greenfield, "As a consequence, the mid-21st century mind might almost be infantilized, characterized by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathize, and a shaky sense of identity." Don't let social networking make us be that type of person.

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