Social media is evolving very quickly and became an important part of socialization. It is impossible to neglect and hide from this new form of media. They offer communication through the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many various blog. These social media sites offer children new ways of communication and entertainment and the long-term effects are still unknown. For this reason it is essential for parents as well as teachers to be more aware of this new media and what it of

Social media is an internet based interface that allows an individual to interact and learn various subjects. The media has many applications like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Whatsapp, etc. They are advantageous in their own way by supplying information required and also disadvantageous when undue information is fed into the websites and browsed by children. The reason behind the society blaming the media is that a child tends to spend most of his precious time in it. The re

Our world is overrun by technology and is dominated by the media. While technology provides many advancements and conveniences to human race, it also presents some unfortunate consequences for our children.The media and technology of the present age has become ‘attention grabbers’ amongst children. The health and education system are just beginning to detect an increase of physical, psychological, behavioral disorders among children. The entertainment technology such as T.V;

The media is the powerful entity in the world. It has the power to make the innocent,guilty and the guilty,innocent. Because it controls the mind of the masses. In this scenario, mobile phones have replaced the human brain not only among adults but amidst children too. We live in an era, where meager confrontations are done through text messages, e-mail and other platforms. Media evaporates a lot of time, energy and makes us absolutely physically inactive, particularly amid c

Just imagine one day you wake up and couldn't find your phone or you find that your internet at home or office is not working... I know your life would be chaos... So this condition is when you had lived your childhood without all these gadgets and apps and social media but today's generation comes out from Mother's womb with cyber brain! This is due to overexposure of social media and lots of content available just a click away... Exposure of new technology according to ag

It is amazing how the internet is changing people’s lives, people are able to quickly do research and gather data on the web, navigate through websites the internet has provided our world with a different means of communication and accessible to anyone at any time at a click of a mouse. Despite all the beneficial aspects of the uses of the internet, it has negative impact too. It affects relationships with others, people easily get distracted and it many cause cyber bullyi

The influence of the media on the development of children is profound. Child's exposure to media is unlimited. Educators have responsibility to provide guidance on age appropriate use of all media, including television, radio, music, video games and the Internet. Media hypes the basic facts of information and presents them so as to increase the superficial appeal of things. Media emphasizes money and glamour aspects, film stars, models and the successful men and women in the

Before the invention of the Computer: A keyboard was a piano. A programme was an entertainment show. An application was a written data for employment. The mouse was an animal. Memory was something that you can, lose with age. Logging was adding wood to Fire. Cut was what you do with a pocket knife. Paste was what you do with glue. A web was a spider’s home. A Site was a location for a building. But... today it seems like our ‘online’ and ‘offline’ lives are getting difficult

The current generation of teenagers fall under the direct impact of social media, internet and the world of information technology. As a teacher, I do observe a marked difference in the quality of students over the span of two and a half decades. Their psychology as teenagers, moral values, consideration for others, empathy, sense of duty, planning and organised work and time management are slowly fading away, due to their constant association with the hi-tech world. Formati

Below is the case study of Sam Mody (name changed) from age 0 to age 10. Often today’s children are oblivious of things that happen around them. Why are Sam and so many children his age so detached, preoccupied, distant and disinterested in the things going on around them? The most plausible explanation is the gadgetry available to young children today. Definitely, the ‘’New age Pacifier’’ has come to stay! Putting a gadget in a child’s hands is the only way to address tantr