Digital Media And Learning

                   Technology has really impacted todays youth. Many kids various number of ages are spending endless hours online. Technology has really changes our lives, in both good and bad ways.

                    " The majority of youth use new media to " hang out " and extend existing friendship in
theses ways ... " Teenagers use social media like Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to reach out, to get to know people from other parts of the world or simply just to keep in touch with somebody from school.

                    " Online groups enable youth to connect to peers who share specialized and niche interest of various kinds, whether thats online gaming, creative writing, video editing, or other artist endeavor." Some youth spend there time on social media writing scenarios (Fan Fiction) about their famous favorite person. They also spend many hours blogging about famous people from One Direction to Beyonce. Some have devoted their time to making videos on Youtube, Where they can gain subscribes and become rich and famous. Some people like Jenna Marbles, Tyler Oakly, Shane Dawson ect. have actually started making videos at a young age (16). They have gain a huge fan base that also made them very rich.

                  Youth know they are spending many hours online instead of actually hanging out with their friends, or even joining a sport at school. Teenagers just seem to Compel to the social media life.

                In conclusion youth spend many hours on social media, making new friends, and " hanging out ". Kids just love the idea of talking to somebody without having to go to their house or waiting to see each other at school. In various ways Technology impacted out life in both good and bad ways. We have learned to trust the social media. Technology has really specifically affected our youth.