The majority of people prefer to use the Internet as a valuable tool to research, study and work for it has provided us with effectiveness, benefit of saving time and resources. However as time goes on and the Internet has become widespread, more and more teenagers and children regard the Internet as an indispensable part of their daily lives. As a result, the government starts to face new problems—such as whether or not they should control Internet usage for children, including violent content, pornography and online games. Some people say no, because the contents help young generations better comprehend their realities and themselves.
And they also think that online gaming is a good way for teenagers to relax. From my perspective, I believe that the potential consequences far outweigh their benefits. First of all, although some people think that violent content helps teenagers not only to realize what the world truly looks like but also to know that the fairy tale life does not exist in reality, the young minds are easily influenced by murder and bloody scenery. According to their vulnerability, the youth will be drawn to simulate what they saw on the Internet and do crime in their real lives, which probably is the main cause of the juvenile delinquency.
For example, a movie now available on the Internet named, “Young Dangerous” that was published in 1990’s has been popular throughout many years. It talks about how a teenager who dropped out from school became a powerful gang leader by doing crime and forcing other people to do crime. As a consequence, many teenagers have been truant from the school and marched on the street—even imitating crime movements like the character did in the movie. Teenagers are too immature to distinguish what they should receive, so the government should remove the violent content from the place that teenagers are able to watch it.
The Essay on Juvenile Crime Violent Crimes
Juvenile Crime Introduction Every year, millions of juveniles are involved in criminal activities. According to statistics, as of 1999, the arrest rate for juvenile crime has dropped from its peak in the mid-1990's. Statistics about juvenile crime have shown a steady increase of juvenile arrests from 1987 to 1994. Although overall crime rates have decreased since 1994, they are still above what ...
Second of all, it may be true that sexual content educates teenagers to better and earlier understand themselves, but what the adolescence should know about sex in their developmental period has already been taught by both their parents at home and the teachers at the school classes. This is unnecessary for them to watch the extended sexual content online. Moreover, teenagers who have seen pornographies and eroticism video are reportedly at higher risk for early sexual activities and teenage pregnancy. According to rank. rg, the teens who saw the most sex on the internet were twice as likely to initiate intercourse within the next year as were those who saw the least. Moreover a study by an American team has found a direct relationship between the amount of sexual content teens see and their level of sexual activity or their intentions to have sex in the future. Because of the detrimental impact of the sexual content online on teenagers’ behavior, the government should consider to withdraw some specific information away from the Internet.
Third of all, even though some people feel that playing online games can be either relaxation or entertainment for teenagers after a whole day of study, there are still some disadvantages that cannot be denied. First, the youth are supposed to do more outside activities, such as jogging, swimming and ballgame to develop their bodies at the most important phase of their lives. Instead, they glue their face to the screen of the computer to play the online games. Second, teenagers who play online games can be addicted unconsciously.
The Research paper on Ethical Impacts of the Internet on Children and Teenagers
As the use of internet dominates every activity in the global market, its use in homes and schools has exponentially grown raising concern on its ethical effect on children and teenagers. The nature of the youngsters’ use of internet has generated heat and anxiety among the general public as the society calls for ethical and moral guidelines that would protect children and teenagers from negative ...
For example, increasingly the rehab facilities in China receive a considerable number of teenagers every year who have been suffering from the addiction of the online gaming. More unfortunately, lots of teenagers have reportedly died from overnight online gaming recently. Third, although many of today’s video games are vital learning tools, there are also quite a number of online games that simply waste time. At an age when children should be learning to build strong social relationships, many of them lack the communication skills because they spend most of their valuable time alone, engaged in video games.
Because of that, there is no reason for government to allow teenagers to play online games. In the end, it should be evident that there are lots of negative effects on teenagers in the long term. Contrary to what some people believe, these effects are brought on by the inappropriate content in the Internet and by online gaming. As a result, it is time for the government to be aware of controlling the usage of the Internet for the younger generations.
Nonetheless, before the government does that the parents also have to be responsible to teach young people how to distinguish whether the content of the Internet is right and good or not. Source List http://www. rand. org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9068/index1. html http://yvpc. sph. umich. edu/2011/08/24/video-games-influence-violent-behavior/ http://www. dana. org/news/cerebrum/detail. aspx? id=22800 http://journals. lww. com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2009/02000/Sex_and_Violence_in_the_Media_Influence_Teen. 13. aspx http://www. guardian. co. uk/media/2006/mar/22/pressandpublishing. broadcasting
