Internet & Teen Culture

By Mike Cimino and James SnowdenDivision 8

What is the Internet?

• Definition: A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols

• Examples of Internet Sites: Youtube, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, 4chan, Hotmail.

What Does The Internet Have To Do With Teen Culture?

• Many teens use The Internet in their day-to-day life

• Teens spend a lot of money each year on Internet games like Farmville.

• Many teens communicate through the internet via Facebook.

How It’s Constructive• Internet can be used by teens to communicate with each other

using sites such as Facebook, Msn, Hotmail

• Can be used for learning purposes such as online textbooks

• Learn about the world through sites like Youtube, BBC news, Yahoo, Google.

• Can help check their homework on the internet by using school websites.

• Can be used to play games as a way to relieve stress

How It’s Destructive• Can be used to cyber bully by writing innapropriete messages on Facebook.

• Can be addictive. (To check things such as Facebook)

• Can be used for wrong purposes (Ex: Pornography)

• Parents spend a lot of money each year for internet connection.

• Predators can use the internet to find and steal your information by using things like Facebook.

• People can use sites like Wikipedia (an uncredible source of information) for their information.

Citations• Definition of the Internet: http://www.google.ca/search?

hl=en&q=Internet&tbs=dfn:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=NazuTYbpKIS8sAP4mNn_Bg&ved=0CCYQkQ4&biw=1003&bih=592

• Pictures

• http://www.techdigest.tv/Macbook%20pro.jpg• http://www.getmoreyoutubeviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/youtube-logo.jpg

• http://thenextweb.com/google/files/2010/04/google_logo.jpg

• http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png