Teenagers and social networks: keys to the teenagers' exodus
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 5:29 am
By Javier Rocamora
LThe relationship between teenagers and social networks is the subject of much debate. They are considered early adopters because they are fans of technology and slaves to trends. They jump on everything new that comes out, they say , because of their innate curiosity. From my point of view as an almost, sniff, fifty-something, that is not entirely correct.
Being a teenager is tough.
You have your whole life ahead of you, okay, but that (which for adults seems like a blessing) is a huge burden for them , because your parents, your teachers and society in general want you to make decisions that, they tell you, will condition the rest of your life at the same time that you feel the call of the wild caused by having raging hormones.
You want to change the world, in fact, you think you will egypt business email database change the world because you have not yet become as hypocritical as adults and you realize the reality: the world has no meaning. No, teenagers are not stupid, they simply have not yet developed the filters that adults put in front of their eyes to avoid seeing what they do not want to see. Faced with the vital anguish of being fully aware that the world is going to hell, some react with militant idealism and others decide that they are going to put the filter on themselves by partying (let everyone define the concept of "party" as they see fit). And of course, when you are in that situation, tidying up your room so that it does not look like a crime scene is not the most important thing. Besides, in the jungle of being a teenager you have to fight so that others do not eat you.
The story of teenagers and social media is one of escape. Reality is so suffocating that you need to get out of it somehow, and technology offers you a way out. Something that adults later imitate and that is nothing new: it already happened with video games, which today no one in their right mind would dare to call "kids' stuff" and much earlier with television, so why wouldn't the same thing happen with social media?
LThe relationship between teenagers and social networks is the subject of much debate. They are considered early adopters because they are fans of technology and slaves to trends. They jump on everything new that comes out, they say , because of their innate curiosity. From my point of view as an almost, sniff, fifty-something, that is not entirely correct.
Being a teenager is tough.
You have your whole life ahead of you, okay, but that (which for adults seems like a blessing) is a huge burden for them , because your parents, your teachers and society in general want you to make decisions that, they tell you, will condition the rest of your life at the same time that you feel the call of the wild caused by having raging hormones.
You want to change the world, in fact, you think you will egypt business email database change the world because you have not yet become as hypocritical as adults and you realize the reality: the world has no meaning. No, teenagers are not stupid, they simply have not yet developed the filters that adults put in front of their eyes to avoid seeing what they do not want to see. Faced with the vital anguish of being fully aware that the world is going to hell, some react with militant idealism and others decide that they are going to put the filter on themselves by partying (let everyone define the concept of "party" as they see fit). And of course, when you are in that situation, tidying up your room so that it does not look like a crime scene is not the most important thing. Besides, in the jungle of being a teenager you have to fight so that others do not eat you.
The story of teenagers and social media is one of escape. Reality is so suffocating that you need to get out of it somehow, and technology offers you a way out. Something that adults later imitate and that is nothing new: it already happened with video games, which today no one in their right mind would dare to call "kids' stuff" and much earlier with television, so why wouldn't the same thing happen with social media?