In the program "Growing Up Online" it discusses many things that have been happening in a "second world". Some of these things are being a different person or your "real self", cyberbullying , child predators. A lot of adolescents today are involved with some social networking site and the topics discussed in the program happen primarily on these websites. When being on a social networking site it allows millions of people to see into ones world and any of the information placed on the site for the world to see. For teenagers I don't feel that many of them keep in mind using the privacy features. Although the program had told of the studies being done that showed many of the students denied access of a predator trying to message them, they can still attract the wrong people if they do know of them within the area. This social networking allows for any one to have a second world online to show of the real self. Students in the program made it clear that when they go home from school its like another hang out on the computer whether its looking at videos on youtube.com or hanging out on facebook.com. Obama's campaign really used this to his advantage when trying to become president. He used social networking to his advantage by making a website where his opinions, ideas, and where he stood in the polls always available. The staff that helped him even got him to become part of facebook.com so they could add his website to their favorites and make it known to other users of their support and links to the website. This also said in the article made it easier for people to donate with their credit/debit accounts helping him out tremendously.
At the click of a button anything is accessible and there are other people to support your thoughts even though the thoughts may not be good for you. As shown by Sara in "Growing Up Online" she looks up anorexia and how other people achieve their goals in not eating and how she sometimes got jealous or applauded their ways when they were able to not eat as much in a day. It is a scary thought to know at anytime of day this accessible and in the case of John Halligan's son helped him achieve suicide. Being one of the teens in the age of the internet I never even knew some of these sites existed and it is so easy to type what a person wants in google and guarantee that something in its relation will pop up.
