Fear of the Older Generation Towards the Younger Generation

Discussion

Juvenoia, as discussed is a term coined by David Finkelhor in the year 2011 which is a fear that runs in the older generation regarding their younger generation. The term is in vogue nowadays because of the behaviours of the younger generation are different as compared to the older generations during their younger age. As per this study due to the impact of Juvenoia the older generation begins to mistrust the younger generation and the major reason behind is the ‘internet’. The Internet is a virtual world, which contains all kinds of information and several other programmes. The youth, today spends most of its time sitting in front of the internet and the elders think that they must be involved in watching some inappropriate stuff online. This growing concern often leads to the need for sociology dissertation help, as scholars attempt to understand and analyse the underlying issues associated with Juvenoia.

Although this is not the truth always and it is merely a perception of the older generation that of the youth is spending his time online, then he is definitely involved in something disastrous. A wide range of literature review has been discussed in the previous section of this study over the term Juvenoia. First of all, in the words of the propounder David Finkelhor, (2011) Juvenoia is concerned with the idea that the new generation is getting mature in the most detrimental and the distorted environment which is learning all ignorance.

The term Juvenoia concerns that the new generation is getting mature in the most detrimental and the distorted environment which is learning all the arrogance. The excess use of mobile phones, television, online activities etc. has become the new mentor for the newer generation. Juvenoia is not a new term; it has been existed in the history also with the different names. It can be said that the fear regarding the younger generation existed during the ancient time also. And there are ample of examples which have been provided in the literature review section of this study. For example, the Times Magazine in the year 2013, published an article with the title, ‘The Me Me Me Generation’ in which it discussed that the tradition of writing the letters have vanished and people have stopped having strong talks with each others due to the excess use of upgraded technology.

Besides this, The New York Magazines in the year 1976, in its article titled ‘The Me Decade’, pointed towards the young generation. But before 1920, it was not clear that to who should be blamed for the deterioration of the society. But as soon as the technological advancements began to spread worldwide the whole blame was poured upon the television, mobile phones and now the new convict is the internet. Over the years the use of internet has increased and especially by the young generation, who spends most of its time on it and because of this the questions have been raising over the safety matters of the internet. Going online is now taken for granted in everyday life. European children average 88 minutes a day online, ranging from one hour for 9-10-year-olds to two hours for 15-16-year-olds (Livingstone 2011). The proportion of youth Internet user’s ages 10 to 17 years, who reported being harassed online almost doubled between 2000 and 2010, from 6% to 11% (Jones, Mitchell, & Finkelhor, 2012). Thus such kinds of the studies indicate that the internet causes so many negative effects on the personality of the young ones. The youth is becoming offensive these days; they are overloaded with so many aspects of the technologies like television, smartphones and online stuff. No doubt internet has infinite knowledge which can be very useful for the young generation but no one can control what the youth prefers to watch over the internet. It cannot be denied that there exists a huge amount of inappropriate stuff on the internet which the youth is watching. That is visible in the behaviour of the youth. The extreme level of negativity surrounds them. They indulge themselves in the malafied activities which are dangerous for them. This can be controlled but it has some extents as the youth doesn’t prefer to be controlled in any manner. In this way, it becomes very difficult for the parents to keep an eye on the activities of their young and growing children. And here the fear of the elder generation dominates their own thinking regarding their younger ones. Recently a new game named Blue Wales has created a huge mess in which the younger ones are forced to take their lives or else they are threatened about their family members from being harmed. This is the reason the game has been banned in some countries. Thus it can be said that the internet has dominated the life of the young generation and they are fully dependent on it. In a study conducted by Mehroof (2010), they found that there is a significant relationship between the online gambling addiction and the aggression, self-control, sensation seeking, trait anxiety etc. they found a negative relationship between self-control and internet gambling addictions. Besides this internet bullying is also one of the biggest problems, in which the young generation comes in the contact with the anti social elements over the internet and then they get bullied by them. Olweus, (2007) asserted in his study that these elements harm the victims physically and emotionally and sometimes they are blackmailed which results in the serious outcomes like suicide. The Blue Whale game is the biggest example of cyber bullying. These bad online experiences affect the personality of the younger generation and they get distracted from their path and ruin their life.

Researchers have proved in their studies that the online harassments are expanding day by day as the internet has the capacity to facilitate the hostile interactions for the youth. There are some studies which have provided some statistics of the negative impacts of the use of the internet. For example, 6% teenagers have become the target of general internet harassment and more importantly, 15% of young people are the online aggressors themselves (Ybarra & Mitchell, in press). So overall it can be said that the internet, today has become the most powerful weapon to shape the personality of the young generation. No one can say that up to what extent it will affect the sentiments of the young generations and due to this the mistrust among the parents and the older generation regarding the youngsters will keep on continue which is termed as Juvenoia. Some pathological studies have also been mentioned in the literature review section. The study conducted by Robert Half International, (1996) concluded that due to the excess use of web the work performance gets impacted. A remarkable drop in making the concentration has been visualised. Not only this, but the over the use of internet causes the marital separation among the couples. In another study conducted by Goodman, (1993), he found that over usage of internet leads to the compulsive sexual behaviour among the teenagers and adults. There are more than 100000 porn sites which are made available on the internet as per Rice Hughes, (1998). The impact of the sexual content online is undeniable as the studies have shown that nonviolent pornography exposure has few clearly demonstrated effects aside from the fact that it promotes more permissive sexual attitudes among those constantly exposed (Davis & Bauserman, 1993). Violent pornography sites cause a harmful attitude towards the women as they are more likely to undergo a tragedy.

In the views of Young, (1996) due to the excess use of the internet, the problems in the human relationships have also increased. According to him, 53% relationship problems have been aroused due to the over the use of internet by any of the partners. A national survey conducted confirmed the frequency of online relationships and showed that 25% of internet users from the age of 10 to 17 had formed casual online friendships in the year before they were interviewed, and 14% had formed close online friendships or online romances (Wolak, Mitchell, & Finkelhor, 2002). The Internet is one of the biggest reasons for the increment in the cases of depression and emotional instability. It is a dangerous thing. When the person gets too much engaged with the online and internet activities, he actually gets separated from the society. He avoids the social gatherings and gradually loses his communication powers. A time comes when he needs to make communications but doesn’t find any companion and this leads him towards the depression. He gets emotionally unstable and it affects his decision making power. Therefore the internet has so many adverse effects which are deteriorating the future of the younger generation.

The overuse of the internet and excessively involved in the online activities, young generation avoids going out of the home and taking part in the sports activities. This has become the biggest issue for the parents and the older generation. Lack of physical activities makes the teenagers and the youngsters dull and it reduces their stamina. The study conducted by Warburton et al., (2006) physical inactivity has become the major problem because physical activities help in reducing the risk of the chronic disease, cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure etc.

On the contrary, there are some studies (Katz, Blumer and Gurevitch, 1974) which showed that people use the internet to satisfy some specific indulges and they understand the systematic use of the internet. Besides this, there are some theories which conclude that internet use tendency is determined by media to some extent. The present study had been conducted to figure out the impact of the internet on the sports participation of the teenagers and the younger generation. The data has been analysed using various tools and techniques in the SPSS software which cleared the idea about the title.

As per the analysis, a weak positive association between the people surfing the internet and the people surfing the sports websites which mean that the more people use the internet, higher are the chances of visiting websites. Thus it can be said that internet use produces more chance of increasing the chances of sports participation and internet positively affects the sports engagement. In another analysis made between the internet safety and the internet as a motivating tool, it was found that there is no significant relationship between the both.

A moderate positive correlation was observed between the between active sports person and internet as a motivating tool. The results of the correlation made between the above two indicated that internet impacts on the level of the sports activity conducted and as the level of motivation rise so does the level of activity conducted by the respondents.

In the further analysis, a weak negative correlation was witnessed between the between spending more time online than going out and looking for sports in the absence of internet which means that there is no statistically significant relationship between the spending time on the internet and looking for sports in the absence of internet. Therefore it can be interpreted that the internet should not be blamed for the reduction in the sports participation of the young generation. Besides this, a weak negative correlation was found between spending more time online than going out and need of internet in daily life which means that there is no statistically significant relationship between spending more time sitting online than going out and need the internet in daily life.

Thus from the above discussion and the results of the analysis it can be concluded that the internet is not responsible for decreasing the sports participation of the younger generation and it is partially a psychological matter that how much time people invest in the internet surfing and moreover whatever they prefer to watch is completely an individual concern.

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