Everyday the cyberspace witnesses exchange of millions of messages, people participating in online chat groups newsgroups, surfing the World Wide Web and numerous other online activities. Teens are no exception to the phenomenon. For many of them the information highway is the most sought destination for friendship and relaxation.
The online world opens the door to freedom to chat and befriend anyone irrespective of race, nativity, age and sex.
A recent research in U.S shows that opposite to the popular belief that teens only use net for online chat they also use it for school assignments news hobbies health queries and lastly for entertainment.
But the picture is not as rosy as it looks. yes this package of electronic media also brings with it hidden hostilities .and these veiled perils keep surfacing now and then only to stun us and force us to introspect that ‘is online chat good’? After all who not heard about cyber bullying and pedophiles?
Well if we go by any of the popular census it’s evident that online chat is becoming a menace for the youngsters. Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms that 83%of U.S. teenagers are online at any time .in The cyber world too just like the non cyber world some people you encounter online might try to take advantage of you physically or financially. Anonymous chat room users interested in more than merely chatting ask teenagers for information about themselves ,their families or where they live-personal information that shouldn’t be given.
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Often they use these information’s to start illegal or indecent relationships or to hamper an individuals private or public life.
Thus the answer to the problem I believe is what measure one takes to protect oneself in an online chat room .How do you use your wit to avoid the pitfalls.Concluding it can be said that online chat is good provided one is aware of the traps and he/she uses his brain to keep clear of them. After all the motto is same cyber or the non cyber world don’t talk to strangers
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