Mobile Youth Connection (MYC) Coordinator

Cultural analyst Myc Wiatrowski surveyed and observed the online fan community. "During the information age, Fandom became a connected global village capable of coordinating and communicating instantly on a global scale." How new technologies and media make up these "family circle" To emphasize whether it is possible to create stronger belonging awareness. This belonging awareness is an important factor in fans' participation. Without being affected by face-to-face conversations, users can interact freely and keep in touch with other comrades and develop their own online ID. There are many different types of online fan community, but the fastest growing thing is popular text, movies, celebrities and so on. Twilight's popular young adult novel is a good example of an online "fan" where text is reinterpreted by fans and rewritten.

With new communication technology, young people can create and maintain social connections in a completely different way. For example, e-mail, chat rooms, mobile phones with "text messages", online social networks such as Facebook®, TwitterTM video communications such as Skype®, and online games. These technologies have greatly expanded the size and complexity of social networks by 1) changing the connection between young people, 2) increasing the time to keep in touch, and 3) redefining the meaning of "young people" . "In fact, the possibility that there is a" virtual "friendship is very high without directly meeting. Parents are surprised and confused by these extremely different ways of interacting with and communicating with others.

Mobile devices provide the ability for many children to connect with others at social places anytime, anywhere. This freedom can be a problem if teenagers prioritize other important activities (such as school, sleep, family time, other social activities within the facility, etc.) via these devices. Studies have shown that children who abuse or use the Internet show similar behaviors as other addictive substances. Children who are susceptible to media addiction will show the same "high" and "low" as substance users, and poisoning is caused by depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, daytime sleepiness, alcohol, injury Other possible adverse health effects may be caused.