No one can deny the effect of modernization on different aspects of people` life.

Education, communication and even social relationship have undergone different

changes. Meanwhile, adolescents are the most vulnerable group suffering from
negative effects of modernization. The models of adaptation have changed greatly
under the influence of modernization and social relationships have paved the way of
anomaly. What is more important is that adolescent preferred to have electronic
entertainment and online teaching which help to make them more isolated. The role of
family has been stressed by some theories but the models of prediction and remedy are
very difficult to assess. Challenges of adaptation and coping in interpersonal and social
relationship are of great priority for adolescents while the rapid change of
modernization, on the other hand, may counterbalance all the efforts to make a balance.
While many authors believe modernization must be used to solve the problems it brings
about, this paper reveals and discusses the hidden points of modernization impact on
social life and especially on adolescents and proposes some models to modify the
abnormalities created.

INTRODUCTION
Millions of people all over the world witness revolutionary in their daily life. The term
modernization is used by social scientists to refer to the extensively influential process
through which ordinary nations which a less-developed tradition to the more progressive
societies. Modem societies enjoy certain features such as urbanization, literacy and
industrialization accompanied by highly developed transport system and mass media.
As a result, those who live in such modern societies have to shift their commitment from
their parents and priests, who were their traditional sources of authorities, to new
authorities namely, government officials.

IMPACT OF MODERNIZATION ON ADOLESCENTS SOCIAL LIFE

Adolescence is a critical period when young people prepare themselves for their future
lives as adults. In modern and developing countries there are huge investments in the
cognitive training of adolescents, teaching them the knowledge and skills that are
believed to be necessary to acquire. While, they are at school, they are in the peer-
centered environments and away from the adult-centered settings of family and
community. During the school hours, adolescents are in peer-centered settings, away
from the adult setting of the family and community. In industrial countries, after their
school, the adolescents spent hours either alone, or studying and listening to music at
the same time, they are with friends, which is, in fact, another peer-centered setting.
The extension of schooling along with other changes in social programs has led to
pulling the adolescents away from participation in adolescents-adults interaction. A
change in the adolescents' society makes them find a new atmosphere where they can
spend most of their time with peers rather than company of the family. The condition of
teenagers(known as generation gap) causes the parents to be concerned about their
children because they are absent from home for a long time.

INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY ON ADOLESCENTS

Over the past 40 years few developments in society have had a greater effect on
adolescents than television did. The persuasion power of television is overwhelmingly
impressive. Since infancy, most of the today's adolescents have spent more time sitting
in front of television set than with their parents or in the classroom. Besides, television,
radio, CDs, and music video and other media have especially important impacts on the
lives of many adolescents. This is more likely to increase the generation gap between
adolescents and their parents because teens can witness diversity issues in their
lifespan, while the knowledge of parents is related to the past time and cannot meet the
needs of today's teenagers. Hence teenagers do not believe the parent's approaches
and so they do not obey and enjoy the experience of the parents although the parents'
guidance is useful for them. That is why at the age of adolescence, human is not mature
enough and is at risk in the sophisticated, advanced world.

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY ON

ADOLESCENTS

With the advent of technology, certain social issues appear. One of the worrying issues
is that whether the growing use of the technology particularly computers at home and
schools can augment the gap between rich and poor people as well as the boys and the
girls. According to one national survey, in lower-income communities when children and
adolescents go to school, they spend more time with most types of media than their
counterparts in wealthier neighborhoods, but they use computers to a lesser degree. A
recent study indicated that there are significant gaps in computer availability across
ethnic groups; for example, about half of the African American and Latino adolescents
do not use the internet, wile just one-fifth of Latino white or Asian American adolescents
have access to the internet. It can be said that in lower income communities, kin
relationship is important and perhaps they do not agree with an individual's private.
activities. In addition, they have not obtained the essential. skills on working on the
internet and computer; furthermore, they have not grasped the importance of the
computer or maybe, providing this new technological device imposes some financial
burden on the families. Besides, among families of lower-class societies there is a kind
of cultural resistance to the programs shown via the new technological devices.
because the young may negatively be affected.

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP

Some argue that internet communication may result in a decrease in the number of
friendships and level of intimacy. Teenagers who have many internet friends do not play
a supportive role in their communication. This is a logical reason for the loneliness of
the adolescents who have lots of internet friends. That teens who used the internet
more often were involved in less social interaction. The subjects suffered from an
increase in loneliness and mild depression possibly because of lack of face to face
communication. As computer use developed, the feelings of isolation and unhappiness
surged without caring about race, age, gender, household income, or initial level of
social interaction. Adolescents who used emails and the internet more frequently
experienced greater isolation and loneliness. Some adolescents resort to the computer
as an escape from social contacts.

IMPACT OF THE TECHNOLOGY ON ADOLESCENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Almost all of the teenagers who have access to the internet have used it for school
assignment and about seventy percent said their on-line research turned them into
better students. According to some studies, the use of the computer can improve
academic progress. However, many teachers to cast doubts, because anyone can post
anything on the internet, and it happens that some information is incorrect and out of
date, as well as biased and incomplete. The internet helps the students collect a lot of
information that is necessary to do assignment but it is not enough to make a creative
student, because the students learn to rely on the internet without having to think and
analyze the materials deeply on their own. This probably does not generate deep
progressing of information; rather it can be a blocking force. If the amount of time spent
on an activity is suggestive of the important of the job, then undoubtedly the mass
media play significant roles in the adolescents' lives.

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON ADOLESCENTS' AGGRESSION

Television may induce aggressiveness in a great variety of ways. Some people who
may directly imitate; they just copy what they see on television. Violence on television
may result in antisocial attitudes which may encourage children and adolescents to hit
first and talk later. They may accept violence as a way of solving problem television and
begin to accept it as normal and natural in their life. 75% of all violent acts brought no
remorse, criticism, or penalty: and 40% of the violence was accompanied by humor.
10% of students seeking counseling for such symptoms as anxiety, being afraid to be
alone, nightmares, withdrawal, and even violence. Review over two hundred studies on
age groups showed a relation between aggressive behavior and viewing television
violence, regardless of age.

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON ADOLESCENTS' SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

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There is a tendency in young people like me to believe that what is shown in movies
such as sexual behaviors is common that they really are. Viewing sexual content on
television in early adolescence is associated with the early initiation of sexual
intercourse in middle and late adolescence. When all family members watch television
together, parents can talk about the issues that are not being raised on the show.
Adolescents believe that the continuous themes of sexuality played on television affect
behavior. 76% of the teenagers believe there is one reason why people have sexual
intercourse: the television shows and movies encourage the adolescents to do so as a
normal act. The important role of the family in the adolescents' tendency to sexual
issues is like the job of the media programmer in forming sexual behavior or
adolescents.

CONCLUSION

There are, however, several essential conditions needed to create learning

environments to sufficiently support students' learning. These can be realized when
there is vision and support on the part of the educational leaders who are experts in the
use of technology of learning, access to contemporary developments, and an emphasis
on the adolescent as an active. constructive learner. To sum up, modernization is a
controversial issue. As Already mentioned, modernization has some disadvantages
including exaggerated fashion, addiction, isolation, loneliness, depression,
aggressiveness, crime, alcohol abuse, smoking, social relationship problems, reduction
of intimacy, and abusing family's money. On the other hand, it also has some
advantages such as entertainment, increasing information and developing skills, greater
number of interpersonal relationships, improving academic achievement, and coping
among adolescents. However, it can modernization is an incredible phenomenon be
said that. Although many theories predict that rapid social changes give rise to stressful
lives for adolescents, there is limited empirical evidence for this. Furthermore,
adolescents' successful compatibility with stress may be induced by protective factors
like strong family and communities.

Arguments
Some would say that improving technology has made our lives easier, Yes it is. Imagine
what your day would be like without the Internet, the automobile, or electricity. But The
effects of modernization are visible everywhere. With the development of
industrialization, everything is now produced in industry. People don’t have time to
make rag dolls for their children. They immediately buy an Xbox or a Barbie doll. Today,
mothers don’t have time to knit sweaters for their children or other family members
because in today’s society, most women prefer to work. Foodstuffs are also covered.
Modern society is inextricably linked to the emergence of industrial society. To some
extent, only modern societies carry the institutions and values of society. Second,
modernization brings all the frustrations described above. Modern societies claim to be
free from the domination of tradition. This also leads to a loss of culture. Modernization,
like any other social phenomenon, has consequences and side effects. Modernization is
a parameter of our development and of the achievements of humanity with which we
started. Of course, this makes our lives easy and luxurious. At the same time, it also
has all those drawbacks. It’s up to us to decide what we want to focus on. This is neither
a blessing nor a curse in itself.

What are some of the disadvantages of modernization?

As modernization has advanced, so too have its many advantages and disadvantages.
Modernization has enabled us to live longer, healthier and more prosperous lives, yet it
has also brought about many negative effects on our society, including increased crime,
homelessness and environmental destruction. Modernization has also made it easier to
express our thoughts and ideas, but this has brought with it a greater risk of violence.
Oftentimes people are forced to live on the ‘periphery’ of society, and their only option is
violence. In the 21st century, we have seen the rise of globalization and of a new
interconnected world of markets and large scale production networks. With this comes
the loss of the traditional understanding of what a “nation” is. A nation is no longer a
single territory with its own borders, but rather a concept that is made up of multiple
territories linked by common goals, beliefs, symbols, and values. This has affected how
we view the concept of nationalism, which used to be a unified sentiment of loyalty to a
single nation and a demand for its sovereignty. Now, nationalism is a more complex
issue, and it is a varied response to the issues of globalization