Stalking

Today’s society is facing rapid development of technology. More technology application have emerged. This situation have lead to a habit called stalking, some people find it is very enjoyable for them. It seems to me that this phenomenon is not right at all.

Recent advancement of information technology has resulted in many application, including social media application. Social media allow us to connect with other people from all over the world. Some of these are Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. These media somehow make people spend more time on their gadgets. This habit is actually cause a global phenomenon  which called ‘stalking’. Stalking here can be defined as an activity to peek our cyber friends. This activity especially favorited by teenager and young female person, they often stalk each other constantly.

These teenagers have several reasons why they love to stalk. First of all, they are curious about one’s daily life. Teenager with their high curiosity finds that social media is a perfect place to do that. Secondly, stalking is something to do to control the situation, for example a girl stalk her boyfriend to ensure that he is loyal toward her. 

Stalking of course have some negative sides. It is in one way or another is breaking someone’s privacy. Because it is monitored his/her daily activity. Peeking other’s life is additionally considered as social behavior problem and it is not ‘healthy’ for our social life. It would be better to interact with people in real life than in online life.