Summary
“Turn Off the Phone (And the Tension),” an article written by Jenna Wortham, is about an experience away from social media. Social media is all about sharing details of one’s life while investing themselves into others. While doing so this takes away from their own experiences that are happening right in front of them. Wortham shows how ironic it is for someone to share a part of their lives and yet not have the time to enjoy it. This problem is shown to be a common epidemic for the millions of people who use social networking sites/apps and that too much time is spent away from current events, thus taking the beauty out of life. Wortham then quotes Gross on how our society has a spread of information that is too vast. What ends up
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happening as a result is that there become too many sources of information that drags its viewers deeper into their news feeds. Hofmann describes that “It’s a problem of self-control.” Regaining control is all about leaving technology and social networking behind, one step at a time. Response The ironic social issues with social networking are spreading throughout the world.
Social networking is becoming the focus point of someone’s afternoon that should be spent with family and friends. “Turn Off the Phone (And the Tension),” is an article written by Jenna Wortham. The fear vs the joy of missing out, is a case of perception. While most may despair when missing out on their social media sites, some enjoy the separation from the oppressive trend. I believe that to view missing out as something positive or joyous for as long as possible, is a much more preferred virtue than fear.
Many people are connected to each other through social networking sites and applications. News feeds and notifications plague the average user’s everyday life. Users log on to view posts about what’s happening in other peoples’ lives. The comparison between someone else’s life and one’s own is a popular trend that has become as addictive as drugs. As one person may fear the withdrawal of their attention from their news feed, others choose to enjoy it. If I allow myself to feel distressed over missing out on social media, then I’d never be able to get through the day. Every minute away from social media is a blessing. The joy of missing out is when a user can feel free from the suffocation of social media. This mindset will massively improve their mental health and relieve them of the stress from social media. A person who fears missing out on social media will crave their news
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feed like cocaine. They can’t let themselves be apart from it. Instead, a progressive method of distractions is recommended to revert fear into joy. Staying away from social media is a challenge for most.
Some instances where a person would be away from social media include camping, swimming and school during a test. A person who fears missing out will dread being away from their phone during events such as these. Using a method of distractions, a person who fears missing out can progressively diminish the stress of being away from their phone. For some it may be their children or some activity in their life. In my case it’d be karate, other media (gaming, Netflix, etc.) and camping. When I’m doing any of these activities, my mind is fully dedicated to the present. Karate requires focus leaving no room for me to worry about social media. Gaming and watching shows have my full attention whenever I’m engaged. Camping, while having the occasional dead zone, is the outdoor activity where I can just shut myself out from what’s happening away from me, and focus on the nature and activity around me. All of these distractions are just things I do either every day or every now and then. Concentrating my focus on the present and what’s around me rather than what’s away from me, gives me the joy of missing out on what’s happening online because then I’d miss everything in front of
me. Missing out on social media should be enjoyed rather than feared. Finding distractions or alternate methods of diverting one’s attention from social media will most certainly begin to relieve the stress experienced when someone who’s addicted. The longer someone detaches themselves from obsessing over other peoples’ lives, the sooner they can enjoy their own. Just as Mr. Hofmann says in the article, “Turn Off the Phone (And the Tension)” by Jenna Wortham, “Harness that feeling of pride when you do resist [social media] and stick to it.”
Jenna Wortham’s “Turn Off the Phone (And the Tension)”, most definitely brings the question, “what am I doing?” to mind. This article explains Wortham’s deep opinion on electronic use, and its affects on today’s society. Wortham’s article mentions the idea of going “screenless”, which is removing yourself from your phone or any other device to reconnect with what you’ve been missing in the world. I agree that this strategy is beneficial to those that are attached to their screens. Even though going “screenless” is a work in progress for those that that are completely attached, it is a positive way to view the world in the moment instead of having to capture it for someone else to see,
The attraction of users to Facebook, or social media in general, isn’t that difficult to comprehend. Over the course of the past 60 years, the percentage of people live alone has increased by 17 percent. In the 50’s it was 10 percent, in 2010, it was estimated at 27 percent. The promise of a greater connection seems extremely attractive to those living in solitary. Here is the irony, what Facebook and Social media provides, differs a great deal from what is needed to create and sustain deeper emotional AND Lasting
One’s amount of Facebook reflects how popular one wish to appear online more than how healthy one’s friendship truly is. Constant usage of Facebook allows user to potentially feel like they have a meaningful social life, when in reality, they are missing something. In Stephen Marche’s 2102 article, “Is Facebook making Us Lonely?” he notes that Facebook was introduced to the world in the midst of spreading and intensifying loneliness, an idea to which he greatly attributes Facebook’s appeal and success (Marche 26). Initially, social networking sites seem to be evidence of modern-day social interaction being easier and more convenient than ever. However, they can just as easily convince users that they are missing out on having a social life. Marche quotes a woman named Moira Burke, who has conducted studies on Facebook interaction (34). Bruke claims that the way in which the site is used is the greatest factor in determining if it increases the loneliness of users or not, stressing the importance of actually communicating with people one knows personally instead of posting about one’s own activities or simply clicking “like” on the others’ posts. If a Facebook user simply sits back and watches the activity of others without interacting with them in any way referred to by Burke as “one-click communication” and “passive consumption”, it could result in feelings of stagnation, being left out, and loneliness. As one could probably guess, motivation plays a key role in how users choose to interpret their Facebook news feed. Some could be inspired by what they see on their feeds to go out and have an exciting social life. However, for those who already feel even slightly lacking in social skills, having a Facebook profile may simply emphasize to them what they are missing. These studies and findings ultimately reflect the negative effect of Facebook on
Whether aware or not, people are distracted by the mere presence of their smartphones and it disrupts how they think and act. With just a
As technology progress, humans evolve to the advanced technology and enhance our lives via technology. We connect to our families, friends and others through social media such as Facebook. Social media takes up a huge part in our lives. Social media infest us with information that are relevant and irrelevant to us. Marry Marrow wrote, “It was Facebook that changed the face of e-communication; in fact, it was the first electronic social media” (para 1). She assumes that Facebook is playing a huge role in electronic communication. In the journalist Maria Konnikova, “How Facebook makes us unhappy?”, Konnikova divulges many aspects of people on social media through researching and experience, and finds how social makes us unhappy. I agree with Konnikova findings after reading her article. In addition, she concludes that if you are engaged, active, and creative you will not sorrowful on Social media, however if you are passively browsing and defuse to engage, you
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In Austin McCann's Impact of Social Media on Teens articles he raises that "social networking is turning out to be more than a piece of their reality, its turning into their reality." Teens grumble about always being pushed with homework, however perhaps homework isn't the fundamental wellspring of the anxiety. Ordinary Health magazine expresses that, on insights, a young person who invests more energy open air is for the most part a more content and healthier child. Be that as it may, since 2000, the time adolescents spend outside has diminished altogether bringing on more despondency and heftiness. Not just does it influence wellbeing, social networking denies folks from having an intensive discussion with their youngsters without them checking their telephone. Despite the fact that the constructive outcome of having an online networking profile is to correspond with companions/family, they don't even have the respectability to lift their head and take part in a discussion. Appreciating the easily overlooked details around them turns into a troublesome errand to the normal adolescent when they're excessively caught up with tweeting about it. The repudiating impacts of it goes to demonstrate that social networking is not all it is talked up to
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According to Tufts University social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks (www.tufts.edu). Current research indicates that there is a connection between increased social media use and deteriorated mental health. Unfortunately, young adults, the most active social media users, have a predominantly high risk for developing mental health issues, making this connection particularly concerning. Many lives may change to fit the mold of social media, and it may be consuming to the extent that one would miss out on real life scenarios in their immediate surroundings. It turns
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Our society today has become dependent on social media to entertain, excite, and inform each other on the newest and latest hot topics of today’s world. Some people cannot go as long as an hour without checking their social media websites whether it is on the phone, computer, Ipad, or any other electronic devise with internet. The creators of social media have made it easier to recognize and draw the user in with notifying pop-ups every time something new happens in the cyber world. The easier it gets, the more addicting it makes it to check every second. Also, it’s not only the youth and teenagers using these social media cites; it also claims adults as well. One of the main reasons people make social media accounts is because people are nosey about other people’s lives. They get a social media page such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram to monitor people and see what they are missing out of in the world. People post pictures to their “page” for everyone to see how good they look or how funny they are. Since everyone has a social media account, others feel obligated to make one, two, or even three accounts. What used to be rare is now typical for a normal person to have at l...
“According to Cornell University's Steven Strogatz, social media sites can make it more difficult for us to distinguish between the meaningful relationships we foster in the real world, and the numerous casual relationships formed through social media” (Jung, 2016). It is not a shocking fact when you notice that it requires much less energy to just sit around and text. It sounds innocent at first but when you realize that people are now spending hours and hours on their screens some concern
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