Could you ever think of a world where all our time went into reading books, socializing, and helping the community instead of constantly being on technology devices? These devices have taken over the world we live in by not allowing us to create time to do these other activities besides constantly being on the internet. Although these technological devices help us in our everyday lives such as writing this paper, connecting with others, there are some negative attributes that technology can apply in life. According to CNN, teens spend 9 hours a day, on average, consuming media. One of the many things that technology keeps us from is reading, this activity can greatly improve our lives by strengthening vocabulary, and for us to relate to characters on a more spiritual level when reading them. Reading has been a passion of mine growing up and I have connected to so many book characters as well as read many books. In Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction, it describes how powerful technology can be to the people using it. This strengthening of vocabulary can help people cooperate more in conversations or even more intelligent conversations because of the vocabulary being used. …show more content…
Books can take people to different worlds that they have never been exposed to before and it can help them in so many ways. Another one of the many other things that technology distracts us from is socializing in real life with other people.
Although there are many ways to socialize online, the thought of socializing in person is often overlooked due to the internet. Some kids choose to play games on the computer instead of going outside and be fit. According to heartrate.org, “Because of the increasing rates of obesity, unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity, we may see the first generation that will be less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy than their parents”. This statistic can be very dangerous to the first generation and technology in the long run will no help decrease this chance. In the article, it also discusses the danger of too much technology as well as the positives from
it. The last of many other things that technology distracts us from would be helping the community out. Helping others can help strengthen their self-esteem as well as the person that is participating in the activity. If everyone chooses to do community service, the world could possibly be a much better place for everyone. This can be changing the community such as picking up one single piece of trash on the floor or even helping someone put their groceries in their car, a random act of kindness can change the world in the biggest possible way that one wants it to be change. All in all, this article taught me many things on how our generation and a few others that are older are hooked to technology and wired for distraction. These distractions can change our lives drastically and the ways that we can change being distracted can help the world in a greater way that anyone can imagine. Helping the community out, socializing, and reading are part of many ways of how technology distracts us. How can you change yourself from being hooked?
Jim Morrison had once wisely said, “Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” Today, society has been overthrown from its past respectable ways by the new and corrupt ways of mass multimedia. Technology was created with the idea to better advance many fields within our society, but the consequences of media have been counterproductive, and the repercussions are negatively affecting the world, with teenagers being the main victims. A study from 2015 of teenagers ages 13 to 17 indicated that due to the accessibility to smartphones in recent years, “92% of teens report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online ‘almost constantly,’” and over half of teens (56%) go on social media several times a day (Lenhart). Media, with
Over the last decade, technology has done nothing but progressed, creating positive and negative results. We utilize technology to achieve various tasks in our everyday lives and to broaden our abilities, which makes the individuals the most vital part of any mechanical framework. Individuals, particularly teenagers have become excessively dependent and accustomed to using technology as a part of their regular daily basis. A large number of today’s teens invest their time in a computer monitor or smartphones. Teenagers on their daily basis use technology from the second they wake up till the second they go to sleep. At this crucial age time, teenagers are supposed to enjoy life but
In a technological driven world technology is becoming something that kids, at younger and younger ages, are turning to. In some people 's eyes they are becoming addicted to technology and in others views technology is not a problem with our youth. Parents and most adults are all worried about this, so to try and give some insight to these worried parents and adults Chris Bergman and Dannah Boyd wrote articles that discuss the use of technology by the youth of today. Boyd uses different rhetorical strategies to try and get her point across in her article, that different societal factors is actually what the problem with teens and not technology, “Blame Society, Not The Screen Time.” However, Chris Bergman’s “Don’t Limit Your Teen’s Screen Time”
In “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” by Matt Richtel, the writer follows a high school student Vishal Singh as well as other school mates and their experiences with technology. In Vishal’s school Woodside High School principal David Reilly “is determined to engage these 21st-century students.” He has asked teachers to engage with their students through building their own Web sites and principal Reilly has secured grants for he’s school to get a multimedia center. The writer also explains while technology is good for students learning it has become a problem with their academics and other curriculums are suffering because of students lack of interest. Technology has its benefits as well disadvantages for students.
As asked by the English alternative rock band Muse in their famous song “Screenager,” “Who’s so phoney and always surrounded?” This song perfectly depicts the effects of technology on America. People are engulfed by different types of technology everywhere they go and even carry around technology such as phones, laptops, and iPods. These items may seem like a blessing, but they are potentially dividing America. Every day, eight to eighteen-year-olds watch four and a half hours of TV, listen to two and a half hours of music, use the computer for an hour and a half, and spend two and a half hours on their cell phones, two hours for texting and one half hour for talking. This adds up to eleven hours dedicated on the media per day (Crawford). In addition, people visit an average of forty websites a day. Technology can cause stress and make it hard to remember and focus on tasks. As stated by Matt Ricthel in Attached to Technology and Paying a Price, “our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information” (Richtel). Steven Johnson has a different approach to the interest in technology flooding the United States. In his book Everything Bad Is Good for You, Johnson says, “the most debased forms of mass diversion-video games and violent television dramas and juvenile sitcoms-turn out to be nutritional after all” (Johnson 21), because they improve visual memory skills (Johnson 23) and analytical skills (Johnson 33). Others say our brains are adapting to technology (Walters), but nothing can make up for the damage electronics can cause. All aspects of the health of Americans, including physical, social, and mental health are being impaired by entertainment technology.
In the 80s, technology began its rise amongst society: the first cell phone was introduced to the market, personal computers were being sold, televisions were showing up in homes across the nation, and portable music devices were becoming popular. As time progressed, people have allowed technology to become more prevalent in their lives. Even though electronics have benefited our lives, they also have negative effects on us as well. Technology’s role in our daily life should be reduced because it causes a decline in our reading skills, causes excessive dependency, and weakens social relationships with others.
The current generation is defined as one going through a technological revolution where gadgets have become an indispensable part of a person’s daily routine. People use technology as an aid to accomplish their tasks and after the introduction of machines in the homes following the Industrial revolution they have become an integral part of a person’s life. Nowadays the trend is for social media devices that help people connect with others around the world redefining the concept of a Global Village. However, it is being seen that these devices are slowly encroaching upon the basic aspects of human behaviorism which is having a detrimental affect on interpersonal relationships.
There has been a long lasting debate in the resent years on whether or not technology has a positive or negative impact on today’s kids. As the years move on, the negative effects have begun to outnumber the positive. The generations previous spent their childhood making forts, fishing, and using their imaginations, contrary to today’s generations who spend their free time texting, playing video games, and watching videos. Damaging effects such as decreases in school performances, addiction to electronics, and lack of brain development have all been linked to the electronic media stimulation. In order to prevent the future generation from following in the current generations footsteps, one must full comprehend just how much technology impacts
A group kids hanging out after school used to consist of sitting in a garage, with some music in the background, some jokes being thrown around and a flow of conversation and a family dinner included parents and children around the table finding out about each other’s days, but that all different now. Instead of conversations among friends and families, children and adults have their phone, laptop or tablet attached to their hands, eyes glued to the screen and maybe even headphones in to block everything else out. Quentin Deakin, a specialist in the field of technology, believes that technology itself is not the problem, but the way people use it (348+).
When it comes to the topic of technology, most people will readily agree that it has been growing non-stop at a significant pace. About 16 years ago, technologies, such as computers were not a necessity in mainstream life. Since then, technology has progressed and people have become extremely reliable on. In the essay “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” by Amy Goldwasser, she talks about the positive aspects of the Internet. Although she mainly focuses on the positive she also contradicts herself and mentions some negative aspects. “Twenty-plus years ago, high school students didn’t have the Internet to store their trivia”(Goldwasser 238). Those unfamiliar with this school of thought may be interest to know that it basically boils down to the fact that over the years the Internet has become a necessity in ones life. Although the Internet provides sufficient information, and has proved to be a valuable resource, there must come a point where one can draw the line on spending too much time on the computer. Internet addiction has become a serious issue in society today because it causes people to neglect work, social relationships, and, in some cases it could alters one’s health.
Technology is a major component of today’s society. From cell phones to free Wi-Fi at subway stations, people are constantly connected to or using one form of technology. However, this constant use of technology has its share of negative effects, especially in youth aged 12 -17. Growing up in an environment where everything is just a click away has affected their communication and interpersonal skills to the point that some teenagers cannot hold a conversation or express themselves clearly. Technology has also created a dependency that was not present ten years ago. More and more youth today rely on technology as an escape from reality or social situations and feel the need to be constantly connected to people who they are not with. With this constant technology use there is an increase in psychological and physical issues as well as negative effects on youth’s decision making abilities.
There is no question that easy access to the internet has changed the nature of people connect to others in their social world. The uses of the internet and watching TV have becoming a day to day activity in people’s lives. However, the amount of internet use is increasing among younger people than watching TV or reading hard copy books. Since internet does provide almost any information, it does make it easier to gain information about anything you want to learn. Internet is not only used to search information or use for entertainment, it has also become faster to communicate worldwide. However, college students and younger kids are spending too much time on the internet. Instead they should be out in the real world.
The internet could also be negative to our kids lives. The internet is very addicting to society. Internet has a variety of negative effects on a person. The largest effect is social. People draw from friends in family , instead they are using the computers to inter...
Technology has become a popular thing within families. Studies have shown that 8-18-year-olds spend over seven hours a day using technology. That is over 50 hours a week. That is key family time that they are spending on their phones and tablets. Also since they are spending so much time on their electronics, they are losing valuable skills. Those skills include talking with friends and family and negotiating with people. Since they have lost that skill they are easily distracted and they find it hard to read subtle signs in developing and maintaining relationships. Another effect that technology is having on people’s lives is that more humans are mentally absent when sitting with a group of people. Also colleges have performed studies that are showing that many people of the younger generation do not have the same level of emotional skill as those of ten years ago. But most people think that it is the younger generation. That is not the truth. Almost everyone alive today is technology savvy. In conclusion, technology is slowly taking over our lives.
In the article “Young People Cop to It: Technology Is Bad for Us” by Michael S. Malone, he speaks on how technology is bad for the youth. Malone points out how technology can have a negative impact on how the youth as it continues to evolve. Technology is a time-waster, which leads to procrastination. It causes loss of motivation which leads children to stay inside their homes. It is addictive, almost like a drug. Technology is second-hand knowledge and allows for over-exposure, which can lead to a child getting hurt. Also, technology can cause disturbed values.