The Negative Effects Of Technology On Communication

Have you ever questioned whether or not the use of technology is good or harmful to us? Technology has become an important concept of our daily lives and is gradually affecting the way we feel for others. As the years go on it becomes faster, smaller, and smarter and is slowly corrupting us. Everywhere you go you see technology or someone using it. Technology has made as lazy and self-aware of the world around us. We’re missing out on the important conversation with others among us. Although we don’t mind being interrupted now and then, constant interruptions are a source of frustration and irritation. “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master”.

I’m at the restaurant with my boyfriend and he sends me a text saying do you want to go to work together in the morning while he is sitting next to me at the dinner table. I was looking at him like was that really necessary to send me a text when you’re sitting right next to me and then he look at me because he knew I was mad by facial expression so he put his phone away in his pocket. When you are out having dinner with someone, it’s a place when you get to know one another little bit more not a place when you get to know each other

Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT explains her own perspective on how the use of communication is altering through the use of technology. One reason how technology is altering for the worse is when Turkle explains how people are unable to hold a good conversation face to face because their use to texting. Another main point Turkle arises is “alone together,” she speaks on this because even though we our communicating with someone through technology we are alone because we don’t have to meet