Technology And Intellectual Analysis

Today, smartphones are everywhere. Just about everybody uses them from the time they get up, to the time they go to bed. With this personal tool, a lot of people have seen positive effects from using the device. However, some believe that people are going to far with a smartphone and that now it’s becoming more than a personal companion. This is what Nicholas Carr believes in “How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds.” In the essay Carr argues that smartphones are having a negative effect on people’s minds. He strengthens his argument by use of fact, word choice, and emotional appeal.

As humans, we detect that we are unable to function without the use of our technology. Does this excessive usability of technology affect how we analyze and operate daily? Nora Volkow, the director of National on Drug Abuse, states “The technology is rewiring our brains” (Ritchel 2). Individuals have demonstrated how this has become a valid statement in society today. In Ritchel’s article “Attached to Technology and Paying the Price” Mr. Campbell, an active technology user on and off the job, suffers from being incapable of detaching himself from his technology. Mr. Campbell falls asleep every night with his cell phone on his chest and initially rises in the morning to flee to the Internet. His lack of disengaging himself with his technology not only affects himself, but his family as well. His wife states that “I would love for him to unplug, to be totally engaged” (Ritchel 3). As shown in the lifestyle of Mr. Campbell and his family, technology has not only dominated his life but his families as

A few years ago, the New York Times published a moving piece rightly called, Turn Off the Phone (and the Tension) by Jenna Wortham. Wortham called on many who had spoken on the topic of technology creating a successful piece urging people to put down the technology and embrace the world around them. Wortham opens with a personal anecdote about a time she went without her phone using it to drive her fist big point that for many smartphones and their counterpart social media act like “appendages they are rarely without” Wortham continues explaining the impacts they have on us “swaying our moods, decisions and feelings. Wortham then empathizes the tension this can cause users but encourages the reader that it is “possible to move beyond the angst that social media can provoke – and to be glad that we’ve done so.” Wortham then uses this as a seamless transition to bring up two very different phenomenon’s “Joy of Missing Out” (JOMO) and “Fear of Missing Out” (FOMO). JOMO or “Joy of Missing Out” is a phenomenon explained by Anil Dash this is the idea of moving past technology and being happy about it. FOMO or Fear of missing out is the opposite of the tension we feel from technology because technology and social media show all people are

We have well-founded need for balance. We find it difficult to balance life, and cyber life. In our society, we spend more time than we think using our phones, playing video games, and hiding behind our computers. We spend so much time buried beneath our devices we forget to live and enjoy life. However, in our society, it’s become a need. A form of living. We can’t survive with or without them. Although, excessive technology use is the prime production for lack of intimacy between spouses and family rifts, I don’t look at owning or even using electronics as harmful. We use devices such as cell phones for more than just communicating, but Just how much is too much? Williams’ article “Quality Time, Redefined” had me think and reconsider how

Humanity is willingly giving away their free will to technological devices, most commonly, cell phones. Many studies have occurred to prove Forster’s idea that extreme technological advancements can interfere with free will. Cell phone addiction has become a real addiction in today’s society with many harmful side effects. “In fact, nomophobia (the fear of being without your mobile device) is now recognized as a serious issue – with rehab facilities available to help you” (Leonard). Many symptoms of cell phone addiction include: anxiety and depression, stress, sleep problems, as well as social isolation (Leonard). Eighty-two percent of society is aware of the addiction (Leonard), yet humanity consciously chooses to prioritize cell phones. As with all addictions, cell phone addiction has withdrawal symptoms. “A 2011 study called ‘The World Unplugged’ surveyed almost 1,000 University students in 10 different countries. The students were asked to avoid cellphones, laptops and social networking for 24 hours. A ‘clear majority’ suffered significant mental and physical distress, panic, confusion and extreme isolation during the withdrawal period, with most students failing to go the full day without their fix” (Leonard). Society today is giving up their free will to technology; the more society allows technology to consume the mind, the harder it becomes to live without

We all can agree that our cell phones are big parts in our lives, we make calls, send texts, and check on friends and family through our technology. But what are the effects that “technostress” truly lays on us?. JOOYEOUN LEE conducted an experiment on this topic that had 222 people respond to a survey regarding their phone use at work and the levels of anxiety, and anger it caused. As the surveys came back the employees negative emotions were significant, but levels of continuity intention was pretty high. With graphs showing the higher use of cell phones has a higher effect of anxiety of people.

Has your life begun to revolve around your cell phone? Are you checking your email, texting or tweeting more often than you speak to an actual human? Are you making life and death decisions at the computer. “Should I buy new iTunes or have gas for the rest of the week?” This is a growing problem. People have begun to let technology control their lives. They don’t have the self -control to put it aside and live their lives without it when things become too stressful. We find the need to constantly be linked to whatever may be happening on Facebook, MySpace, our email etc. Studies have begun to

As an individual, technology becomes more personal. For instance, some may say one’s phone is a very precious item to oneself. We do not let people go through our phones because it is private, and it holds an emotional stance to oneself. We zone into technology so much that we sometimes forget about our surroundings. From the beginning, technology has become a big part of our lives. Whether it be to look up a cold remedy, watch movies, listen to music, talk to people around the world, to text, to take pictures, etc., thus, making it a very big part of one’s life. Technology is a big part of me because I grew up in the time period where technologists were coming up with new ways to make machines more efficient

I also took some notes throughout the duration of this experiment, I talked about where I was at, what I was doing, and my general mood. For a majority of my notes I was sitting at home not doing very much, my first note was about me being bored out of my mind and playing with my cat. Around the first, I instantly noticed the impact that not being on my phone or any technology has on my everyday life. This was the same case for about most of my notes, I also started to read a book while I didn’t use technology. I started

“Hey get off your phone! We’re eating dinner!” You hear this everywhere you go now, be it at Chucky Cheeses, or the Olive Garden. Mobile phones are taking control of our very lives. What once was a boisterous family outing is easily turned into utter silence, with only the sound of tapping fingers on an electric rectangles, to tell that anyone is even still alive. Mobile phones not only make us antisocial to our families and friends, but are also making us stressed and distracted in life. What started off as a great idea for connecting people has turned into a device that is doing the opposite of its intended purpose.

Recently, it is exceedingly controversial that whether technology connects people or it separates them. However, in reality, technology can make us more alone because it makes us spend time on social media sites instead of physically and mentally involved in interpersonal relationships in true life.

Technology use shuts people off from a world of face-to-face socialization. While following a man named Kord Campbell, The New York Times author Matt Richtel details how mass amounts of computer usage have affected Campbell's concentration on his relationships- "He forgets things like dinner plans, and he has trouble focusing on his family," (Source Three). This is a realistic narrative for many families; time spent together is often devoid of focus on each other and instead is replaced by split time between a screen and relatives. Close relationships with those right in front of you are hard to develop from behind a screen, and many families struggle to stay unified. Technology creates a boundary between those who use it and everyone else around them, separating the users from the people they should be closest to.

Living in a world of technology has its many perks, from reminding us of are upcoming events to getting to see your new born niece or nephew who lives 5 states away. Though technology keeps us in touch with people we might not see every day, it has its ways of hurting the relationships around us and even the relationship we have with are self's. Pulling us to its screen ignoring the world around. Technology is a wonderful thing but it is something that everyone needs to learn to balance.

As I was picking my research journal topic, I realized I kept touching my phone instead of brainstorming and researching. In my head, i thought “why don’t i just research about how students are affected by technology in classrooms?” I wanted to know how many students get distracted by technology like me. I wanted to know how many students are affected by technology in classes. Technology is a big part of my life. I can confidently say that I’m attached to technology 24/7. I look at it and use it throughout the day until I fall asleep. As technology is innovating, I noticed that I use it more and more in everyday life. Even though I’m doing an assignment for a class, I can’t focus for too long because it’s so tempting to check social media. I can say that I’m addicted. There are so many tools in my phone that can help me achieve my academic goals. However, I don’t use my phone

Innovation has allowed cell phones to become more entertaining and useful for everyone. Social media, tools, camera, map, and games are only a few features of today’s cell phones that have pulled users in for countless of hours of screen time. A study conducted at the University of Valencia concluded that “the main problem is related, precisely, with the impressive growth of technological functions and applications of the mobile.” (Chóliz). But without these things, individuals experience withdrawal because they are no longer used to living without it. This can mean physical distress, panic, confusion and even feelings of isolation just after an hour or so without a cell phone. It almost feels as if the phone is a necessity to live; people suffer from withdrawals.