Rhetorical Analysis On Downgrade Your Life

Communication used to be a face-to-face, interpersonal interaction, but the modern world’s technology was fabricated numerous methods of communication that do not necessitate geographical proximity. These methods are referred to as telecommunication. It is no longer necessary to be standing next to, or even remotely near someone, in order to communicate with them, due to the fact that telecommunication makes it possible to exchange information regardless of physical distance. All of these modern technological advances such as cell phones, email, and social media, have an enormous role in shaping the way that we communicate and live. While there are plenty of advantages that telecommunication has brought to the human race, excessive use of technology has many detrimental effects on interpersonal communication and should be limited and taken much more

Through the power of today's advanced technology, the use of digital communication has changed the way society communicates with each other. Although digital communication is widely used all around the world it brings some positive and negative implications to physical communication. On average more than 2 million kiwis use facebook every day. Seventy-nine percent of those people use Facebook to stay connected to friends and family (Firstdigital 2015) Digital communication allows people and business to stay connected to the internet, but the use of too much digital communication can have harsh consequences to a person's relationship

Technology has made communicating difficult and has slowly ruined people’s friendships and relationships. Henry David Thoreau says, “Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very intervals, not having had time to acquire any new values to each other.” Interpersonal communication with people is fading away with time, but simultaneously, technology has given people connection with those far from them. Although it does have its advantages, technology has ruined the connection and intimacy people once experienced in a pre-digital age.

While it is imperative to create innovations to make people’s tasks easier, the care for a person’s health is a priority and not a luxury. As people watch as technology becomes more advanced, the proportionality between what humans do and what technology does significantly lowers. The reliability towards many technological devices increase which influences a person’s physical health. Although this relates specifically to individual harm, it becomes clearer about the contrasting effects that can harm a person. One issue that reveals one truth in a report by USA Today is that, “[nearly] 70 percent of American adults say [they have] experienced symptoms of digital eye strain at some point in their lives” (Holmes 2014). Seeing the dependency on different technological appliances, using it several times leads to harmful effects that are permanent to one’s physical health. Although there can be arguments of positive and negative effects, a person’s health remains the most important factor over technology. Likewise, physical health is affected, but a person’s social health can become worse too. In one study on the addiction of cell phone, “73 [percent] say they felt panicked when they [lose] their phone” and “[nearly] 40 [percent] admit to checking their phone while on the

In “The Limits of Friendship” by Maria Konnikova, social media has significantly changed the way we interact with friends and family. Everybody thinks that using social media is the best way to talk to friends and family, however, in my opinion, they are wrong because it doesn’t give you the face-to-face connections we need as humans for social interaction. On the other hand, the great thing about using social media is you can connect with more people, but in a superficial kind of way. Therefore, we do not get the face-to-face interactions with our friends and family. We, the people that are addicted to social media, learn that without face-to-face conversations we wouldn’t have a normal “social” life outside of social media. The question

The ease with which people are able to share and communicate over the Internet has had the effect that people no longer feel the need to interact in with one another in person because they feel that everything they want to do can be done over the Internet. An example can be seen in “Connectivity and its Discontents”, where we are introduced to Randy (Turkle 621). Randy’s younger sister was recently engaged to be married, something that most people would consider a significant event. She and her fiance decided to make the announcement to their family and friends via e-mail, something that made Randy feel very far away from his sister emotionally. Social media can also have the effect that constantly updating our information and giving second by second updates on the ordinary events of our daily

Electronic devices are consuming the lives of everyday people. Everywhere you look someone will be locked in staring at their phone screen, unaware of what’s happening around him or her. Electronic devices have become a daily necessity for people. Electronic devices are a controversial topic today. While some believe that electronic devices are harmful, others believe these devices benefit society. In, “A Thing Like Me,” Nicholas Carr brings up the extent on which humans depend on devices. The dependence on electronic devices has consequences. The consequences that come from electronic devices are in takes away from face to face communication, the devices cause distractions when driving which can lead to serious injuries or even death. Electronic devices also have changed the way of learning, people no longer feel the need to learn when typing a question into Google gives people the answer. Electronic devices are a part of society and can cause negative impacts in peoples lives everyday. People do not realize the consequences that electronic devices bring into their

In the present day scenario, people opt a visual device with over a four-inch ready to view the world through a social lens rather than having a conversation with beautiful human faces. Nevertheless, a great philosopher once told “Human Beings are social animals”, they seek out companionship as part of their own wellbeing. Author of “Don’t Miss your Life” about the spirit of full-tilt living, Joe Robinson, discusses how technology “pushes the virtual friend” to create social isolation in his article, “Is Social Networking Destroying Our Social Lives?” which is published in The Huffington Post. The language of the text creates a straightforward diction, however, it is factual and informative. Robinson effectively convinces to try and interact with other people and improve the social life through the use of statistics and expert opinions paired with emotional stories.

With the power of social media and the internet, we can connect globally in a way that was not possible before. Unfortunately, I do have to admit that it does take away a more personable interaction. Most people will connect with Facebook versus taking the time to see the person. For example, in the reading, “I’m Still Here: Back Online after a Year without the Internet” by Paul Miller, he said “It is the boredom and lack of stimulation that drives me to do things I really care about, like writing and spending time with others” (4). When we get bored, we want to do things we have never done before. The downside is, that there is people that rather kill that time on their devices. Rather than, cleaning their room or explore the world for those valuable 20 minutes they will text their life away. If everyone, was to go a month without the internet, the world would probably end. Everyone is so addicted to this new era of devices.

The most fundamental type of communication, human face-to- face interaction, is becoming less and less important as social networking has provoked false senses of connection, which may lead to negative physical or psychological predicaments.

Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Instagram, and Flicker was invented to keep us in touch and keep us closer to our family and friends. But according to How Facebook ruins Friendships “we took our friendship online” (Bernstein). First we began communicating more by email than by phone and then switched to instant messaging or texting. By joining social Medias online

ii. However, for many of us, face-to-face communication seems to be a dying art – replaced by text messaging, e-mails, and social media. Human communication and interactions are shaped by available technologies

1: There are positive strides in the way we communicate via phone, and at the same time technology has it’s fair share of adverse effects; in this case its face-to-face communication. Most people do not even bother with checking in personally anymore. In fact, Rebecca Bedrossian admits to this when she says, “ It’s true, these days I’m more likely to check in with family and friends via text, than I am to pick up the phone and call, or drop in to say ‘Hello’” (2). Shooting a quick text is more convenient than having to get in your car and drive over a friend’s or relative’s house to see how their doing. Being honest, no one really has time for friendly chats anymore. Nowadays, we rely on social media to see what our family and friends have been up to. A few clicks and we have instant access to their personal lives; in fact, Matthew Murray is a perfect example of how most people use social media “This year has been momentous in the lives of my facebook friends. Four got engaged. One had a baby. Two who are married and have been trying to get pregnant for the better part of 10 years announced that they were finally expecting.” (1) With no worry of being left out of what’s going on, people rarely physically go see how someone is doing. Carter goes on to prove the extent of how social media affects our communication by saying, “ ...I didn’t find out about any of this when it happened. Why? Because I relied on Facebook for following their lives” (1) People don’t actually

Technology is a huge addicting “drug” that people don’t tend to realize due to the fact that almost everyone uses it everyday. The amount of time people spend on technology has been affecting many peoples’ lifestyles. For example, “One in four people reported spending more time online than sleeping” (Tarman). Due to technology overuse, people are spending more time using technology than sleeping, and likely to suffer from mental disorders that may affect their lifestyle in the future. “Weight gain and other complications of poor diet and sedentary lifestyle, such as cardiovascular disease, may result. In-person social skills may deteriorate” (Hazelden). Resulting in a dangerous lifestyle concluding their lack of sleep, nutrition, personal skills, which makes them likely to get a disease in the long run. Explaining that since technology has become a useful way of communication, it has also gotten very addicting and dangerous over the years due to its overuse.

In today’s world, social media is expanding enormously. Social media has done leaps for today’s culture and is bringing people together every day. Social media has transformed the game of dating forever. By a press of a couple buttons you can buy an outfit you saw on your friends Instagram post. Social media has assisted the everyday life drastically, and continues to improve. Earlier whenever we wanted to contact our friends and relations the only option was to give a call to know about their location. However today we have come much closer than earlier. We know the person’s day to day life through the status but through the social media, we cannot make out the emotions that are involved. Instead of making a phone call we prefer chatting with the person online through Facebook chat and Twitter we feel more comfortable than the traditional phone calls. Even the important conversations are made through email and chat instead of personal meetings. This makes it where difficult to provide feelings when feelings are needed. People have mixed options on this matter, some people feel like it hinders others social skills and the ability to converse with people in their life. Social media is also affecting the way school is taught because of the distraction it is causing in the classroom. Just about half of classes on campus do not allow technology exactly for that reason. Technology has evolved right before our eyes over the past 20 years.