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Lauren Shinozuka, author of the article “The Dangers of Digital Distractedness,” illustrates in her work the havoc that has been brought upon Millennials by social media. Young adults have grown to be addicted to any sort of social outlet, whether it is via cell phone or laptop; and as a result have long forgotten the importance of face-to-face interactions. The technological age is well underway; and for many, there seems to be no way to reverse the social damage that has already been done. Although there are some perks to this age of technology, such as being able to easily navigate through Web pages and using smartphone apps to make daily life easier, Shinozuka asserts that more and more dependence on the Internet and less dependence on

“In 2015 study by the Pew Research Center, 89 percent of cellphone owners said they had used their phones during the last social gathering they attended” (Turkle). As technology keeps growing and growing we find that it has an effect on many things. Nicholas Carr and Sherry Turkle’s articles both relate to how Google is effect many people today. However, Carr’s article focuses more on how it is affected our ability to concentrate and contemplate, while Turkle’s article shows how we have lost the ability to connect with others.

As the rise of technology has increased, more and more people are becoming detached from their everyday lives. Technology has allowed us to connect with one another using little to no effort at all. With robots, machines, and devices improving drastically almost every day, we find ourselves more alone, as we choose to have more social interactions through our devices. A phycologist, researcher, and professor by the name of Sherry Turkle explains how the effects of technology have a devastating toll on our social interactions. In the article “Alone Together”, Turkle interviews many people of different ages, sexes, and social standing to provide information on how technology really is distracting us, rather than engaging us with the world.

Technology has become very advanced and very important to our society. One thing that has become very big because of our technology is social networking. There are many positives to having easy access to social media, but there are also negative effects as well. The impact of all this social media has overall a negative effect on our daily lives in society. In “‘r u online?’: The Evolving Lexicon of Wired Teens”, by Kris Axtman, Kris talks about how instant messaging has affected the the communication of the younger people in our generation. In “Note To Selfie”, by John Dickerson, he writes about how people are pausing their lives to post about their happenings on social media. These two authors discuss some negative aspects to having social

In this period of time and age, we are using technology for every aspect of our lives from how we communicate, learn, commute and even how we unwind. Technology is both a gift and curse. On one side, technology gives us the ability to connect with people from different parts of the world, but on the other side, it often prompts disconnection and depression. Technology is supposed to make us feel more connected to our friends and family by using social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, but is technology getting in the way we socialize? For example, we frequently use our phone to text our friends instead of calling them or make a plan to meet in person. Is technology hindering us from the original and authentic means of communication? In this paper I would like to discuss the idea of is technology is making us feel lonely by using examples from the current social media platform, Ex Machina a science fiction thriller

The focus of Byrne’s (2017) magazine article is how technology has influenced changes in social interaction with how much more isolated we have become because of it along with how technology may conflict with individual behavior in general. This article was written to inform readers interested in how our day-to-day use of apps and social media affects our behavior. Byrne shows this by giving examples of this through things like automated checkouts, social media, online ordering and home delivery, as well as others such as driverless cars (Byrne, 2017, p. 8-10). He also cites evidence from studies done by social sciences that show how extended amounts of time using social media can result in unhappiness and a reduced amount of time spent face-to-face.

I’m eighteen years old, so thru my entire teenage years I’ve been overhearing the debate over how technology is affecting people’s ability to develop appropriate relationships. If you had asked me wjat my view was before I went to a boarding school with limited access to internet, I would have said social media is good for people; it connects them. However, after spending a year without social media, I now realize that the sites that led me to believe I was connected were false. While my friend status was high, I sat in my dark room with no ne oto actualy talk to. Robert Kuttner writes in his article ‘The Other Side of E-Mail’, of how technology “has a dark side” (243). Peggy Orenstein writes in her article ‘I Tweet, Thereofre I Am’ of how she was enjoying a beautiful day with her daughter and instead of simply enjoying the moment, she felt compelled to tweet about it (251). Living in a world filled with constant noise and desire to fit in causes a lack of real connection.

During Shirley Turkle’s TED 2012 talk entitled “Connected, but Alone,” she presented the idea of how technology is eroding the personal side of communication. More specifically, Turkle focuses on communication technology such as text messaging, emails, and social media as the source of this erosion. She explains how our “plugged in lives” changes the way we live and communicate. This technological form of communication creates a new psychological feeling of belonging or togetherness and yet, in reality, creates a separation from a truer or more traditional form of communication. (Turkle)

Today’s normality is altered by the updates, text messages, notifications, and other aspects the development of technology provides. Technology and social media can be utilized in a positive or negative aspect. One example of a positive way might include the communication increase from one continent to another. However, two major alterations technology and social media brought upon us is the concern with people’s attention span and ability to multitask. According to a study in 2016, “One-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were conducted to compare the attitudinal and cognitive responses in the single and two multitasking conditions. This analysis yielded significant results for all three dependent measures” (Kazakova 409). This study proved that multitasking is capable, but not fully achievable. On the other hand, others might agree with multitasking is attainable

Any individual who even merely observes the society in which humans participate in today has the capability of noting how almost every aspect of life revolves around social media. Unfortunately, the growth of the era typography into the era of telegraphy and the internet has only enabled the phenomenon of a digital life to flourish and revolutionize daily life. This lifestyle receives an inconceivable amount of contempt due to its stereotype of disengaging individuals from their surroundings, but not many people consider how society may benefit from a media-saturated environment. Of course, not dissimilar to other aspects of life, a person involved with media-communication will reap what they sow, and therefore each individual’s success relies

Nowadays, there are many people who are addictive to technology very much, especially some social networks, like Facebook. An article from World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology shows that, “Facebook has become an essential part of many people’s lives. Surveys have shown that 71.2% of Internet users in the U.S. are also Facebook users, and that almost adolescents check Facebook first thing in the morning. Facebook ranked first in a survey of the 100 most popular websites in Taiwan. Nearly 90% of the Facebook population is made up of students, particularly university students”. At the same time, we have to notice that technology brings us a lot of fun. For example, communication has been made easier and the Internet has brought email and chatting facilities. Instead of sending letters to respective destinations, it is very easy to send an e-mail, which will be received instantly. New technology makes people to contact each other easily. If you are very busy and have no time to see your parents, you can call them or text them anytime, even during the 10 minutes break of the meeting. If you go to other country to study or work, and get far from your friends, you can have Internet video with them, in this way you can see them easily. All of those I said are the benefits and convenience that new technology bring us. In this way, technology makes people get closer, but not be alone. Without new technology, people have to see each other face to face or

Social media platforms are a part of everyday lives for many of us, businesses, even the government. First responders can notify the public of emergencies that are happening or in the near future, using technologies like text-based notifications and social media gets the message disseminated quickly (Simon, Goldberg, & Adini, 2015). While on the other hand families are experiencing the overwhelming pressure to multitasking with all of these technologies and the challenges when it comes to technology use, access and control (Byrum, 2015).

In present day society, individuals dedicate their time to social media on the internet and electronics, towards updating statuses, rebloging pictures, favoriting videos, reading up on current events, and staying connected in general. It’s only been 25 years since Tim Burners-Lee invented the world wide web and it’s no secret that it is one of the most progressive and influential invention of our time. Dave Eggers, in his current book The Circle, foretells his version of what can happen with the growth of technology and social media and pushes our current standard of being virtually connected from the main social networks Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Tumblr. In

Researching identity in social media lead to our group increasing our knowledge of the rise of a “new society”. In this “new society” people are no longer seen living their lives with social media; people now live in social media. Social media has become a part of our life that we cannot remove. People are so immersed in social media that they appear to be lost without it. In The Second Self by Sherry Turkle, Turkle looks at the computer as a part of our social and psychological lives. She sees the computer as not only a tool, but tries to understand how it is affecting our awareness of ourselves and our relationships with the world. She writes, “Technology catalyzes changes not only in what we do, but in how we think.”[1] Turkle analyzes technology’s role in the advancement of our society and how the once distinctive line between computers and humans is blurring. Three decades later, media researcher Danah Boyd, took the concept of new society and applied it to the lives of teenagers today, the age group

Most of us use social media to communicate with our family, friends and our loved once. Since almost all of my friends live 8000 mile away, I use Facebook, Instagram, and viber to keep in touch with them. Bur recently I started noticing it has become more than a means of communication. I start posting a picture and obsesses about how many likes I get, checking other peoples Facebook just to see if they have more friends than me, believing every post without questioning if it’s a fact and funny enough I start sending friend request for people I don’t even know. Christine Rosen, a senior editor of the New Atlantis and resident fellow at the Ethics and Public policy Center in Wessington, D.C. on “In the Beginning Was the World”, she wrote how technology is affecting the society’s critical reading ability. Peggy Orenstein, an author and a contributing writer for the New York Times, on “I Tweet, Therefore I Am” she talks about how social media is distracting as from fully live in the moment. Even though the development of technology have increased the quality of life, it also brought undeniable challenges to our society. The constant use of social media and internet has increase society attention-seeking, Distracted, and decries critical reading. The use of social media has increased dramatically throughout the years.