'The World Depicted In Nosedive'

In “The Popular Crowd” written by Jake Halpern, the main point Halpern makes is people are becoming lonelier as time and technology develop. Many people may even be unaware of the loneliness they have, and therefore it can cause a lot of different emotions. As time and technology develop, Americans have become more and more prone get caught up in a celebrity’s life, and a unique way of dealing with loneliness is forming a para-social relationship (Halpern 225).

In Keller's article, "The Twitter Trap," he discusses the positive and negative issues of social media and technology on today's youth. In his examples, he elaborates on the loss of humanity in how the necessity of real-life situations and conversations that make people alive in their souls is disappearing as social media continues to grow more addictive. With the overwhelming growth of social media, even the deemed "smart students" are losing their ability to pinpoint pattern in situations that to the earlier generation would consider obvious. Overall, Keller's main concern and point of the article states that," … my inner worrywart wonders whether the new technologies overtaking us may be eroding characteristics that are essentially human: our ability to reflect, our pursuit of meaning, genuine empathy, a sense of community connected by something deeper than snark or political affinity."

I agree with William Deresiewicz, in the sense that we rely on technology and social media websites too much for our real social experience. Now days, it doesn’t take just a couple minutes to send out a mass social media post to let the world know what we have

For years and years, the internet has progressed so much. So much that communication and our lifestyles have reached a whole new level. One of the many revolutionary inventions is called social networking sites or social media. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and many more, are where people gather on the internet, create a personalized profile about themselves, and interact with other people around the world. Social media can help contact friends, family, and other people long distance. However, our priorities have completely changed to “life isn’t measured by the number of breaths you take, but by how many likes you get on Instagram.” With social media, people seem to lose touch from reality. This whole “me, me , me”

“Nosedive” directed by Joe Wright is part of a television series called Black Mirror which examines modern society, particularly regarding the consequences of new technology. Nosedive presents a social rating-based system that determines how much power and and privilege people in their society hold. This episode touches on how social media is negatively impacting us and our relationships, and how the concept of power and privilege can drive us to do crazy things. A key theme in this episode that stood out to me was the negative impact of social media.

while driving, texting and walking which causes them to walk into doors, refrigerators, etc., and

A similar, though less gruesome and repugnant, 21st century version of the unintended, tragic consequences of misusing technology, namely Facebook, seems to exist today. There was a time when people used to come out of their comfort zones for direct social interactions until the advent of social networking sites. The prevalence of social networking sites permeating through our everyday

The written word,now a weapon, is now digitized and feed through media. “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.” (Bradbury 58). Not only have books become a media revolution so has social interaction. Social media allows for connections formerly unheard. “The problem, they say, is that we spend so much time maintaining superficial connections online that we aren’t dedicating enough time or effort to cultivating deeper real-life relationships.”(WSJ). This avenue of socialization allows for discretion of the true life and person of the poster. “And even worse, the human condition is beginning to devolve. We have become addicted to the vanity of social media unable to expose our lives to the world.”(Green). This media based socialization can overtake the lives of many. “When you add it all up, the average American spends more than 10 hours a day plugged into some form of media.”(Synder). Making the human race even more technology

Ever since the integration of technology and social media, we have changed as a society in how we interact, make conversation, and go about our daily lives. In the novel Feed, by M.T Anderson, the possible consequences of our dependence on technology and social media are highlighted through experiences between several teenagers in the future. They all live in a world that is the equivalent of a hyped up social media, which has taken over the way we interact with people. It becomes evident that M.T Anderson does not view our generation with applause, rather with disdain and pessimism for what we are doing to affect our future generations socially, politically, and economically. From the beginning of the novel, the reader

I wonder what happened to society? Back in my day everyone loved to hang out and socialise it was considered as being a human being. These days’ teenagers would much rather prefer to socialise with people through the use of the internet. Now it’s not the internet that’s a problem, and I am not saying that people should not browse through the web, but social media is damaging our teenagers lives.

As a society we are creating tools to easily communicate with others, yet we are actually losing communication skills and real relationships with people. People are dating over text but are too afraid to come face to face, public speaking is rated the number one fear amongst people worldwide but we are comfortable posting online. Social media was created to have easy connection with people but has become a verbal battle ground. News media was created to inform people but has become a way for a group of people to give their bias views and influence the viewers to think the same. ‘Nose Dive’ represents this, originality is a thing of the past. Social media can be a positive tool but it is how you use it that makes the difference. I agree with every reason Charlie Booker made this episode because I see it every day. Technology is exciting and advancing a rapid rate, but we can't lose sight of what is important in life.

As a teenager associated with the “technological revolution”, it has only been fate to be consumed by the constant social media that surrounds our society. With a phone always in hand, and a new app ready to be downloaded, the people of the current generation are being mind-blocked by the tweets and posts of their numerous friends. As I walk down the hallway of my high school, I see the tops of my classmates heads. Resembling a kangaroo, they are hunched over, arms bent with an iPhone glued to their faces, eager to catch up on whatever tweets they haven’t seen. Eager to see what “selfie” their favorite celebrity has posted on Instagram. The constant mentality of, “ Oh that would be a good tweet”, or “ Lets post theses pictures on

¨The benefits of our increasingly digital lives have been accompanied by new dangers, and we have forced to consider how criminals and terrorists might use advances in technology to their advantage¨(James Comey). Rory Vaughn, a sixteen-year-old, who just got accepted into her goal of going to this great high school. Rory’s mother went to this high school and her mother dropped out because she was pregnant. Rory uncovers some dark secrets about her family. Now, Rory has got some enemies at school that are trying to get rid of her. Lauren Miller warns society about danger of technology can cause society to be attached in Free to Fall. Based on Annie Y.S.’s article “Social media in health- what are the safety concerns for health consumers?”, society

Nathan DeWall, a Psychologist at the University of Kentucky says that “Humans have a fundamental need to belong. Just as we have needs for food and water, we also have needs for positive and lasting relationships.” The need to belong can be so strong that we are willing to change who we are just to belong to a group. Most times it is small changes. For people who are people pleasers, we will go out of our way to help others, even if that means we are neglecting ourselves, just to get their approval.

Another factor in interpersonal attraction is Reciprocity, this is the tendency to be attracted to people who like us and tend to be less attracted to those individuals that dislike us. In a study carried out by Dittes & Kelley (1956) the findings show that participants conformed more when told ‘other group members like you’ in comparison when told ‘other group members dislike you’. People who have the tendency to have low self-esteem or are highly insecure concerning interpersonal relationships have a greater need for positive feedback from others around them, in order to form close interpersonal relationships.