Media is causing us to do things without us knowing. The latest trend on media was the ALS ice bucket challenge. There were those the completed the challenge that understood the cause, there were those who donated, then there were those that did it just because everyone else was. Without taking the time to really think, theres gonna be much more followers than leaders. We need to lessen the social media use and start using our time to think and improve this world.
Response to Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants After reading this essay, I agree with Mr. Prensky that America’s youth is constantly leaning towards the uniformity of digital technology in society today. Each generation is becoming more dependent on technology than the last, consequently forcing them to subconsciously lose their ability to obtain information through books and other tangible resources. As human beings, when one of our five senses are weakened or lost, the remaining gets stronger. Therefore, in the same concept, when one sense is heightened another is weakened. This technological generation lacks what the “obsolete” society calls, sociably acceptable standards: Sociable standards such as finding information and research through
However, college students need to understand that using social networking sites religiously is not just an issue about the amount of time devoted towards schoolwork, but that it can literally change how they think. Social networking sites, along with Google and Wikipedia, are influencing how college students process information. Facebook is a great tool to keep in touch with friends, but the Internet needs to be used for educational purposes. Although the Internet can be used for educational purposes, the usage of sites like Facebook, Wikipedia, and Google have negatively changed the way college students think. Some credit can be laid upon the student, but ultimately we as a society need to fundamentally change how people use the Internet.
Cody Janowski 12/2/10 English Comp Assignment 4 The Internet has undoubtedly changed the way people live their lives. Any information we could possibly want- and more- is at our disposal, and has made life for us incredibly convenient and easy; some, however, might say too easy. One of these people is Nicholas Carr, author of the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” featured in the July/August 2008 edition of The Atlantic. Carr argues that the Net seems to be slowly demolishing our abilities to concentrate on one subject, as well as contemplate information, based on the ease of access to everything the Internet provides today. I agree with Carr to an extent; however I would say that his theory most certainly does not apply to everyone.
And trying to help the real problems. The media enhances the way we view things, and how we perceptually see them, beginning from the littlest things such as news paper poster, to a full grown missing article. The television media also presents us with television shows such as NCIS, Law and Order, Judge Judy, to give us an overall view of what crime really looks like in the way it’s pursued. In all of these they, also lack attentive detail, accurate processes amongst other things. As it states in the Crime and Criminology text book, a large proportion of what the media prints is focused on escalating peoples fear’s of crime and criminality, especially violence in visual media, such as television, theatre, movies, video games, and the most commonly
They can choose to engage in deep thinking activities. Too much of anything is not good for any one, and this also applies to internet usage. Scholars say that the price of technology is alienation and that this indicates that the more distracted an individual becomes, the less able they are to experience human emotions such as empathy and compassion. It is still too early to tell what the results of the future effects of the internet, but as Carr states, “An intellectual technology exerts its influence by shifting the emphasis of our thought. As the brain adapts to the new medium, the most profound changes will take place over several generations’
The argument for technology is the increase of criminal prosecution because of social media; social networking creates new social connections. Students are doing better in school, better quality of life, social media as a source of employment, but the negatives are hard to just sweep under a rug. Students who are spending too much time on social media sites have lower academic grades, social media is the cause for less face to face communication, social medial sites responsible for the rise in bullying that has gone cyber and the suicides from that new form of bullying. The story of Amanda embodies some of the mental behavior disorders associated with too much technology dependence which has caused bullying to go cyber. Now if you have self-esteem issues it becomes broadcasted around the country by the click of a button.
Children are meeting sexual predators on the internet and forming relationships with them and unknowingly allowing them into their lives. Parents must talk to their children about the dangers of the internet. Technology is a great learning tool for them and they will be far more advanced than we were as children, but it also opens the door for unwanted predators who will take advantage of children. With a society more focused on wealth and having a good job and long lasting careers some children are often left in the care of daycare providers. You can often look on the internet and find video after video of the abuse and neglect that goes on in daycares.
The Internet eg has resulted in many chat rooms, online social networking, and even girl-boy relationships. There is some negative effects however. Instead of face to face personal relationships and communications, Internet communications are faceless, remote, impersonal. The TV and Internet's power as an electronic medium altered our perception of reality, our relationship with each other and the world. The TV’s many documentaries, fiction films, influences the way we think about the real and historical world, our perceptions of relationships.
I believe excessive use of social media is more dangerous for young adults because the part of the brain that does the decision making is still growing and developing. Since our brains are placid they can be misused and can grow in unhealthy ways, this includes the excessive use of social media. I agree with the article that social media can cause loss of creativity because it is easy to copy someone else’s photos or style. Teens don’t have to be creative when they can look up anything they want. The problem with social media that was not mentioned in the article was the companies producing the social media.