Sarah Kliff, author of “Facebook: Why I Hate it…” writes, “I have no idea how many hours of my life I have wasted on Facebook.” I agree with this statement because it is true. We have wasted so much time on Facebook and other forms of technology that we have lost time for other, more important things. Facebook and its counterparts do help us in many aspects like staying connected but we forget that we have real things in life that are right in front of us to stay in touch with instead of wasting time with cyber friends or a cyber-community. Technology does have a good side. It can assist us in many ways.
How the Computer has Affected Me and My Family In this paper I will be explaining how computers play a role in my family’s life. Along with how much computers have changed my familys Life. I will explain how computers open the doors to endless access to the world. All this freedom however comes with a price. We as a family must realize that we will be losing security with every new site signed up for or every purchase made on-line.
People nowadays can communicate with people all around the world using many different types of communications such as social networking sites, cell phones, emails, etc. Carr brings in many different scientific research as well as a couple of personal experiences to show the great change in technology and the internet. The author chose to write The Shallows from an epiphany he had realized, “It (his brain) was hungry. It was demanding to be fed by the net feed...I wanted to check email, click links, do some googling. I wanted to be connected” (Carr 16).
Another disadvantage of Facebook’s privacy settings is that every time an update of the website is implemented, the individual security protocols that a user have in place revert back to the original default setting. With all of these updates being put into place, many users who do take the time to originally change their privacy settings are unaware that they have been changed, leaving them in the same position as a user who has never changed their settings to being with. This is a major problem that needs to be addressed as soon as possible by the Facebook Corporation, because if it continues, more and more people will be at risk of having their personal information
Moriah Gutierrez Dr. Roberto Garcia English 111 10 September 2012 The digital world today, has many people, including myself convinced that with a tap of a button all your stress and worries can easily disappear. It’s easy for teens and young adults to get sucked into this world of dangerous world of digital addiction. According to the essay, “Tweets, Texts, Email, and Posts: Is the Onslaught making us Crazy?” The author, Tony Dokoupil, first describes the web as a utopia. Which, for some people is true, there are many other people to interact with over the internet. For those who battle loneliness, depression, or other mental illnesses, the web is a window to the outside world.
By mentioning and quoting a lot of successful writers and bloggers, he expect us to understand that the loss of memory and attention is something that can easily happen to everyone; even those who spend their time reading a lot of information, they will suffer the same consequences if the media is not presented by an auspicious medium. Talking about google
Kirn’s article, “The Autumn of the Multitaskers” starts with a story of multitasking gone bad. Just like many others today, he let his cell phone picture message come before paying attention to the road and came face to face with a near death experience. This connects with what Matt Richtel says in his article, “Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price.” He states, “While many people say multitasking makes them more productive, research shows otherwise. Heavy multitaskers actually have more trouble focusing and shutting out irrelevant information, scientists say, and they experience more stress.” To take a case in point, if Kirn wasn’t so worried about his cell phone, his “technology,” then he would have been stayed on the highway – far away from the post and grass. Technology plays a huge part in us committing the multitasking crime.
Simply looking at the percentages of teenage depression or suicide can be a clear indicator of the mindset of teenagers these days. We live in a world of technology, with new products being released seemingly every minute. At any moment, one can connect with millions of people around the world through social networking sites or access any information they desire. By comparison to an older time without the internet or even telephones; it would seem that we could never feel alone. Deresiewicz echoed this thought when he said, "Not long ago, it was easy to feel lonely.
A fandom is a community of people. It’s forums on the internet; it’s an excited conversation with your friends about a celebrity. Fandom is everywhere. What I need everyone here to realize today is that the way today’s society sees some fandoms is completely misguided and must be changed. You might be asking why, why is this important, and it’s because our judgement is affecting these people negatively.
Bullying has been an issue for decades but in the last ten to twenty years, we have seen a steady increase in this epidemic. We now live in the 21st century; and with our advancements in technology have created new means of staying in contact with people. While social media, cell phones and email can help us stay in contact with friends and loved ones, it can also be a breeding ground for bullies to target victims and harass them relentlessly. Before modern day technologies were available bullying would be limited to school or the work place, allowing the victim to go home and temporarily escape the harassment. Cyber bullying is a new type of monster, it gives the bully the power to taunt and harass their victim from virtually anywhere.