Essay On Amusing Computers

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The Effects of Overusing Computers It is a fact that nowadays computers are educational and technological innovation whose potentials exceed the possibilities of other media. As everyone is familiar with, computers serve as an effective way to facilitate heavy work such as making presentation, doing researches and writing essays. In a recent research, the percentage of people aged from 16 to 74 was 53.2%, whereas the 76.6% of them used computers everyday. (The Statistical Office of Montenegro). From the detailed statistics the significance of computers revealed. However, just as the coins, the effects of computers likewise have two sides. It is true that many suffered from such perplexing machine and its ubiquity. The effects of computers can …show more content…

Accordingly, such low level radiation is responsible for blurred vision, neck pain, redness in the eyes, fatigue, eye strain, dry eyes, irritated eyes, double vision, vertigo/dizziness, polyopsia, and difficulty refocusing the eyes. If you use a CRT based computer for many hours, some ill effects like eyestrain and fatigue may develop which is known as Computer Vision Syndrome. Such condition may be distracting, which reduces the working efficiency. Other researches also have proved negativity of radiation: "In any four working weeks, as many as 50 percent of staff will suffer between to 12 related symptoms due to the low level radiation. And the radiation cannot be easily blocked out because it has a range of 18 feet and can penetrate through eight feet of concrete." Maintain one of the researcher. (Johnson) However, effects of radiation from the computer screens are a relatively smaller when compared with the effects of indirect health problems caused by computers. A study had shown that computers can cause obesity, which results from sedentary life style when using the computers. What is more, inappropriate usage of computers is now turn out to be a cause of recent-discovered medical condition: Toasted Leg Syndrome, which is due to long term exposure to the heat effused from the laptops. The problem with long term exposure to a laptop’s heat source is its similarity to overexposure to …show more content…

In the previous context, the studies have focused on the physical effects of computers, however, one of the biggest investigations into the hazard of computers in the workplace has concluded that they can also damage mental health. In a three-year survey of 25,000 workers, many complained of feeling depressed, anxious and reluctant to get up for work in the mornings. This phenomenon, expectedly, were consequences of using computers. (Chiba University). In terms of children, those maladies are further destructing. According to a PHE (Public Health England) researcher, Children who spend more time on computers, watching TV and playing video games tend to experience higher levels of emotional distress, anxiety and depression. This relationship is particularly negative among those who engage in high levels of screen use ---- more than four hours a day. The evidence suggests a "dose-response" relationship, where each additional hour of viewing increases children's likelihood of experiencing socio-economic problems, and the risk of lower

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