An Ugly Toll Of Technology Rhetorical Analysis

How often do you use technology? Did you know that 38% of college students couldn’t go 10 minutes without looking at their emails, tablets, or phones? In fact, there are huge debates out there about technology asking the ultimate question, is technology hindering society or helping? The first person in this debate is Tara Parker-Pope, who is known for her award winning writings on women’s health. Additionally, Pope wrote an article called “An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness,” and she discusses her beliefs that technology is hindering people causing them to become more impatient, impulsive and forgetful. On the other hand, Janna Malamud Smith a psychotherapist wrote an article called “ Online but Not Antisocial,” and she

Not to mention technology can help people be up-to-date on current news and weather reports. If someone has an upcoming trip and needs to pack, but is uncertain what the weather will be like he or she can use the Internet to check. As Smith states in her article, using the Internet can make it easier to shop without the hassle of crowds or even if the store does not have a certain product (587). Let’s say there is a really interesting book that is difficult to find, well using the Internet would be an easier way to search for and purchase that book. Furthermore, technology can be very beneficial; however, if individuals don’t use it in moderation, then it can be very

Just about everyone has overused technology, whether they are just spending hours at a time looking at Facebook or other social media site or if they are just using it to avoid human contact. This is ok to do every once and a while; however, it is very important to monitor just how much time people are spending online. There are many different ways to manage over-usage of technology. As it states in Pope’s article, one way is to leave everyone’s cell phone at home when going to the store or out to dinner (245). Doing so will give them time to interact with each other without distractions. Secondly, set time limits for how often someone can check his or her e-mails, Facebook, or text messages. This one will be somewhat hard to do; however, it is the best way to see if someone’s impulsively checking because they are hooked on technology and it will help stop that impulse. Ultimately, technology will always exist and sadly there’s not many ways around it, although society can control how often they use