Technology: The Negative Effects Of Technology

The Negative Effects of Technology

Technology has affected the American society in a negative way, because it has lowered our quality of life, by being used as a distraction and creating problems with communication. Technology not only creates problems for young kids and teens, but also for adults.

There are many ways that technology can be used as a distraction but one of the most common is using your phone while driving. When you use your phone while driving you are not only putting your life in risk but you are putting the lives of the people around you in risk also. Five seconds is the minimum amount of time your attention is taken off the road while texting and driving. While this may not seem like much time, a lot can happen in five

When people are out with their family or friends, they are often too busy and distracted by their phone then to pay attention and interact with the people they are with. You will often see this with teenagers. Whether they are out to dinner or at someone 's house, most if not all of them will be on their phones. They are on their phones, either texting other people, playing games, surfing the web, or looking at social media sites. Social media sites also ruin communication because you don 't have as much face to face encounters, which causes you to lack social skills. By not seeing people face to face you lose the ability to read other people’s body language and social cues. Social media sites can also be related to feelings of loneliness and a decrease in happiness and

It changes the way children think, the way children feel, and it puts their privacy and safety at risk. Children these days spend more time using technology and rely on it more than children used to. It is very rare to find a kid playing outside, then it is to find a kid inside watching tv, playing videos games, or playing on a tablet. “Teens manipulate a joystick instead of a baseball bat. The television has become a constant companion, replacing outside play” (Livestrong.com n.p.). “Our children’s digital lives are turning them into much different creatures from us – and not necessarily for the better” (Dalton Conley, Time Magazine n.p.).

If a child uses technology too often, then it may change the way that child thinks, and sometimes even the actual wiring of the child 's brain. If a child is using technology too much, they are not giving their brain enough opportunities to use their imagination or to read and really think and grasp the material. Out of the children between the ages of 12 and 17, 95 percent spend their time online. The playing of videos games can lead to distraction and memory loss. Children who use search engines may have a hard time remembering