Technology influences every aspect of modern life. Medicine has advanced, social media has taken off, communication methods have expanded, paying bills has been made more efficient, and career opportunities have broadened all as a result of technology. The effect of technology is even greater with teenagers. It is now uncommon to pass a teenager without seeing a cell phone or iPod in hand. With this comes advantages and disadvantages. Technology influences teenagers’ development of social skills, awareness of world events, mental and physical health, and education. These aspects can be explored through multiple media avenues. An editorial cartoon published on The Onion news site in 2009 illustrates the effect that technology has on teens’ …show more content…
Michele Ybarra, MPH, Ph.D., discusses the positive effect of technology on the mental and physical health of teenagers. She begins her argument by stating headlines from news outlets that “have made parents understandably anxious about their teen’s internet use” (Ybarra). Her first paragraph serves as the counterargument; she questions and defends her position starting in the second paragraph. She summarizes her opinion by saying that “the Web can actually be beneficial for teens” (Ybarra). Ybarra provides support by explaining how LGB youth can receive encouragement and guidance via the internet. Young people who need information but may be too embarrassed to ask parents or other adults can also use the internet as a resource. The subject transitions to physical health. Ybarra uses an allusion and appeals to ethos when she refers to “a smoking cessation via text message program aimed at young adults” developed by the Center for Innovative Public Health Research. She then discusses smartphone applications created to promote healthy lifestyles in teens. Ybarra uses casual language at the end of her blogpost when talking about social media. She encourages the use of social media because it helps “young people (and their parents) stay in contact with friends from all walks of life” (Ybarra). The passage is informal yet …show more content…
One of the teachers states how she was skeptical in the beginning because it is difficult for teachers to monitor students when technology is involved, but the use of iPads in the classroom is now appealing to her. Students who are interviewed provide convincing arguments in favor of the technology. They claim that the iPads are “eco-friendly,” “help with organization skills” because they cannot lose or forget assignments or books, and “are really easy to use” (Morristown High School). The video effectively communicates the intended message through the use of personal comments from students, concrete examples, and insight from the perspective of teachers. The Huffington Post published an article in which the author tackles the connection between technology and the social skills of teens. Debra Fine, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and trainer, begins the article with a reference to technology as a “curse” or a “crutch” (Fine). She uses a short anecdote to illustrate when the use of a cell phone is appropriate and convenient. After her counterargument, she returns to discussing her stance on the issue. Fine believes that cell phones are electrical leashes that hinder one’s ability to effectively participate in face-to-face
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Everyone has seen that kid with music blasting basting out of his purple ear-buds, girl texting on her phone, and the teen on their phone communicating with society. As a fellow teen, in my daily life, I use technology constantly. Either in school or outside of school. I feel teens rely on today’s technology to heavily that it may be having harmful affects on teens. The youth of today are constantly engaged in technological advancements. technology promote nonstop communication and instant gratification. whether through cell phones, gaming systems, laptops, or i pods. are these technological advancements a good thing? The growth of technology has negatively influenced the social interactions of today's youth because it isolates individuals from reality, hinders communication, and effects the teens learning ability.
Technology use was on the rise but has shown a significant increased rate in recent years. Technology was a beneficial tool that was used on a daily basis. Technology industries had developed many devices like computers, laptops, smartphones, iPods, and many other devices that made technology easier to access from anywhere and anytime. Technology expanded every day and the usage increased which had an effect on society especially targeting teens. Teens abused the use of technology that caused them to have serious problems mentally and physically. Teens mainly focused on technology use and caused a social disconnection from the real world. Technology use has a negative effect on teens by causing health problems and social disconnection.
Teens may be technologically savvy, important in a culture reliant on technology, but have fewer skills in dealing with real people. The economic divide pushes those without financial means further from those with internet access and the latest gadgets. How did we survive as teenagers without cell phones and texting? Increasing reliance on e-communication puts those unable to avail themselves of technology at greater disadvantage as they enter adulthood and the workforce. Nevertheless, these problems are not confined to the youth of the world.
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Should teens be limited to the amount of technology that’s exposed? We’ve all been or are going to be a teenager. There is no way to avoid it. Leisure has changed over time. The definition of leisure to any adult would be playing with friends in the street, doing some homework or maybe even working at a job. Today, it consists of texting on iphones/blackberries, watching T.V or going on social networks. Teens nowadays have Call of Duty, Jersey Shore, iPad and Facebook. It seems today that any teenager would agree that they can’t live without one thing: technology. Is technology straining ones ability to learn? Are our priorities straight? Scientists have been exploring this topic to help our society for a number amount of years already.
There has been a long lasting debate in the resent years on whether or not technology has a positive or negative impact on today’s kids. As the years move on, the negative effects have begun to outnumber the positive. The generations previous spent their childhood making forts, fishing, and using their imaginations, contrary to today’s generations who spend their free time texting, playing video games, and watching videos. Damaging effects such as decreases in school performances, addiction to electronics, and lack of brain development have all been linked to the electronic media stimulation. In order to prevent the future generation from following in the current generations footsteps, one must full comprehend just how much technology impacts
Technology has more negative effects on today’s society than positive. Due to technology in the past few decades Canine Shock Collars have been increasingly popular. Students in school pay more attention to texting than they do their classes. Violent addictive video games have made their way into American homes. Parents encourage their children to not text as much, but them to face the problem of constant communication. The Internet gives the students easier ways to cheat in school, and reinforces laziness. Internet Porn gives every bored male a chance to look at the seediest film in the comfort of his own home. Technology has taken the innocence and mystery away from the American family.
Pew Reasarch Center, ed. Teens and Technology 2013. Washington D.C.: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 2013. Print.
Smartphones have become a problem in today’s generation especially for adolescences that has shown a decline in focus and intellect in the past few years. Although smartphones are created to help make communication easier, they also affect youth’s performance and productivity in school, in their workplace, home, and their communication with adults. Other teenagers use social media to express their feelings online and to release their anger and stress. Most of the time, when teenagers reveal too much on the internet, violence and rumours can take place afterwards, which results in arguments and misunderstandings. The youth today feel as if they cannot live without their smartphones and without access to the internet. They have become highly dependent on their smartphones and this has changed the way youth interact with adults. The advancement of smartphones has negatively impacted youth’s social relationship with their teachers, employers and their parents.
Technology is changing how we think and act at younger ages. The term “technology” doesn’t only mean manufacturing processes and equipment necessary for production, it also defines a social space and could be a social problem which makes a real impact on social reality. Different types of social software affect a variety of aspects and have both positive and negative impacts. It's important to be aware of how a digitally-driven life is changing our education, sense of self, relationships, social interaction, consumerism, and ways of doing business around the world.
Almost every child between the ages of eight and twelve are getting cell phones. The average home in America has as many televisions as they do people. Only 20% of American homes do not have a computer. Technology is quickly becoming a new way of life. The amount of time people are on their devices is growing rapidly. According to The Huffington Post, people are on their devices for on average about eleven hours and fifty-two minutes a day. That is almost half a day and a lot longer than most people sleep or work. People have not realized yet how they or their families are being affected by this constant use of technology. As a result of technology increasing, children are experiencing health problems, school issues, and social problems.
Technology affects everyone - and everyone! Whether positive or negative, we are all affected, how it manifests itself into problems for youth will be studied and debated for years. Balancing technology throughout the educational process and keeping with current trends and uses of technology will affect everyone. Technology has transformed our youth’s daily and social lives. How do we measure the effects of technology on our ability to socialize or have a successful social life?
Technology is one of life’s most impressive and incredible phenomena’s. The main reason being the shockingly high degree to which our society uses technology in our everyday lives. It occupies every single realm, affecting people both positively and negatively. There are so many different forms of technology but the two most often used are cell phones, and the internet/computers in general. Today’s younger generation was raised alongside technological development. Kids now a days learn how to operate computers and cell phones at a very early age, whether it be through their own technological possessions, a friend’s, or their parents. They grow up knowing how easily accessible technology is, and the endless amount of ways in which it can be used. This paper will be largely focused on the effects of technology on the younger generation because your childhood is when these effects have the largest impact. I am very aware of the subject because I am the younger generation. Aside from major effects on study and communication skills, there also exist the media’s effects on teen’s self-esteem and mental health. Maybe more importantly, there is our world’s growing problem of over priced and unnecessary consumerism. Over time, our society has created a very unhealthy form of reliance and dependency on technology as a whole. People essentially live through their devices. Cell phones are always with people making it nearly impossible to not be able to reach someone at anytime, day or night. In 2011, there were 2.4 trillion text messages sent, and 28,641 cell phone towers were added across the US. 1 We use our phones and Internet for directions, communication, information, self-diagnosis, games, movies, music, schoolwork, work, photos, shoppi...
The current generation of young people, known as Generation Y, have grown up with the Internet. They utilize it for social networking, researching, and gaming. It is difficult for many in this young group to imagine that there was a time when text messaging, e-mail, blogs, online news media, digital books, or social networking did not exist -- that people actually talked on the phone, visited, and engaged in face to face conversation with one another. Many young adults, especially teens and middle school age children, are in need of constant stimuli and instant gratification that only the Internet can deliver. Consequently, this has resulted in a generation of young people who are lazy learners, have shorter attention spans, and often lack familiarity and knowledge of general subjects.