You’re seated on the bathroom floor; the door is locked and tissues are everywhere. Eyes were getting puffy, like balloon that’s about to explode due to the amount of pressure. You’ve been having problems; your parents not caring about how you feel, your friends treating you differently and none of the teachers seem to notice. Your hand is clenched onto the phone and you thought of the hotline, and tapping sounds arise. The power of data. Do you know how powerful it is? It is capable of granting our phones the function of texting. Can you imagine how much texting could be such an important part to a text hotline crisis? Have you ever thought that teenagers like us would be in much dangerous and serious situations? Nancy Lubin believes that …show more content…
It’s something that everyone uses all the time. In Nancy Lubin’s Ted Talk video, she states that, ”To most of you, this is a device to buy, sell, play games, watch videos. I think it might be a lifeline. I think actually it might be able to save more lives than penicillin.” Lubin recognizes how powerful texting is; more powerful than emailing. She believes communication is the key to saving lives. I always reply to my text messages instead of my emails and calls since it's more efficient and text messages are able to be delivered in a flash. But I never thought of how strong texting can be for helping those in desperate need. One simple talk, or in this case, text can help those who are under tough times. “Talking in person can create an uncomfortable environment for the victim who needs help,” says therapist Zawn Villines. I agree with Zawn, when I have problems that have to deal with stress or anxiety, I feel better texting than confronting friends. I feel more comfortable on the phone texting because I feel uncomfortable with the slow-paced, in person type of communication. Lublin trusts the fact that the power of data can help not only with the girl who’s been bullied or raped but with the police department or schools. Police officers are able to use statistical system to track down crimes using Compstat, which is an organization system of real time data. School can get
Technology has advanced immensely in the last 50 years. We are living in the digital age, where technology and social media have become a part of our everyday routine. The majority of the nation owns a cell phone equipped with the ability to text. Since technology has become a very convenient way of communication, it has even managed to change human interactions and become apart of relationships. Texting limits relationships because it’s simply impossible to express emotion the way you can in person.
Amy Gahran, a media consultant exploring communication in the technology era, writes about how cell phones are significant. She feels that cell phones have changed our lives by providing “…vital services and human connections…offer new hope, even through simple broadcast text messages” (Gahran). Gahran is insisting that cell phones allow us to learn news quickly, connect with safety, and can even fight crime through video recordings (Gahran). In addition, she feels that the overall benefits of owning a cell phone outweigh any negatives. This somewhat challenges the ideas presented by Rosen because it points out more benefits of cell phones. In “Our Cell Phones, Ourselves” Rosen mentions that although cell phones indeed connect us with safety, they can often lead to a sense of paranoia. To expand, she writes that parents who give children a cell phone for security purposes, develop a paranoid sense of their community and lose trust in “social institutions” (Rosen). In making this comment, Rosen argues that although cell phones may be beneficial, they can change the way we view our world. Without a cell phone, many individuals feel vulnerable, as if their phone protects them from all possible dangers that they may encounter. In fact, a Rutgers University professor challenged his students to power off their phones for 48 hours and report back with their experience (Rosen). Many felt almost lost without it and one young women described the feeling “…like I was going to get raped if I didn’t have my cell phone in my hand” (Rosen). In reality, having a cell phone will not save a person’s life in all situations. Although many, including Gahran, feel a phone is a vital tool, it has changed how we feel about the world around us and how vulnerable we feel without a phone in
Texting however keeps people at arm’s length and prevents relationships from getting past a certain level of rapport. Text messages help people create distance between them and another person. This distance can lead to many things, like lost friendship. Friendships can be lost in text messages because of tone. I was texting my sister one day, who types in all capital letters, and finally halfway through the conversation I asked her why she was yelling at me, because that is how I was reading them, as me being yelled at. When she responded she was very confused, and told me that she didn’t realize that she had been yelling at me and was sorry. This can happen to anybody. People can confuse tone in text messages, and that can lead to one person arguing with someone who has no idea that they are in a fight. Text messages are also used by people to purposely keep others away from them, and by some it is used to hide. Alice G Walton, a science journalist with a Ph.D. in Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience says, “People like to text because the message gives them the ability to hide,” (Walton). It is like the saying “a drunken mind speaks a sober heart,” When people are drunk they hide behind being it, and use alcohol as their mask, but when they are texting, it’s the phone. They are able to say what they would like, without having to actually face the person they are talking to, and
To begin, it is evident today that teenagers love being connected with their friends and family all at the tip of their thumbs. They love texting. According to a study by Amanda Lenhart, 88 percent of teens use a cell phone or smart phone of which 90 percent of them use text message. An average teen sends 30 texts per day. (Lenhart) As shown in this study, teens have easy access to text messaging. In her Ted talks called “Texting That Save Lives” and “The Heartbreaking Text That Inspired a Crisis Help Line,” Nancy Lublin talks about how she received disturbing text messages from young people that mentions how they’re being bullied, wanting to commit suicide, cutting themselves, and being raped by their father. She was exceedingly emotional when receiving these texts. She felt like she had to do something about it. So, with her knowledge about teens and the power of texting, Nancy Lublin created something that would help save these young kids’ lives, the Crisis Text Line. (“Texting”)(“Heartbreaking”)
Today in the Twenty-First century we have surpassed many technological advancements and excelled far past what we would have ever thought. One of our greatest technological advancements is the thing we hold in our hands everyday, our cell phones. Sometimes we don't realize just how much our phones can distract us from our lives. As a generation glued to our phones us teenagers send an average of 3,339 texts per month. In Randy Cohen's essay, “When texting is wrong” he states how we are overcome by texting and how it damages our social and personal lives.
...helle Hackman, a sophomore in high school, realized that her friends, rather than engaging in a conversation, were “more inclined to text each other” (Huffington Post). Michelle also became aware that over forty percent of people were suffering from anxiety when they were separated from the phones. This clearly shows that we are connected to the technology that we use, but we are also suffering from the use of technology. We spend more than half of our entire day using some sort of technology, whether that is a computer, phone, television, or radio. Technology is becoming a prevalent part of our lives, and we cannot live without it. Technology has become our family, and part of us.
A recent outbreak in teen texting is taking a toll on their daily lives. Many teenagers have cell phones. Their parents get them phones for their safety and well-being, but is that what teens really use them for? I for one know that I rarely call my parents or use my phone for important reasons. Most of the time, I’m scrolling through Instagram and snapchat, to keep up with everyone that I will see in less than a day. The editorial from The Jersey Journal, called Teens are going to extremes with texting, informs the common people of the statistics of teen texting. The editorials main argument is communicating the excessiveness of teen texting. The author develops this point through expert uses of word choice, but also extreme examples and statistics.
Can you imagine not being able to check Twitter, Facebook, or messages for a week? People would feel lost. (Stewart) Society is at once reliant on cell phones and other technology. Cell phones have impacted lives, even children eight years youthful, own the newest phone out. People text more than anything, especially during school because teens are probably texting or tweeting about other students or teachers. When teens get grounded and they get their cell phone taken awa...
Our lives tend to revolve around our cell phones and sometimes put us in danger. “These young people live in a state of waiting for connection. And they are willing to take risks, to put themselves on the line.”1 The young people are the generation who never knew what it was like without having a cell phone; therefore it is hard for them to disconnect- they don’t know how to. If this generation hears their phone buzz or hear a notification, they feel as if
On the other hand, texting can give people the same sense of reality as a face-to-face conversation. Texting allows people to communicate quickly and ensure their place in reality. The same meaningful message can still be delivered whe...
There’s a new world plague that has swept through the younger generation of parents-texting. We all live in this technological advanced society and have taken part in texting. Texting has become a quintessential way of communicating with those whom are not directly with us. Sounds good on the surface, right? As we dust off the surface, we reveal layers of misuse. Entering upon these layers exposes; death of children, disconnection in relationships, and deficient social skills are the direct negative results of parents misuse of texting.
The Ted Talk video that I selected was “When caregiving comes your way” spoken by Pamela Nelson, who is “not a speaker”, but an artist. My primary reason for picking this topic was to basically to get a heads up of what I have to look forward to later in life. The speaker also gave a total of 12 tips of being a care giver. Some of them were, “What you do repeatedly has great power to change you… for better or for worse. You become what you do, laugh with each other, exercise, and follow pause/breathe as you move from task to task. There are right more, but those are just some of favorites.
Nowadays, developed technology makes communicating easier. Text message is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are not in the same vicinity of each other to be heard directly. According to the article “Texting tendinitis in a teenager” by Isaiah W. Williams, “Students at age between 13 to 18 years old send 173 billion text messages monthly by 293 million cell phone, on average, spend 1 hour and 35 minutes and send 118 messages each day.” (Although some people avoid talking on phone and prefer texting), but texting is more unfavorable for three reasons: Increasing the risk of accident while texting, Using in an unappropriated time, and Misunderstanding abbreviations.
Technology has more negative effects on today’s society than positive. Due to technology over the past few decades, Canine Shock Collars have become increasingly popular. Students in school pay more attention to texting than they do in their classes. Violent, addictive video games have made their way into American homes. Parents encourage their children to not text as much, but to face the problem of constant communication.
To begin with, the most prominent function of the smartphone is for communication purposes. Communication is relayed in many forms; texting, calling or via social networking sites. Texting is the most common and quickest way of communication. Research conducted by Pew Internet and American Life Project indicates that 9 in 10 American smartphone users send and receive text (MarketingCharts, 2011). The text feature allows for delivery of information within a fast time frame, regardless of the receiver's location. On the other hand, even though this allows for a much faster way of communication with people, it also decreases the ability to use other, and much older ways of communication. According to a Huffington Post article, Cris Rowan, a therapist, argues that texting results in “no creativity, there’s no imagination, no self-initiation” (Bindley, 2011). However, texting and emailing is frequently seen as a downside as many studies indicate that they ...