Research Paper

When technology such as the cell phone and the computer were created one thing that the inventors had in mind was to better society and make it easier for people to communicate. As time has gone on, technology has increased rapidly, especially within the last 30 years or so. Within this time, the cell phone has evolved from just a simple question in Michael Faraday’s head asking if space could possibly conduct electricity (Cell phone history par. 2), to modern day technology such as Apple products which have evolved into more of a narcissistic type of mind set, one that overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests (Webster’s Dictionary). Although this project of the iPhone was one that revolutionized the concept of a phone and changed the face of it forever, the more that technology has increased the more problems that have arisen with the social skills within our society. Something that drew me to this subject began as I came to college. Walking around Azusa Pacific University’s (APU) it became very obvious to me in places such as waiting on the trolley or even in classroom that although social skills are so necessary in these places they are often ignored. It was then that I became interested in researching why such an important thing such as social skills were being replaced and people were not as active in participating in things such as actively listening or things of that sort. After observing this for quite some time, this is where the question came into my head about whether technology has decreased the social skills within the society we live in today. It was then when I began to heavily research this topic. I strived to get to the bottom of the problem within our society which seems to be that there is a ...

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...ld have been the way that I went about getting the research for my own study. I would have conducted more than one survey trying to eliminate biases more and make the research more accurate. Other things that I might have done differently would be that I might have gone out within the community which we live in an observed just how people interacted and how much people were on their technology when around others. A way to determine if social skills were different when using the technology would be if research was conducted to determine actual written behavior of what it means to have bad social skills and then going and observing it in action. Technology, although it is convenient and helps us in a lot of areas is something that is detrimental to our health, well being, and our relationships and if matters are not taken into our own hands things will only get worse.