Recently, the technology are developing and making our life convenient. For example, computer, games, and smartphones. Especially, the smartphone had developed so much. Each year every electronic maker sales new type of smartphones, and sometimes those made a trend. It made people to buy them, so when people look around on the street I think most of the people has smartphones and staring at them. Though these developments, the internet become an unnecessary system for people who use these devices. Internet can make us buy things, make things meet peoples. Spread of smartphones, the internet especially the SNS; social network systems become popular. These are exists before the smartphone appeared, however, smartphone made SNS popular. SNS is …show more content…
Based on the statistics, children in United States now are more likely to one a mobile phone than a book, with eighty five % of kids owning a phone as to only 73% owning books.”(An Exploratory Study on the Trend of Smartphone Usage in a Developing Country, Osman, et al) Most of the people are using smartphone, and also, some of them has several devices, so the usage of it is unfathomable. Then, what people are using smartphone for? In the New York Times’s article the most used category of app in past 30 days was playing games. Second one was checking whether, third one was checking maps/using navigation/searching. Using SNS was in the fourth place. 49% of the smartphone users are using SNS. The number went higher then when people was using feature …show more content…
SNS can make user possible to do many thing. However, it might cause a bad influence to the user. For my opinion, SNS might stealing the user’s time. While, they checking SNS, they losing their time to communicate with people in the real word. When people starts eating lunch in the restaurant, they suddenly stars using their phone. Even if people are in the theme park, I saw some people were keep staring at SNS screen. The bad reason for this is, SNS will keep changing in every second. I think they are missing the real moment at the
About a month ago I attended a dinner with some close friends. As we all sat in the restaurant waiting for drink orders to be taken, I looked around the table and what I saw made me feel more than a little annoyed considering I had not seen some of these people (or spoken to some of them) in over a month. Everyone at the table had sat down and immediately took out their phone. After reading the article “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”, by Jean M. Twenge, the feelings experienced that evening at dinner were validated and broadened by the depth and scope of the article. Jean Twenge was persuasive because of the statistical data in her article.
Maps, phone books, payphones, CDs, and disposable cameras. Many current children and teens would have a puzzled look on their faces if they were asked to use any of the aforementioned objects. These technologies that were once trendy are now nearly obsolete. On the other hand, if a child is given a smartphone, (s)he could most likely get directions to a location, find a phone number, play music, and so on. The smartphone has not only taken the place of numerous inventions, but it has also taken over the lives of millions of people. Jean M. Twenge, in her article “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”, discusses the impact that the smartphone has had not only on adults, but most importantly on today’s generation of children and adolescents,
This short review explains that in recent years, wireless devices such as phones, pagers, and PCs became more popular than any other devices among users with experience on how to use it. For instance, cell phone subscribers in the US have greatly increased from 109 million in 2000 to 148.6 million in 2002, the research by eMarketer stated (LetsTalk cell phone survey, 2002); Aoki and Downes explained that the introduction of the article highlights the increase of cell phones. To test the purpose of how the Americans own cell phones and create their own interest of technology, Aoki and Downes use the data from the Scarborough Research study by Joseph P. Schackner made in 2002.
The cell phone is a great thing. Did you know that about 90% of the population owns a cell phone(Madrigal, Alexis C)? Our society is affected greatly by the use of cellphones in such ways as; sleep deprivation, communication, and Distraction. There are many things that the cell phone is good for but there are just as many negatives that come from them, if not there are more. The number of people who own cell phones has gone up about 27% since year 2004(Madrigal, Alexis C).
The heart of all this tech revolution is the Internet, which makes any form of communication possible. The Internet has broken all the cost and distance barriers to make everyone more connected than ever before. Cell phones, social networking, webs and emails are the most common means of communications. Cell phones make it possible to communicate with hundreds or even thousands of contact
The internet is a new way people can interact with one another or keep track on what is going on around the world. It is changing how people live their daily lives and is shaping a new way of society. New technology comes out every day to help people and make their lives easier. From finding a perfect couple to talking to old friends that live far away, the internet has brought society closer than It ever has been before. This is changing the outcome on how people track one another or knowing what’s going on around the world or even just around your neighborhood. The internet is making it easier to know what people are up to. These new ways of keeping in touch help society come close in times of stress or teaches people new ideas that they
We currently live in a digital age world. A world where technology is the forefront of how we function in society. One technological factor that is well utilized in many places primarily the U.S is the smartphone. This is a device that is portable meaning it can fit right in your pockets. Although as diminutive as it may seem, this device is immensely powerful in many aspects regarding human use. We use this for communication, entertainment, jobs/careers and various other methods. It’s keen to say that this device does a lot for our civilization in productivity and efficiency. Although many would say it has definitely shifted how people interact and function without the use of it. Not many are able to hold a conversation or last seconds without
For example, remote control, Bluetooth device, WIFI Internet sharing, wireless application transmission system, among others, have led to the people to the world of comfort ensuring that people do their thing without discomfort. The increase in Internet speeds like 3G and 4G has led to a reliable and comfortable society since much time is saved in the process. Join social networks like Facebook, WhatsApp, telegram, Twitter, among others that play a vital role, helps in human interaction and communication.
Phones can be used as other resource and learning devices, they can be used to look up study documents, test prep answers, notes, facts that can be used in daily school class periods. kids seem to only use phones and cellular devices as ways to get on social media and contact friends and family, when they can be used as so much more. students constantly use their phones or devices in school and as a student i do it myself, but some students use their phones as curricular
It is clear that technology becomes an important part of daily life. Especially, the Internet, which is compatible with the style and pace of modern life. More particularly, the Internet development has established new communities in the world, which are social networks. It is websites or applications, which allow people to connect with each other, sharing photos, videos and messages. For example, Facebook, twitter are channels of keeping in touch with friends around the world as well as making new connections with other people based on similar interests.
“Mobile phones making the world smaller than a village,” states Ericsson Telecommunication Company (as cited in Vutagwa, 2013). Throughout past centuries, people had limited ways of communication. They used letters and birds to communicate which can take months or years to be delivered, depends on the distances. This is how people communicated, until Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone to the world in 1876. The first telephone was big and heavy and was mainly used by the government. Nowadays, more than 6 billion people in the world own either a mobile phone or a smartphone. The smartphone is a technology which made many people get overly attached to it that they cannot do without it. Most of these people do not actually need a smartphone.
Cell phones have changed from an item of luxury to an everyday necessity for some people. Twenty five years ago, a phone was just a way to contact someone. Mobile phones have become one of the most common tools of communications for both young and old. Cellular devices have redefined relationships and social conduct, and transformed the daily lives of many individuals. Cell phones no longer function just as a communication device. Today it has many other uses. Cell phones are used for games, calculators, texting, calendars, social sites, and pictures. In addition, there are many apps that one can download on a phone. Mobile phones help us keep track of our lives.
In the United States, using a smartphone or tablet has been an unstoppable trend. According to the report from Pew Internet, in the United States, 56% of all adult population is smartphone user, 35% have cellphone, which is not a smartphone, and only 9% do not own any cell phone (Smith). At the same time, the tablet computer has been growing substantially since 2010, especially with the advent of Windows 8. Pew Internet shows that 34% of the United States adult population owns a tablet computer, representing a growth of more than 30% in three years (Zickuhr). Although these reports were based on the adult population, many children their own mobile devices. Such a device will provide them the accessibility to browse the Internet, listen to music, watch videos, play games both instantly and with unlimited quantity.
The world today is a result of centuries of evolution; one of the major adaptations is technology, specifically the invention of the smartphone. The smartphone is a cellular phone that has the capabilities of performing similar functions to that of a computer (Oxford Dictionaries’ online dictionary, n.d.). The smartphone is owned by youth for the most part; however, adults and seniors are also turning toward using this device. This in turn demonstrates the popularity of this marvelous device, and is the reason why it is constantly monitored by its users. The continuous evolving of the populations' wants and needs such as communication, searching of information, entertainment and recording, makes owning a smartphone essential, and beneficial as it is portable, reliable and efficient.
Imagine being in the car a kid is on their phone, family at dinner a kid on their phone, and a kid on their phone instead of doing what there asked to do. Half of the kids in america are addicted to their phone. According to CNN news these are the percentages when children get phones 10% of kids 9 years of age or younger, 10-12 years old 23%, 13-15 years old 44%, 16 or older 19%, and wait till out of high school or an adult 4%. The average for a kid to get a phone is 10 years of age all around the world. Nowadays everyone has smartphones and if you don't have one your considered a “loser”. KIds under the age of 10 should not have a smartphone because the brain is not fully developed, People cant have social media until 13 years of age, and