Is Technology making us more Humans?
Sadly, I am seeing every day how the age of technology is affecting society’s method and ability to communicate. Children, teenagers, and adults are deeply immersed in the wide market of electronic devices, which is getting to the point that we cannot easily or comfortably communicate in person anymore. Teenager’s lives are based on their cell phones or computers, and fun is about video games or TV. Adults are becoming dependent on technology as well. Looking back, I can recall that just ten years ago I was able to have a conversation with a stranger at the elevator, at the restaurant, or even just while waiting. Now, wherever I go, all I can see is people talking or texting on cell phones, reading tablets, or wearing …show more content…
Finally, I decided to stop the next person, a guy wearing headphones and walking towards my direction. I cut him off and stood right in front of him to ask my question. I scared him of course, but I found out the information I needed. After that adventure I committed myself to paying more attention to my family, friends, colleagues, and peers behavior’s with technology.
Eye contact is the most important tool in communication. It is one of the first nonverbal behaviors noticed by others. In a simple conversation an individual who keeps eye contact with his or her interlocutor is judged more positively, but regrettably we are choosing the keyboard. Turkle in her book states, “Digital connections may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Our network life allows us to hide from each other…We are changed as technology offers us substitutes for connecting with each other face to face” (1). Nowadays, people are finding it easier to make “friends” or having a “relationship” on-line instead of in the face to face environment. Face time used to be known as spending time with family and friends to build a strong relationship, but now it is seen as
Sadly, I am seeing every day how the age of technology is affecting society’s method and ability to communicate. Children, teenagers, and adults are deeply immersed in the wide market of electronic devices, which is getting to the point that we cannot easily or comfortably communicate in person anymore. Teenager’s lives are based on their cell phones or computers, and fun is about video games or TV. Adults are becoming dependent on technology as well. Looking back, I can recall that just ten years ago I was able to have a conversation with a stranger at the elevator, at the restaurant, or even just while waiting. Now, wherever I go, all I can see is people talking or texting on cell phones, reading tablets, or wearing …show more content…
Finally, I decided to stop the next person, a guy wearing headphones and walking towards my direction. I cut him off and stood right in front of him to ask my question. I scared him of course, but I found out the information I needed. After that adventure I committed myself to paying more attention to my family, friends, colleagues, and peers behavior’s with technology.
Eye contact is the most important tool in communication. It is one of the first nonverbal behaviors noticed by others. In a simple conversation an individual who keeps eye contact with his or her interlocutor is judged more positively, but regrettably we are choosing the keyboard. Turkle in her book states, “Digital connections may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Our network life allows us to hide from each other…We are changed as technology offers us substitutes for connecting with each other face to face” (1). Nowadays, people are finding it easier to make “friends” or having a “relationship” on-line instead of in the face to face environment. Face time used to be known as spending time with family and friends to build a strong relationship, but now it is seen as