How Technology Affects Families

The fact has become very clear technology is here, and technology is here to stay. Everywhere we look technology surrounds us one way or another. As technology continues to rapidly change and progress, the same thing happens for the ways in which families and people communicate with one another. Technology is a positive and a negative thing, and we really do not know how technology will truly affect us in the future until the time is here. Family communication will continue to change as long as technology, social media and different formats of communication continue to change. The modern technology we have today has affected the way in which we communicate with our family, friends and many others. The three main ideas in which will be discussed are how technology …show more content…
Turkle argued some scholars today argue the ubiquitous nature of media is pulling families apart (as cited in Connell, Lauricella & Wartella, 2015). However, according to Hoover, Jordan & Takeuchi, others suggest media are fundamental aspects of mainstream family life in which may potentially influence family functioning in both positive and negative ways (as cited in Connell, Lauricella & Wartella, 2015). We have the capability to contact our friends and family at the click of a button, but is being able to do so really keeping us in touch with one another? In the new technological era, we are able to stay connected with one another through technology. Parents who have had children who have moved out or have begun families of their own, or children who have gone off to college, have the opportunity to stay in close contact with them because of the technological advances we have access to. Parents are able to stay close with their children even though they may be far away. Parents are easily able to keep on up their children’s lives through text messages or