There have been several people that ask themselves whether technology is the cause of having society be less sociable around people or if it helps them be in touch with anyone to communicate around the world. Technology has taken over a big part of the world that has changed people's lives in many different ways. Society is becoming less interactive with the people surrounding them because of social media, texting, video calling, email, online shopping, and playing games. Those who were born before the electronics and the internet are not accustomed to seeing people or kids being so focused on their handheld devices. The people born before electronics were invented expect the society in today's world to do the same as their older generation.
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Before there was no technology it was common to see kids running, playing outside, and around having connections with their friends or anyone. Society is not aware that kids do not pay attention to anyone because they are so attached to their electronic devices. In the article “Babies Don't Need Smartphones: Column” by Judith L. Page, she discusses and gives statistics about how babies should not have any type of smartphones, in other words, any type of electronics because they do not need them. They are too young to be playing with their electronics, instead of playing with their toys. Judith states that “More than two-thirds of 2-year-olds are also using tablets, more than half dawdle on smartphones, and 1 in 4 are deploying some form of technology at the dinner table. Even babies, not even a year old, are being pulled in” (Page). Page asserts that older kids and also babies that are not even a year old are getting introduced to technology to distract them and entertain them. When parents are busy on their cell phone device and don't want their kids to distract them what they do is they hand them their device so they can stop screaming and leave them alone. In that case, there are some kids and parents that are losing connection with each other because …show more content…
What is very important for them is to observe how much likes they get every time they post a picture rather than having communications with friends or family. In the article “Teens Who Say No to Social Media” by Christine Rosen, explains that there are some teens in society who rather have their family and friends talk to them face to face, rather than talking to them through social media, texting, or calling. Rosen introduces a student from Emory University her name is Katherine Silk she states “‘I’ll be with friends eating, and they'll say, ‘Let’s post this on Instagram!’ Sometimes I feel like saying, ‘You should be talking to me and the other people here, not posting things for people who may or may not care, just so you can get more likes’” (Rosen 14). Rosen includes Katherine Silk’s opinion to show people that whenever a person hangs out with their family or friends. They prefer to be on social media sharing what they are doing together because of the likes. People in today's world are not able to communicate with each other without social media interrupting them because they always have their device with them. Christine inserts that “‘I’d rather see my friends in person than tweet at them. I don’t want to spend all my time on my phone. I want to spend it in the real world’” (Rosen 7). Now days very few people like to communicate in person without
Before there was no technology it was common to see kids running, playing outside, and around having connections with their friends or anyone. Society is not aware that kids do not pay attention to anyone because they are so attached to their electronic devices. In the article “Babies Don't Need Smartphones: Column” by Judith L. Page, she discusses and gives statistics about how babies should not have any type of smartphones, in other words, any type of electronics because they do not need them. They are too young to be playing with their electronics, instead of playing with their toys. Judith states that “More than two-thirds of 2-year-olds are also using tablets, more than half dawdle on smartphones, and 1 in 4 are deploying some form of technology at the dinner table. Even babies, not even a year old, are being pulled in” (Page). Page asserts that older kids and also babies that are not even a year old are getting introduced to technology to distract them and entertain them. When parents are busy on their cell phone device and don't want their kids to distract them what they do is they hand them their device so they can stop screaming and leave them alone. In that case, there are some kids and parents that are losing connection with each other because …show more content…
What is very important for them is to observe how much likes they get every time they post a picture rather than having communications with friends or family. In the article “Teens Who Say No to Social Media” by Christine Rosen, explains that there are some teens in society who rather have their family and friends talk to them face to face, rather than talking to them through social media, texting, or calling. Rosen introduces a student from Emory University her name is Katherine Silk she states “‘I’ll be with friends eating, and they'll say, ‘Let’s post this on Instagram!’ Sometimes I feel like saying, ‘You should be talking to me and the other people here, not posting things for people who may or may not care, just so you can get more likes’” (Rosen 14). Rosen includes Katherine Silk’s opinion to show people that whenever a person hangs out with their family or friends. They prefer to be on social media sharing what they are doing together because of the likes. People in today's world are not able to communicate with each other without social media interrupting them because they always have their device with them. Christine inserts that “‘I’d rather see my friends in person than tweet at them. I don’t want to spend all my time on my phone. I want to spend it in the real world’” (Rosen 7). Now days very few people like to communicate in person without