Mackenzie Dallimore October 7, 2015
Speculating Causes
Why are People More Afraid Today?
In today's society, people are constantly living in fear and feel as though they need more security in their lives. Why are people more afraid today than five or even ten years ago? As technology continues to increase in our lives, the access to social media and new stories are becoming more available at our fingertips. There is a clear imbalance in the stories people hear today; most stories we hear are highly concentrated in negative and violent stories because, they attract more attention than the positive stories in today’s society. As a result, people are more aware of the things they many have never had access to before without technology …show more content…
In today's society, everyone has some sort of tablet or smartphone in their reach 24/7. The number of smartphones used in today's society has increased greatly since only five years ago in 2010. With the access to these new devices, the news is with you at all times. With the new IOS 9 update, you now have a news app a click of a button away. Due to the access of these news stories right at the tip of your fingers, people hear about things faster, and more often than we had in the past. We have all different types of social media that also keep us connected at all times. Some people may argue that the ability to have this information at our fingertips is not the reason that we fear such violent and negative stories happening to us. However, without these phones and tablets, people would not be on social media pages as often, and would not look into these events as much as they do when they hear someone talking about it. Due to the accessibility of these devices and news and media stories that the increase in technology provides, there is a more widespread fear across …show more content…
When you turn on the television to the news station you are often hearing more negative stories than you are positive ones. There are often stories about the shootings and robberies, but rarely do you see a good story on the news. People, however, may argue this by saying when they log into Facebook or other social media page, they see a lot of positive news. One example is Courtney Kicking Cancer. This Facebook page tells the amazing story of how a college Freshman continues to fight her way through her cancer battle never giving up and continuing on with her spunky attitude while going through this journey. While stories like these are amazing and inspiring to so many people, when a negative story hits the new it overpowers all of these good stories. Another website that delivers good new is the Goodnewsnetwork.org. While this site shows many good, inspiring and positive stories many people do not know of these. People do not know of sites like these because the violent and negative stories are shared more often. In order to find stories like these you have to put into google good and inspiring stories, they are not the stories that typically show up on your Yahoo news page. Although there are positive stories out there you really have to dig deep to find them. Society today focuses more on the negative, violent and fraud issues causing people to worry such things will happen to
Speculating Causes
Why are People More Afraid Today?
In today's society, people are constantly living in fear and feel as though they need more security in their lives. Why are people more afraid today than five or even ten years ago? As technology continues to increase in our lives, the access to social media and new stories are becoming more available at our fingertips. There is a clear imbalance in the stories people hear today; most stories we hear are highly concentrated in negative and violent stories because, they attract more attention than the positive stories in today’s society. As a result, people are more aware of the things they many have never had access to before without technology …show more content…
In today's society, everyone has some sort of tablet or smartphone in their reach 24/7. The number of smartphones used in today's society has increased greatly since only five years ago in 2010. With the access to these new devices, the news is with you at all times. With the new IOS 9 update, you now have a news app a click of a button away. Due to the access of these news stories right at the tip of your fingers, people hear about things faster, and more often than we had in the past. We have all different types of social media that also keep us connected at all times. Some people may argue that the ability to have this information at our fingertips is not the reason that we fear such violent and negative stories happening to us. However, without these phones and tablets, people would not be on social media pages as often, and would not look into these events as much as they do when they hear someone talking about it. Due to the accessibility of these devices and news and media stories that the increase in technology provides, there is a more widespread fear across …show more content…
When you turn on the television to the news station you are often hearing more negative stories than you are positive ones. There are often stories about the shootings and robberies, but rarely do you see a good story on the news. People, however, may argue this by saying when they log into Facebook or other social media page, they see a lot of positive news. One example is Courtney Kicking Cancer. This Facebook page tells the amazing story of how a college Freshman continues to fight her way through her cancer battle never giving up and continuing on with her spunky attitude while going through this journey. While stories like these are amazing and inspiring to so many people, when a negative story hits the new it overpowers all of these good stories. Another website that delivers good new is the Goodnewsnetwork.org. While this site shows many good, inspiring and positive stories many people do not know of these. People do not know of sites like these because the violent and negative stories are shared more often. In order to find stories like these you have to put into google good and inspiring stories, they are not the stories that typically show up on your Yahoo news page. Although there are positive stories out there you really have to dig deep to find them. Society today focuses more on the negative, violent and fraud issues causing people to worry such things will happen to