Social Media Causing Desensitization in Users From the moment anyone who lives in the twenty-first century wakes up, to the minute they go to bed, millennials are constantly engrossed in a constantly evolving technology that is social media. As soon as the average teenager or young adult wakes up he or she is already surrounded by social media with notifications or alerts on cell phones and other common household electronics that contain social media outlets. Science Fiction writer Ray Bradbury depicts a future where the effects of social media, such as the constant availability, challenges, addiction as well as a false sense of reality destories a family in “The Veldt”. Futuristic citizens of a technologically advanced time, Lydia and George,
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“Facebook has created a further avenue for us to not only compare ourselves to photoshopped models, but our photoshopped and edited friends as well. This puts even further pressure on Facebook users because they are now situated in an environment where people judge each other's pictures with “likes” depending on how attractive they may be. This ultimately contributes to the problem of eating disorders and the overall health of people engrained in this technological era.” (singlis29.wordpress.com). As users photoshop personal photos, they eliminate themselves and create a whole new identity on social media outlets that can cause major mental and societal issues. Although, editing self photos can create an alter social media ego, editing photos of places can also be just as dangerous. Once again users are creating a false reality. A writer for a digital photography website stated, “You do not have to go very far to capture truly beautiful natural photographs and the idea that it’s ok to mess about with the captured image is a depressing comment on the craft of photography.” (http://digital-photography-school.com/) Whenever a photographer “enhances” a nature photo, a false reality is created in social media users’ impressionable minds. Bradbury once again backed this idea of desensitization in “The Veldt” with the entire setup of the nursery. Since the children could dream up anything they wanted, the traditional happy scenery became dull to them which in turn caused them to create the dangerous African world. With the false and dangerous land being more adventurous to them, the children became obsessed and addicted to the land. With the false reality being something more enjoyable to the children, the children prefered and literally fought to the death over keeping the nursery
“Facebook has created a further avenue for us to not only compare ourselves to photoshopped models, but our photoshopped and edited friends as well. This puts even further pressure on Facebook users because they are now situated in an environment where people judge each other's pictures with “likes” depending on how attractive they may be. This ultimately contributes to the problem of eating disorders and the overall health of people engrained in this technological era.” (singlis29.wordpress.com). As users photoshop personal photos, they eliminate themselves and create a whole new identity on social media outlets that can cause major mental and societal issues. Although, editing self photos can create an alter social media ego, editing photos of places can also be just as dangerous. Once again users are creating a false reality. A writer for a digital photography website stated, “You do not have to go very far to capture truly beautiful natural photographs and the idea that it’s ok to mess about with the captured image is a depressing comment on the craft of photography.” (http://digital-photography-school.com/) Whenever a photographer “enhances” a nature photo, a false reality is created in social media users’ impressionable minds. Bradbury once again backed this idea of desensitization in “The Veldt” with the entire setup of the nursery. Since the children could dream up anything they wanted, the traditional happy scenery became dull to them which in turn caused them to create the dangerous African world. With the false and dangerous land being more adventurous to them, the children became obsessed and addicted to the land. With the false reality being something more enjoyable to the children, the children prefered and literally fought to the death over keeping the nursery