Does Technology Promote More Incivility Or Civility?

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Technology plays an important part in student success. However, some believe technology promotes more incivility then civility. Ever since it became popular there has been a rise in incivility both in person and over the internet. However, others believe that technology plays an important part in student success. Over the past couple of years technology has become very popular within schools and colleges. During this time students in college or school have had access to technology, whether on a smart phone or a computer.
Within in the years of technology increasing its popularity with new social media sites like Facebook, twitter, Instagram and Tumblr there have been many acts of incivility promoted. According to this latest research, people
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These days saying goodbye at school don’t exist as teenagers just jump on their favorite social media network and continue to interact with their friends until the next day. Also, phones within high school and colleges are becoming more susceptible within the classroom as teachers believe it can be a helpful resource for studying and research papers. However, some believe that by having a phone in class can be a foster for cheating and students are forgetting how to study as they’re distracted by their phone constantly. Statistics show that 92% of teens report going online daily, including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly,” instead of studying the easy access has caused many problems and most times lead back to teenagers being cyber …show more content…
The increase in popularity of social media has increased the risks of acts of incivility. Teenagers are free to roam and post whatever they please, which evidently creates problems. Due to the easy access to a smartphone teenagers are able to post whatever they choose, whenever they like, and wherever they are. The internet is a dangerous tool and major distraction for college and school students, and if not used correctly can result in harmful endings. Although technology can help with success there are a lot of incivilities that can affect students from

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