Analysis: What Won T We Give Up?

Has technology compromised our sexual and social life? As technology has become an integral part of our lives, people start questioning whether or not we are too addicted to it that we could give up our social life. A survey conducted by Sachs media group in 2013 shows that majority of respondents would not give up their smartphone for a week, given the choice among sex, smartphone, alcohol and caffeine (Sachs media group, 2013). The statistics presented through the infographic “What Won’t We Give Up?” are categorized based on gender, age group and political positions in US. In this paper I examine the way in which the infographic raises people’s attention about technology’s impact on human social life and reflects an insight about the nature of new media. While the information that is presented through infographic is used to validate different …show more content…
The infographic shows that women between age 18 to 34 are more willing to give up sex and alcohol for a week than smartphones. The result arouses authors curiosity on whether women are the dominant tech users in the information society. As we consider tech enthusiasts are largely known for being male but not female, the result on the infographic may raise a question on who is the real contributor to new media soceity (Lee, 2013)? On the other hand, the website named Caffeine and You that is about a journalist’s obsession with caffeine in coffee and tea gives a totally different insight of the infographic. Their perspective is based on the infographic showing that the older people get, the less likely they are to give up caffeine compared to other choices. Thus they indicate that the infographic demonstrates caffeine’s importance in 21st century and people’s addiction to caffeine as they grow older (Heyhoe,