Technology Affecting Teens

I have conducted a survey asking about today's technology and what today's youth thinks about it. All the participants were between the ages of 14-17 years old. The purpose of this survey was to see if teens were able to acknowledge the truth about what technology has truly been doing to today's world. I hypothesized that most individuals would say that technology has helped more than hurt us. This is because this generation has grown up with the developments of technology and its benefits. I predict that most of the students if not all will say that technology is very helpful because my generation has become attach to it and do to this they will not see the downsides to it.
Method
The included participants in this study were 20 Edwardsburg High school students. The participants included 9 males and 11 females. The way answers were collected was my random selection. Participants were selected at random during a passing period and they were asked the question. " Is technology helping or hurting us?". The participants gave a simple one word answer and the answer was recorded with a tally mark in a piece of paper. …show more content…
I was not expecting for so many students to be unsure of the answer. Many knew technology had great benefits but they also knew that it also had its disadvantages. Originally the option to select both was nonexistent but after so many students said both I decided to put it in as I thought it would be important to show that many students were in the between line, were they weren't positive it was hurting more than helping and vice