How Does Technology Affect Human Communication?

This commercial leads people to believe that technological communication is better than human to human personal contact and fun, just because it is considered “easier”. Because of this increase in technology, people are now starting to identify that technology is beginning to hurt human social contact. As a result, a large amount of facilities are starting to lead towards a cell phone ban in order to allow the creation of more social interactions. A good representation of this is that in some restaurants, such as Sheppard, located in Washington D.C., have taken to banning cell phones (Scheier 6). Their reasoning is that using a cell phone at the dining table is one of the worst trends in dining and that it is rude to those around them. The restaurant also wishes to help create great experiences and memories without the disruption of technology to us and those around us, showing that it is not only ourselves that are affected by our constant cell phone usage.
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It has caused a wide decrease in face-to-face interactions as well as lead antisocial behavior or even people creating false representations of themselves, which can lead to depression. Technology has also led to the improper use of cell phones during times of importance, such as during church or when spending time with family, both of which are places where phones should be avoided from use at all costs, as they are distracting and are taking people away from things that really matter in comparison to their latest status update. While technology is an amazing tool for many things, communication and connection through technology should be used sparingly, and mainly in cases where it is needed for communicating with those at long distances or in cases where cell phone communication is the only option