The Negative Impact Of Modern Technology And Its Impact On Society

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“These portable devices are not inherently harmful to hearing because of the way they are coupled to the ear, but there are certainly safe levels at which one can listen to them. My recommendation is to listen at such a level that one can still hear conversation and other people in their environment do not accuse them of shouting when they attempt to converse” (Paul R. Kileny). Technology has been around for centuries in various forms whether it was a horse and carriage, this is technology because it was not there before and overtime it evolved into the car, or a computer. Technology will be around forever. People will always think of someway to improve what they have in front of them. The modern form is in iPads, tablets, and smartphones. …show more content…
They can browse the internet and are touchscreens. Technology is when something is being built or the way of doing things are created to help solve a problem that are in many areas. Society is when people in a group join together to form something larger. Portable devices are easily moveable, parts that work together. Modern technology had a negative impact on society because they have had an negative social entertainment, personal relationship and people’s physical health.
Modern technology had an negative impact on society with social entertainment. Some ways are in the music industry, the way people focus and troubleshooting. Portable devices are killing the music industry. Birchfield, Theron, Piarew and Panepinto from virgin.com states, that people now a days can get computer applications or applications for smartphones,tablets, and iPads which can allow them to make a whole song in less than an hour. Typical songs can also take hours to get the beat correct. Artists are losing hundreds for the music they write and sing. Apple’s iTunes is a prime example because a person can get a song instantly instead of driving to get what the cd the person wants. The cd is priced at a certain price to help the artist make more
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While Peter Tanham at quora.com reports that iTunes keeps seventy cents of the profits off of a ninety-ninety cent song and there is a fee of 40 dollars to sign up to sell music. Than there is other sites such as Spotify.com and Pandora.com, which allows you to listen for free or pay a monthly fee to get rid of the advertisements that

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