Growing Up Digital Wired For Distraction Analysis

In the article entitled “Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children” Jane E. Brody discusses how the youth is facing a problematic issues with electronic media causing them to become unhealthy and hindering their normal development. First, Brody points outs that a great deal of electronic media usage can conflict with children’s schoolwork. The writer also indicates that adolescents who spend a great deal of their time playing video games tend to block out the outside world and become anti-social. In addition, she states that “young children under the age of two should not be exposed to electronic media because a child’s brain develops rapidly during the first years”. The author also indicates that young children learn more efficiently by

The premise of the book goes into further detail concerning the digital era that we are living in today. Sadly the author explains that the digital culture does not open the minds of young adults to the

The general thesis of this book is “How the digital age stupefies young Americans and jeopardizes our future,” which happens to be the subtitle of this book. In the first chapter, Knowledge Deficits, the author talks about how the teens in the 20th century have the same or even lower education level as teens 30 years ago. Bauerlein goes on and talks about how the government is spending more for education compared to 30 years ago. In the second chapter, The New Bibliophobes, the author argues that teens are reading less books and their literary skills are not improving as fast because they are more interested in digital and pop culture. In the third chapter, Screen Time, lots of studies and surveys prove that teens are spending more time playing video games and socializing with each other online than studying. In chapter four, Online Learning And Non-Learning, the author talks about how teens are abusing the technology and pretending to use it for educational purposes, but in reality, the are using it for entertainment. In chapter five, The Betrayal Of The Mentors, the author explains if all teen follow this pathway they will utterly destroy their future by not making suitable for having a degree, job and poetically family.

Lauren Shinozuka wrote “The Dangers of Digital Distractedness” for a class assignment. She is a college student that lives in the world of technology and internet. Her idea to address how dependent the world has become on technology without even realizing it. Lead her to her own evaluation of her life and how technology has changed how she deals and interacts with people.

They argue that the way they’re thinking is changing, how their “concentration… starts to drift after two or three pages” and that modern technology doesn’t push them to commit to a certain informational source long enough because “research… can now be done in minutes” (Source 4). The internet seems to have all the answers, which generally shortens the time needed to spend on an activity thus limits the room to think critically. And in this case, not only does it ruin our contemplation but also our concentration and patience because we expect the internet to feed us information. However, this is not all true because the “digital world lowers barriers to self-directed learning” (Source 3). There are many “new forms of media” people can explore with and use to carry out their interests, and they become more involved with their peers when they can learn from each other.

Children are exposed to all sorts of content online ranging from educational content, to aggressive and sexual material. Violence and cyberbullying have been linked to spending too much time on electronics (“Pediatricians,” 2013). Palo Alto Medical Foundation, too much screen time has been linked with children engaging in more aggressive behaviors such as fighting with their peers and arguing with their teachers. Furthermore, according to an associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University by the name of Douglas Gentile, “Teens with mental health issues may turn to video games for relief, but then become addicted to playing, causing social, academic and emotional problems that may last well into adulthood” (Roberts, 2015). In other words, addiction to electronics may lead to depression and isolation, when there are other options for the relief these children need. By taking preventative measures and keeping a closer eye on screen time, the child will not be as prone to becoming more

David Gelernter claims that “the root” of the problem (of school performance) is a child’s ability to think (Doc E). He argues that computers only give access to more information, not only overwhelming the student, but absolutely useless in teaching them real skills. In this arguments sophisticated technology is essentially equated to a shiny, useless tool in receiving an education. This point is again brought up in Doc F, where a child is pictured oozing at the exact things that at that moment passes by his window. This brings Gelernter’s arguments a step further by showing that children lose real life experiences and knowledge when they absorb it all behind a screen.

She argues that “One of the reasons people are interested in video games and related technologies is because they put you into words where you have to solve problems.” She is totally right because people enjoy games and other technologies to solve all their problems and wasting time to full boredom. Other expert argues that “Learning in a connected, technology-rich environment enables young people to undertake meaningful experiences as they engage with peers, celebrates, relatives, and experts worldwide.” I agree with him learning new things on technology that we don’t know and communicating with the world and getting to know new people is a good thing. Whatever the environment we live in and how much people are addicted to technology it will affect us and becoming addicted to

First and foremost, all the students’,students have a hearts desire to participate on the ground that using too voluminous technology affects the way individuals think and behave. In the article “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price” by Matt Richtel it gives multiplied scientifically validate facts that using technology too much affects the way

He points out three different mistakes that can be created in a child’s life when they use too much technology. These three mistakes are not setting limits, not having enough family time, and the parents themselves become too involved with technology. Too much technology can cause an increase of arguments between parents and kids, due to the amount of information kids now have access to. Children can use technology in a way to avoid real world situations and basic communication. In severe cases, Grover explains that technology can become addicting and can take over one’s life.

The author says about Vishal that, “He does not leave his chair for more than two hours, sipping Pepsi, his face often inches from the screen, as he perfects the clip from the cemetery. The image of the crying woman was shot separately from the image of the kneeling man, and he is trying to fuse them. “I’m spending two hours to get a few seconds just right,” he says,” (7). This example from Vishal’s computer life is taking away from his school life since he will spend a long time working on his computer editing when he should be working on his homework that will work to more of an advantage than a few seconds of film. Furthermore the author goes on to discuss that most schools have a lot technology to help them learn/teach and that there is 2 different opinions on the technology at school where one's opinion is that it is very bad for the children, and the other is that they will lose them if they don’t use technology. The author then listens to 2 different opinions, The first one is “It’s a catastrophe,” said Alan Eaton, “When rock ’n’ roll came about, we didn’t start using it in classrooms like we’re doing with technology,” he says. He personally feels the sting, since his advanced classes have one-third as many students as they had a decade ago,” (9). The second opinion is

“Technology use can benefit the brain in some ways, researchers say. Imaging studies show the brain of internet users become more efficient at finding information. And players of some video games develop better visual acuity” (Attached to Technology and Paying a Price written by Matt Richtel). If the students don’t have technology for a week they will be wanting their phones back, so this means they won’t pay as much attention in class. If the students have no screens for a week then the students will not be able to access online activities that the teachers would normally assign. The Montesano Jr.Sr. High School should not participate in the state wide movement “Washington Screen Free Week.”

According to the experts at http://www.innovativereading.com, “The hard truth is that technology is too powerful for kids to handle alone, and they will always choose the fun, highly stimulating option over any other activity unless parents give firm guidance.” This proves without limitation and guidance, kids can go overboard with technology. Still, the parents in The Veldt chose not to make rules, and in return, they were killed. Yet, one teacher encouraged her students to try something

Technology is making it hard to focus, bringing sleep deprivation into their lives and depleting their school performance, also obesity can occur.

“High-school students who report spending more time playing video games or who report spending more money on video games had poorer grades in English classes” (Gentile, Lynch, Linder, Walsh 2). All young minds that play video games longer than the average time start to show a poor performance in school. These children start to think more about the video games they are watching and playing every day, rather than doing their homework and studying for tests.