Pokemon Go : A Newest Most Popular Geocaching Game Of 2016

    (Introduction) “Put down the phone, turn off your the laptop, and do something-anything-that doesn’t involve a screen” (Twenge 63). It is astonishing the amount of time teens spend on phones. Jean Twenge discusses the effects smartphone usage has created among the younger and past generations in the article, “Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation”. The purpose of Twenge’s article is to aware readers about the many consequences the smartphone usage has impacted generations.

Life in the city is often chaotic and fast-paced. It is as quick as a television dinner. Often, people are forgetting the art of appreciation. Things go unnoticed like a pebble under a shoe, like sparkling windows on corporate buildings. Now, people are typically giving more time to their technological devices- which is not necessarily a terrible thing. If anything, it speaks more of an imbalance. There is a wider disconnect in every day social interactions (communications) and public spaces (location). It has been noted by a creator of public spaces, Goldberger, that people are “there but not there”. They have closed themselves off from experiencing what is right in front of them. For example, the average adult spends seven hours on a technological

“We didn’t have a choice to know any life without iPads or iPhones. I think we like our phones more than we like actual people,” (Paragraph 2). The upcoming growing generation Mrs. Twenge discovers that they are growing up with a smartphone within arm’s reach. She talks to this little girl she calls Athena and asks her if she goes to the mall with her friends alone. Athena tells her no, that when she goes to the mall with her friends its always with her mom and brothers, but they stay a little behind. She says that she had to check in every 30 minutes with her mom and let her know what they are doing. As Mrs. Twenge is talking to Athena she starts to find out how teens today communicate. She finds out that snapchat is one way they communicate and according to Athena it’s also another great way to blackmail someone to. Jean M. Twenge paints a frightening picture of how smartphones are destroying the upcoming generation.

Within the decade, people can agree that technology has gradually impacted lives every day. Whether people believe it is progressive or destructive, it is established that for some, the impact of technology is quite concerning. An ongoing topic is whether teenagers are in fact addicted to their smartphone devices and social media. In Sherry Turkle's’ piece “Growing up Tethered” she provides student testimonials that only proves that teenagers from the ages sixteen to eighteen feel the need to be on their smartphones at all times. Although, technology does have positive outcomes and uses, Turkles’ points that teenagers are too tethered to their devices and are not as safe while using their device is correct because society is able to recognize

“In 2015 study by the Pew Research Center, 89 percent of cellphone owners said they had used their phones during the last social gathering they attended” (Turkle). As technology keeps growing and growing we find that it has an effect on many things. Nicholas Carr and Sherry Turkle’s articles both relate to how Google is effect many people today. However, Carr’s article focuses more on how it is affected our ability to concentrate and contemplate, while Turkle’s article shows how we have lost the ability to connect with others.

“Put down the phone, turn off the laptop, and do something-anything-that doesn’t involve a screen” (Twenge 63). It is astonishing the amount of time teens spend on phones. Jean Twenge discusses the negative effects smartphone usage has created among the young and past generations in the article, “Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation”. The purpose of Twenge’s article is to aware readers about the many issues the smartphone usage has created on generations. Twenge narrates different stories about young teen’s experiences with phones and social media. Twenge also provides readers with statistics and some studies of many effects caused by smartphones. Twenge gives emphasize to differences between generations. According to Twenge, today’s

Tracy and I sat down to prepare for our outing with my sister-in-law Shelly and her husband James, who were visiting from Kansas City. I must admit, I was a little skeptical about the thought of treasure hunting. James informed me that all we needed was a free membership with the website geocaching.com, and a hand held GPS unit or a GPS enabled smart phone. We then created an account and decided on a profile name. We were now ready to see what this treasure hunt was all about. We soon discovered it was a technology-driven game of hide and seek using global positioning satellites. Members are able to hide caches and log their coordinates for others to find. These hidden caches contain a log sheet for you to sign your profile name. Some

Welcome to Genezon, a city of 650-thousand people located in northwest Italy. We have created a city that not only maximizes safety and provides almost endless amounts of resources, but also a city that keeps in mind the happiness of the everyday citizen. Public space provides a plethora of benefits if used correctly, however, in the increasingly digital society, precise utilization will be key to success. Now in 2138, we have not only developed Genezon to be an independent, safe, and technologically advanced metropolis but also a culture-, society- and person-orientated public space experience.

In the article “How Pokemon Go Conquered The World,” by Anna Starecheski, it talks about how Pokemon Go became famous and how it is a new intro into an augmented world. Pokemon Go became so popular because it was new. First off, Pokemon Go had a great timing for when it came out. The article states, “A new video game that took the world by storm last summer” (Starecheski 26). This show how Pokemon go had good release timing because it released in the summer, which is a great time to release a game where people need to be free from other stuff that consumes their day like school. The kids can do the game without stuff getting in their way, so they can play the game that just came out. Also, the game was cool, it was an augmented reality game,

Sexual crimes appear to be all around. Many individuals were shocked when Bill Cosby was accused of this crime, although he has yet to be found guilty of anything. The recent presidential campaign brought with it numerous charges of this type against one candidate and the husband of the other, yet no convictions for either, and various NFL superstars have been hit with this type of charge over recent years. This doesn't even take into consideration the big lawsuit that was just finalized regarding the false gang rape charge at the University of Virginia reported on by Rolling Stone magazine. This goes to show that anyone can be hit with this charge, regardless of whether or not they have actually committed a crime.

Pokemon Go trainers are finding their way around the neighborhoods and cities across the country in search of Pokemon. The captures have been plentiful and it’s not surprising to see a cell phone out and ready to find more on every square inch of the planet. This craze isn’t for the faint of heart and people are serious about their playtime. Even if that means whipping out the phone to see Pokemon at the funeral.

The young adult fiction Feed by M.T. Anderson portrays a suburban dystopia where people’s life is manipulated by an embedded internet chip known as “the feed”. Within this novel, Anderson mainly tackles on the negative aspects of advancing technology. The development of technology has indeed led to the development of the society in various ways. This essay discusses the impact of technology on identity in a suburban adolescence context. Suburbanization is “a process by which cities expand peripherally, initially by out-migration of population and economic activity from dense urban cores, to less dense contiguous settlements.” (“Suburbanization”) Within the “Futurama” of Feed, highly advanced technologies such as the “Feed Net” and “upcar”

In this day and age, members of the social world are gradually adapting to using technology more frequently in their daily routine, as well as throughout their lives. On the streets, one tends to see pedestrians interacting with their smartphones, whether it be listening to music or communicating with others. This is not limited to the general public, however. University students can be found with a variety of electronic devices used not only for communication and music, but also for their coursework and keeping up with social media. This includes: Texting, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and even popular news channels such as CNN. How does the experience of being immersed in an electronic device, such as a smartphone, reflect and shape a person 's social world, mostly dealing with communication and responsibility? This paper will describe an ethnographic project in which I explored this question using an ethnographic approach, drawing on techniques from anthropology such as being involved through participant observation, as well as proposing structured, semistructured, or unstructured interviews that can vary from being informal to formal. In this paper I will first describe the methods and procedures that I used, then explain and discuss my findings, then close by returning to the question I have posed above. For the purposes of my research, I am defining 1.) communication as: participating on social media sites

By using Facebook in this thesis, one sees that this technology is clearly a part of American culture, but worldwide adoption leads it to become less American. Nye (1997) explained, “Machines are social constructions which Americans long have built into both their narratives and their sense of place” (P.39). Technologies are an essential part of American self-representation, tourism, and visual sensibility. Americans have also developed machines in their own way and woven them into landscapes, social relations and a sense of history (Nye, 1997). However, Postman (1992) defines a society as a “techonopoly”; the culture has its authorization in technology, and finds its approvals and takes its orders from technology. Still, Postman was criticized by David Croteau and William Hoynes (2003), they argued that Postman had underestimated the work of a technology’s users. Alexander Star (1992) also disagreed with Postman, and argued that Postman disregards

This generation has become effortless when it comes to communication. Along in years, old folks used letters to associate with their love ones. Nowadays, Social media and technologies are taking over the world. Everyone uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. to communicate their families, relatives and friends. Pokemon Go is one of the newest sociable and popular US mobile game ever. It was initially released in selected countries in July 2016. There are more than 21 million players when it came out, most of the daily active users are from the United States. People advertised it through social media such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. In the game, players use a mobile device’s GPS capability to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokemon, who appear on the screen as if they were in the same real world location as the player. “Gotta catch ‘em all,” is the game’s famous slogan. The game quickly became a global phenomenon and was one of the most used and profitable mobile apps in 2016, having been downloaded more than 500 million times worldwide. The app was credited with popularizing location-based and augmented reality gaming, helping with local businesses grow, tons of players have gotten a lot of exercise, explored new places, and made new friends. However, others have injured themselves while walking distracted on their phones, played in a non safe area, and been strived by criminals. We present some of the pros and