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In The Shallows, Nicholas Carr discusses the distraction of the internet and other technologies connected to the internet. When Carr published The Shallows, social media was not incredibly common or popular and Carr did not deeply discuss the idea that social media is or can be distracting and damaging. Since The Shallows was published social media has become increasingly available, used, and prevalent in most people’s daily lives. Because of social media’s current popularity, I wanted to look into social media’s impact on our lives. I will be exploring if social media is distracting and damaging to us.

“Technology should improve your life...not become your life”is a quote from Billy Cox that talks about how technology is being used too much.An app is being developed to help people control their time on social media.This app would be a good tool for people who want to reduce their time on their devices.Some reasons why this is helpful is many people become addicted to technology,some people neglect their families and friends when they’re on their phones,and people can miss out on life if they are trying to record it.

In the article “Who says smart phone addiction is a bad thing? The case for constant connectivity.” (Toronto Life, 2012), Jesse Brown breaks down his reasons and beliefs on the negativity surrounding smart phones that perceived as an addiction. Correspondingly, Brown states that notification sounds and buzzing from our devices tells us, we are important and wanted, however we fear that we won’t be able to live without this constant stream of reassuring stimulation. Moreover, Brown tries to convey that smartphones are not the problem, we’re the problem. We reply on smartphones for everything way more than we need to. Furthermore, we make checking our smartphones our top priority by immediately jumping when we hear sounds that indicate notifications. Accordingly, we are on high alert because of these notifications, which could be anything from an important work update or a friend’s text.

What do you think about Social Media and Technology? An app is being developed to help people control their time on social media. This app would be a good tool for people who wants to reduce their time on their devices. There are reasons why we need this app to control addicted teens and people. These are the three main topics that teens and families have been addicted to Social Media and Technology. The first resource that is many people become addicted to technology. Another reason is that some people neglect their families and friends when they’re on their phones. Last but not least people can miss out on life if they’re busy trying to record it. The topics are the reasons why people are addicted to their phones.

Director Vicente Minnelli brilliantly captured the life of the quintessential tortured artist, Vincent van Gogh (Kirk Douglas), in his 1956 biographical drama Lust for Life. Based on the 1934 Irving Stone novel of the same name, Lust for Life was released by American media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. With a budget of $3,277,000, Minnelli developed a powerful film with strong actors playing the supporting roles of Paul Gauguin (Anthony Quinn), van Gogh’s brother Theo (James Donald), Christie (Pamela Brown), and Roulin (Niall MacGinnis). Quinn won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film. The film was shot on location throughout 1955 in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France with scenes in places van Gogh actually visited

Ever since Elsie died, he had grown more bitter. Elsie had left for work just as Cyril was coming back. Then when he woke up again, she wasn’t there. And she still wasn’t there when he got back. They never found her body. For all Cyril knew, she had run off. But that wasn’t like Elsie. She would have stayed and helped her family. That’s what she wanted most in the world.

In the modern and technological society which we live in today social media plays an integral part in everyday life. Social media is an online tool which allows people to communicate, share data and form groups with others sharing common interests. On social media platforms users can forms virtual communities or networks exchanging information. (Kaplan and Haenlein, 2010). Social media has become such a big part of life that the term ‘Facebook addict’ has been introduced into the urban dictionary.

At one point not that long ago it was only possible to update a Facebook status from a phone if you subscribed to the text messaging service offered by the site that would allow you to text in an update. There was no such thing as scrolling through your newsfeed as you rode the subway to work or waited for class to start. In his essay “The IRL Fetish”, Nathan Jurgenson talks about the spread of technology saying: “Each moment is oversaturated with digital potential: Texts, status updates, photos, check-ins, tweets, and e-mails are just a few taps away or pushed directly to your buzzing and chirping pocket computer- anachronistically still called a ‘phone’” (Jurgenson). Here he brings up an interesting point about the role advancing technology

If I were to ask each of you if you were able to go an entire day without your mobile device, very few can say they`d be able to do so. In fact, in a recent TIME Magazine Mobility Poll, 84% out of 5000 people surveyed in 8 different countires, admitted that they couldn’t go a single day without their phones and a third of respondents admitted that being without their mobile device for even short periods of time leaves them feeling anxious. It is clear that whenever we`re waiting for those last five minutes before the bell rings to every class, our automatic impulse is to reach for our phone. Do you really need to check anything that important? The sad truth is that we have become far too dependent on our phones. The fear that we might miss the latest gossip, or the most recent updates on all of our social webesites seems more like an addiction than anything else. We`ve clouded our vision as to what is really important, and that is-quality human interaction.

As much as I regret to admit it, I’m attached to my phone. I’m constantly reaching into my pocket to check the time, make sure I haven’t gotten a new update, or to send a message. I do this even when I’m not talking to anyone! It’s become an addiction, having to make sure I’m not missing anything, and I'm not the only one who has this problem. Seventy-five percent of the world population has a cell phone, and that number will only increase. With the creation of new technology portions of life have become easier. Technology has changed the way we go through life. It’s made talking to people easier, as well as keeping up with the lives of others. However, the effects have affected the aspects of our lives that don’t include technology.

When people think of addictions, usually, drugs and chemical substances come to mind. A frequent trend observed in today’s age is not being able to go anywhere without one’s digital device and being addicted to that device, especially one’s cell phone. Adopting a cell phone separation anxiety, is a type of behavioral addiction that is seen more and more today. On average, people are spending about three hours on their phones each day. Alter states, “‘Behavioral addictions are really widespread now...risen with the adoption of newer more addictive social networking platforms, tablets and smartphones’” (Dreifus). As new technologies that cater to people’s wants increase, addiction to these technologies will increase as well. People become so attached to their phones that they will perhaps get distracted from their current situation. In the article “Hooked On Our Smartphones”, the author Jane E. Brody talked about how sometimes commuters or drivers put themselves in a dangerous position when they pay more attention to their phone instead of what surrounds them. The almost

Since the beginning of time, the human population has strived to live simpler lives. We have spent generations, creating innovations within technology to ensure our lives would always be more simplistic than those who lived centuries before us. People now have the ability to update their Facebook status’, map the human genome to target strands of DNA that can be disastrous to one’s health, send out amber alerts nationwide, and create plants that are resistant to pesticides. Many fields, such as medicine, law enforcement, and entertainment have benefited greatly from advancements in technology which has inevitably changed the way society operates. However, with the abundance of technology available, society has developed an unhealthy relationship where we now rely on technology too heavily. Technology has rendered our minds incapable of the ability to play, communicate, and live our lives in the moment, despite its positive additions to our society.

Technology has become a great benefit to us but many people have taken it too far. According to researcher and surveys taken all over the world shows that a large number of people may have become addicted to their technological devices and are not able to make it through a day without their cell phones or other technological devices. Many have concerns that people would rather use these devices than to have a face to face conversation. The addictions of technological devices are on the rise. Although these devices were meant to make our lives easier there have been many problems to arise ranging from health risk, relationship problems, classroom, church, and work interferences. Statistics show that cell

In today's society there is no escape from technology. We are completely submerged in our iPhone, ipads, computers, and gaming systems. These gadgets give us the opportunity to be connected to each other and the rest of the world at all times. But, this is not a glorious step in history. Technology blinds us from the real world. As John Tudor said, “Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except technology.” We may run our lives with the help of our iPhones and computers, but do these forms of technology in turn control us? At first glance these new advances are greater steps to making our lives easier. But, when examined closely a large portion of technology is the cause of many problems in our society.

. Article one entitled “Transformational leadership in the Public Sector: Does Structure Matter?” by Wright and Pandey, discusses the public organization and goes against stereotypical beliefs that they are filled with bureaucracy. Next “The Effect of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles on the Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Customer Contact Personnel,” written by Emery and Barker job satisfaction in the banking food store businesses. The last article titled “Differential effects of Females and male candidates on system justification: Can Cracks in the glass ceiling foster complacency?” by Brown and Diekman pertains to the lack of equality in politics for women.