Technology Exposed My Addictive Personality And Instilled The Value Of Quality Relationships

“Half of Teens Think They’re Addicted to Their Smartphones”, written by Kelly Wallace is an article displaying statistics and personal experiences that prove a large number of today’s teenagers and parents are attached to their handheld devices. The article, by Wallace from CNN, was submitted on May 3, 2016, only a few short months ago.

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.

You can become addicted to virtually anything the human race never ceases to amaze us with what people can get addicted to. When thinking about addiction most people commonly think about drugs and alcohol but the most common and modern form of addiction for the twenty first century is technology addiction. As we move on to the future technology is constantly improving and becoming a necessity for modern life.

Media Literacy can have a big impact on teenagers who are currently in high school. It can help students transition into a college learning environment. It can also help students ease the difficulty of any school assignment that requires online research.. According to medialiteracyproject.org,

In Zoe Kleinman's health article, “Are We Addicted to Technology,” the author effortlessly argues that technology has become an addicting pattern in our everyday lives. Kleinman interviews Dr Ramlakhan who works at Nightingale Hospital. Dr Ramlakhan informs that tiredness is nothing more than just a by-product of a busy modern life.

In the article “Are We Addicted to Technology” by Zoe Kleinman makes us really think, are we addicted? It's hard to say considering the author uses claims poorly. Her first claim was “Surely tiredness is a by-product of a busy modern life - children, work, hobbies etc - rather than relaxing time spent watching Netflix in bed?” To most people this comes out to be sarcastic which makes readers not want to trust her. Then she states that a lot of her parents have a hard time sleeping at night when on electronics, even though she had just recommended “watching Netflix in bed” She also interviewed Dr. Ramlakhan which could of been a lot better because all she told us were stories about patents in front of screens and a boy having a seizure by playing

Many people have explored the effects of digital media on young people to see if it does in fact affect their level of intelligence. Mark Bauerlein is an English professor and researcher at Emory University. His data showed, "Young Americans have much more access and education than

I feel that another thing that has had the most effect on my life is the new technology advancments, and companys like apple and google. the World wide web started before i was born but i am part of the first generation to grow up from an extreamly young age surronded by technology. My dad always talks about how when he was a kid there where only 3 channels on tv. before i was even able to talk i was exposed to more technology then my dad was when he was a child. Everything i do is online, instead of going to a library i can just type what i need to know into google. All my assinments are due online, everything in my life has some element of technology in it. When i look at teenager in my generation compared to my parents its a huge differnce in how much time we spend looking at screens. Im either doing homework on my computer or in my free time watching movies with friends or on social

In “Jessie Brown: Who Says Smartphone Addiction is bad thing? The case for constant connectivity” (Brown, 2012), Brown claims that the cellphone is not the problem, in fact, it is the person and how they choose to value their time while using smartphones.

When I was growing up in India I always fall into technology. Technology has always inspired me to learn more and more in every part of my life. India is developing country so it is hard for middle class family to afford high-end devices. I use to learn with what I have and always try to fix things that I might have to take to computer shop. By coming to USA my life has given me the biggest opportunity to get education and most of all from better college.

In One World, Many Cultures book, Neal Gabler discussed how social networks have changed people’s relationships with television shows and social media nowadays. The author wants to show how folks were before they have addiction on the Internet world and other social networks. People start being disconnected after getting engaged to the networks life. The writer tries to demonstrate that Friendship in modern times is not as good as it used to be before. His article makes one think about the reasons why people have become disconnected with each other. It is very important for families, friends and neighbors to sit together and talk about anything in life instead of killing their time on things that are less important.

I remember being brought to the public library as a child by my mother. Having free reign over the choices of books I could borrow, I can recall emulating my older sister and choosing from the young adults section despite being in lower primary. Since I was reading books above my standard, I met with many phrases that I could not comprehend. However, for each word I did not understand, I remember using a dictionary to find out what it meant. I believe my characteristic of curiosity and wanting to acquire knowledge allowed me to build up a strong foundation in English. In Secondary school, my class English teacher came up with a reading list of encouraged novels and words to read up on. I endeavoured to

There have been many changes in the technological scene in the last few years. This has prompted the argument on what people stand to benefit from these advancements. This is why there have been many studies and researches that are all intended to show how the electronic media assists in learning amongst children. However, there has been little attention as to what the electronic media does to the same children. The electronic media has become a favorite amongst the learners and in particular children. It is imperative to note that the learning process is not passive. This is because the children do not just heed to the instructions and assume that anything is learnt. The process of learning is active and cognitive. Therefore, the environment under which a child is in has a significant influence on the learning process. It is vivid from this argument that the media has a significant role in the shaping of the children. Electronic media is very beneficial in the learning process but it is imperative that there are regulations because it has a dominant role in cognitive development of children.

Like many people my age, media is a huge part of my daily life and is prevalent in all my memories. Media such as photography brings to life memories I otherwise would have forgotten, while the internet allows me to connect with others from across the world and gives me access to resources like Khan Academy to aid me in school. Media also has more negative impacts, such as interfering with family time. Whether its effect is positive or negative, media has influenced my life since the start and this reflection helped me realize that.

When we think of addictions we tend to think about drugs, alcohol, and other negative addictions, but my parents are addicted to technology. It all started in 2013 when they got their new samsung galaxies and ever since they became technology savvy and tend to show me new things they learned on their new devices. When my mother discovered how to screenshot she said “Hey Tre look what I did!” I replied “Ok.” Than she answered back with “I learned how to screenshot!” All I could do is burst into laughter and she sat there with a confused faced but yet still eagered she achieved such a difficult task. Their addiction to technology isn't a negative addiction yet,  I see it as a humorous addiction and not as serious.