Technology : Teens And The Negative Effects Of Technology

Additionally, social media has the negative effect of addiction. This is presented in the article, “Technology’s Negative Impact on Teens”, by Ashley M. when she writes, “California has enforced a law to prohibit using cell phones while driving due to the numerous amount of accidents.” Teens who drive are so addicted to social media that they can’t even put down their phones. Actually, the reason the law was made was because there were too many accidents occurring from texting and driving. If teens were not so obsessed over social media, they wouldn’t be distracted while driving. Furthermore, in the same source, it accounts, “Even in school, teens are texting during class, distracting them from the teacher’s lecture.” Adolescents who text or

Ding ding. The student’s phone distracting the whole class when he texting back and forth with a friend sitting across from him. Kids each day get more and more addicted to their phones. Electronics even affect kids grades. Children each day are getting chained to their phones; therefore their grades are dropping. The generation of cell phones has greatly affected us humans because children in school can be on their phones watching the next best thing while a class is going on, it is distracting the kids around them and themselves. The more cell phones that are allowed in school the more children are on their phone letting their grades drop because they are distracting themself and others. The students seem happy with their cell phones, but cell phones in school is defective —there was a problem.“It found that following a ban on phone use, the school's' test scores improved by 6.4%. The impact on underachieving students was much more significant -- their average test scores rose by 14%” (Kottasova). Cell Phones in school is superfluous because keeping students distracted can lead them to flunking their tests, can cause cyber-bullying to increase, and cheating on other test which can lead to getting in trouble.

One major problem with mobile technology in classrooms is the distraction they create. Just as these devices allow students access to a mind-blowing amount of information, they allow for an equal amount of distractions to get in the way of their education. Sit in the back of any class and one will see students browsing social media sites, checking up on their fantasy leagues, shopping, reading random blogs, and watching videos on YouTube or movies on Netflix instead of taking notes or working on whatever assignment the instructor assigned. Increasingly in educational settings where students are given free access to their devices this behavior is the norm, particularly in universities (Lam & Tong, 2012). As a result, students who use their

Not getting enough sleep can cause long term and short term health issues. Sleep deprivation can damage the immune system. It can also lead to an unhealthy body weight, bad memory, poor concentration and mood swings (Gilchrist). When people have poor concentration while they’re driving it can cause an accident injuring not only you, but other drivers and pedestrians.. A school in Fayette County, Kentucky changed the start of schools to an hour later. Even though the

According to Lenhart, in 2012 three quarters of teens, ages 12-17, owned cell phones. Of those teens, twenty three percent of them indicated they possessed a smartphone. With the technology advancing in cell phones, it has become yet another classroom distraction and a serious concern for cheating. With cell phones on hand, it has created an easy way to become distracted during class. Assistant Professor Campbell from the University of Kansas brought to attention, “one study found that a third of university students in the US play video games on their mobile phones and laptops during class (Gilroy, 2004 as cited in Katz, 2005).” The majority of researchers have found that mobile phones have lead to problematic use in the school environment

Everywhere you go teens seem to be glued to their phones, tablets, or computers. Technology is an addiction that does not seem to be going away any time soon. According to the Washington Post, teens can spend up to seven or more hours on their digital devices a day and the usage is still increasing. Not surprisingly enough, more than a third of all teenagers own a cellphone, ranging from a smart phone or just a plain old-school flip phone. But can spending all that time on their computers and smart devices be such a bad thing? Today’s easy access, always on world presents a wealth of opportunity for teens as students, but also challenges them to retain them essential humanity and unique personalities.

Teenagers who use their cellphones very often will have their academic progress negatively affected due to being distracted. It is not a rare occurrence for teenagers to have their phones with them while they are in class, but that is mainly because many of them do not realize the impact it is having on their grades. Researchers, Christian M. End, Shaye Worthman, Mary Bridget Matthews, and Katharina Wetterau at Xavier University did a study about the impact of

While devices like phones, iPods, computers, and more can be helpful to a teen’s education such as giving versatility in doing work, teens should limit the personal use of these devices. By doing so, there would be an improvement in academics. They will see better grades because their attention spans will be lengthened, they won’t be sneaking text or pics in class and actually focus, and lastly, they won’t use them for quick answers for assignments.

The second reason why technology is a bad influence on teenagers is that it takes up all of their free time. Today’s teens spend more than 7 1 / 2 hours a day consuming media — watching TV, listening to music, surfing the Web, social networking, and playing video games, according to a 2010 study of 8- to 18-year-olds conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Teenagers feel that if they aren’t doing anything, they should be on their phones. It doesn’t even have to be that they aren’t doing anything, just the temptation of the phone can be enough for them to be on it. I see people all the time with their friends, and they still feel the need to be on their phones when they should be talking with their friends.

Although cell phones unify the online world, they cause teens to be distracted and unable to focus on what’s going on around them. Teens are attached to their phones, they never leave their sides and are constantly being checked for new notifications. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat keeps teens involved in the online world. Teens are interested in what’s going on around them and want to stay informed. Cell phone have a way of connecting today’s youth but have become extremely distracting. This attachment is causing teens to suffer without knowing. The daily lives of today’s youth are being interfered due to the constant use of cell phones.

One problem with cell phones in today’s society is that they have become major distractions. Cell phones are distracting employees in the workplace and are leaving them with their jobs halfway done. Everywhere in the business industries, the employees are hard at work re-tweeting and catching up on the latest newsfeed rather than managing their time more wisely. Not only are cell phones a distraction in the workplace, they are also a distraction and disruptive in school districts, causing students’ attention to be elsewhere. Many students would rather text in the middle of class instead of pay attention to what the teacher is reviewing. In this case, students do not gain the amount of education provided for them. In addition to cell phones being distracting, people often like to multi-task by walking or driving while texting. These things cause them to be unaware of their surroundings. Texting while driving has become a major issue because texting and driving can lead to car crashes which are often fatal. On the other hand, texting and walking isn’t too bad, but can cause a little bit of embarrassment. There are stories of people walking into walls and bumping into people or tripping over a table because their nose seems to be stuck in their phone. To some, being on their cell phone is more important than grades, clients, and others around them.

How is technology impacting teens’ mental health? It’s no secret that technology is a necessity nowadays, and the popularity and dependency is only growing. This is especially seen in teenagers. The question we need to ask ourselves is how is this dependency affecting our health and overall well being? Teens need about 9.5 hours of sleep a night. However, less than 20% of teenagers actually achieve this, according to a poll from the National Sleep Foundation from 2006. Due to the immense growth in popularity of technology, it can be assumed that this number has fallen in the last 11 years. Sleep deprivation can make people more irritable, tired, and susceptible to illness. Teens feel pressured to be reachable 24/7, and therefore stay up later in order to be able to talk, play games, watch videos or

How important are cell phones? Technology and cell phones play an influential and prominent role in the daily lives of many people, especially students. Technology behind cellular devices has advanced to where it can be used to navigate GPS, send emails, watch movies, record events, and much more. However, schools have restricted the usage of cellphones despite its universal range of technological potential. While administrators ponder upon the negative aspects of cell phones, such as the distractions it can cause with social media, the positive aspects of its educational value still outweigh the negatives. Recently, some schools are starting to lift the ban on cell phones, and this is

Next time you are in an area that is swarming with teens, look around. Do you notice how many kids are buried in their technology devices? Carrie Snow, an actress, stated, “ Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts in one hand and stabs you in the back with the other.” With the presence of the iPod, cellphone, tablets and many other devices, this generation we live in, generation Z, is the first generation that has the ability to access the world with the touch of a button. Technology does provide “great gifts” to people today. For the first time ever you can stay up to date on world events, have social profiles where you can post blogs, play realistic video games, all in something that can merely fit in your pocket. What if you begin to overuse this tool? What happens?

The use of mobile devices in the current generation from 2014-2016 in Secondary Students have become associated with a health risk, an addiction which affects them physically, and psychologically. Contrary to the beliefs that mobile devices encourage interaction between students and integrate education, many are becoming either addicted or mentally incapable to engage outside of their technology (Vorderer et al., 2016). Research shows that the time spent by students on their devices relates to changes in the activity of the brain negatively (Swingle, 2016). Despite the fact the health risk has been associated with cellular devices, students choose to ignore them as society makes devices essential for everyday life. If so, how do the health risks impact students through the long term? Is it, the health risk from mobile devices is so insignificant that students are oblivious to them? In this paper, I will argue the risk of addiction associated with the use of mobile devices and how this is limiting/modifying students’ lives in subsequent time. Though I agree that cellular devices are a very important organizational tool, I still support that students can efficiently limit their device use; to sustain a healthy lifestyle. This issue is important because it warrants secondary students on the negative impacts they face, like addiction; through cellular devices