Technology : The Influence Of Technology And Social Media

Over the past few decades, technology has changed dramatically in our country. Cell phones were invented about forty years ago, and have been perfected every year since. Cell phones, or smart phones have affected the lives of many individuals in our country by providing a direct line of communication, access to social media, and connect individuals to new marketplaces and jobs.

The smart phone has become more than that of just an accessory only to be seen among the rich and wealthy it has become a social standard were ones personality can be understood by one’s phone. Now a day it appears as though almost every one owns a mobile phone and the teachers can tell. The smart phone can access the web from almost any location and there special phone that are used only for social media. Speaking of social media the ability for one to communicate with a far away relative was never more of a dream until recently. Well it was just in the late 90s when phone were the size of dinosaurs, extremely expensive and the only thing they could do was call. Now they are smaller than the computers back, ten times stronger and at a quarter of their size. It is safe to say that phones are going to be as common as

Cell phones have become a necessary part of society. At least any teenager will tell you so. Many Americans have cellular devices, but the main age group I’d say ranges from thirteen to twenty-five years old. These are the ones who depend on cell phones to communicate with others. Cell phones were originally created to be a phone you can use on the go to make calls instead of using a landline, however; these crazy devices have now added features such as calculators, alarm clocks and even note pads. The features don’t stop there though, people use their phones for emailing, texting, video games, and searching the internet. The most popular feature of cell phones in today’s society is social media. Everyone seems to have Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram and sadly it seems like people are judged if they don’t.

On April 3, 1973 the first mobile phone to be invented made its first call. A decade later this phone hit the public retail market. Two decades later came the landline and just like that the world could communicate (Seward). Now Forty Five years later, just short of Sixty Three percent of people globally possess a mobile cell phone (Phone Users Worldwide). In 2016, almost Eighty One percent of United States citizens possessed a mobile phone (United States Phone Penetration). On November 3, 2017 iPhone release the iPhone X. A water proof mobile phone capable of facial recognition. Technology can innovate faster than most humans thoughts can evolve. This leave many people feeling left

Home phones have been around for decades and it seemed to be a piece of technology that would stand the test of time. Speaking with people on the telephone has drastically changed and they rarely say “call my house phone”. The cell phone has become more than just a phone a call and it has broken boundaries by literally cutting the cord. Bernard (2014) stated that “38.2 percent of households that the government estimates use wireless phones alone” (p. 1). That is an outstanding number considering not too long ago having a cell phone was a status symbol and a luxury, which is why home phones will be obsolete in ten years.

Do you say, “I’m going to use my smart device to look up something” and then you find yourself on the device for over three hours? How does (social) media and technology influence us? Technology dominates people’s lives. Sometimes we get too caught up in our devices and don’t pay attention to people around us. “Studies indicate some mobile device owners check their devices every 6.5 minutes” (Becker 2). We need to take a break from our phones, computers, and all smart devices. Take a few hours one day a week or even a full day to disconnect from your device. Don’t connect to those around the world (who you don’t really know), connect to the people right next to you (your family, neighbor,

In the early 2000's cell phones had surely made its impact in the world. Throughout the years they have made a drastic change from appearances

Cell phones provide a method of connection that was never present before in our society; and this connection has become more widespread throughout the years that cell phones and the internet have been available. They give us a method by which we are able to maintain previous connections, as well as start new ones. I have experienced this beneficial outcome of phones on many occasions from simply being able to text a friend of family member, all the way to being able to talk to people all over the world. Because of my phone and its ability to connect me to the world via apps and social media, I have been able to talk

The Internet is the decisive technology of the Information Age, and with the explosion of wireless communication in the early twenty-first century, people, companies, and institutions feel the depth of this technological change, but the speed and scope of the transformation has triggered all manner of perceptions. For instance, media often report that intense use of the Internet increases the risk of isolation, alienation, and withdrawal from society, but available evidence shows that the Internet neither isolates people nor reduces their sociability; it actually increases sociability, civic engagement, and the intensity of family and friendship relationships, in all cultures.

Imagine living in the modern world without the convenience of social media and digital technology. We always hear that technology has changed the way people live by making peoples life easier and interesting. Scientist, engineers, etc. are always developing new technologies to make one’s life easier, social media and websites regularly update their applications increasing ease of use and becoming more users friendly. The creation and evolution of social media and digital technology has opened up new avenues for people to communicate, travel and obtain entertainment.

Moreover, social media also works as a forum provided by governments to build a healthy relationship with its citizens while also allowing the government to maintain control. Before technology and social media become prominent in the mid-2000s, governments and other state actors did not believe in the benefits it would provide in terms of development. This changed when the media market became more liberalized providing more opportunities for countries to gain economic development. Kazakhstan is an example of a country’s government using social media to defy rebellions. Until the mid-2000’s, only 3% of people in Kazakhstan used the internet. This number had increased to 54% in 2013 (Niyazbekov, 2017). Kazakhstan’s government went online during the same time and ministers followed Prime Minister Karim Massimov and started blogging. The aim was to change the public’s perceptive of the government being too bureaucratic and ineffective. After president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s address to the nation in 2004, more portals opened for state services. By 2012, Kazakhstan came in 2nd place in a global rating of citizens’ “e-participation” denoting ease of access to public (Niyazbekov, 2017). However, following the Zhanaozen city protests, it signalled to the government to treat social media sites such as Facebook with caution as it was clear that it could be used as an effective tool to organize movements. This resulted in the government tightening the media legislation and cleansing

Social media is evolving throughout the world and is having more and more of an impact on how human’s live day to day. Technology is keep getting more evolved and specific. While technology is keep evolving so is social media platforms. Social media platforms are being used all around the world and most people do not shy away from using it. Also, these platforms are showing up in work places as well as schools. According to the article, The questionable promise of social media for education: connective learning and the commercial imperative, “Facebook and other social media have been hailed as delivering the promise of new, socially engaged educational experiences for students in undergraduate, self-directed, and other educational

Social Media can be defined as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages and other content (as videos)” and its first known use was in 2004 (Merriam-Webster, 2014). Social Media is a staple to almost everyone’s daily lives. It’s how people connect with one another, rally together for a certain cause, share their thoughts on world news, or get up to the minute updates of a current sporting event.

Many people have experienced what it is like to be influenced by social media in their lives. A majority of us has an unlimited access to the Internet, which leads us to open a variety ways to interact with people from all over the world. It is fair to say that most of people depends on social media as a part of their day. The roots of social media expanded deeper than you thought. The earliest way of communicating across great distances used written conformity delivered by hand from one person to another. In any other words, letter was popular. The earliest form of postal service was back in 550 B.C., and delivery system would be more of a widespread. In the year 1972, telegraph was invented which allowed all the messages to be delivered over a long period of distance. There are discoveries that happened in the last decade of 1800s, which included new inventions of telephone in 1890, and radio in 1891. Both technologies are still put to use today. The new technologies enable people to communicate across a great distances. When technology began to change rapidly, the first supercomputers were created in the year of 1940s. People like scientists and engineers began to develop ways to create networks with those computers and it lead to the birth of Internet. CompuSave, the earliest forms of Internet, were developed in 1960s. During that time, forms of email were also developed. In 1980’s, home computers were common and social media became more sophisticated. Internet chats

Social networks gave a big help to everyone, especially among the students businessman and other members of the society. Social networks has different features that may enjoy by the people all around the world, what the problem is, people loses their self-control in using them.