The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Social Media

In the article “Addicted to Distraction” by Tony Schwartz, he argues that the internet has a relentless pull on humans. He goes into detail on how the internet interrupts all daily activity. Schwartz also explains how he is also a victim to the internet and how he is overcoming the overuse of it. The internet does have a grasp on the attention of humans. People willingly give up their primary focus and activities just to check their devices. People are imprisoned to the internet and don’t even realize that it is leading to a deterioration of their learning ability.

He supports his ideas with multiple studies showing the positive and negative effects of internet and computer use has on our mental and physiological abilities. Starting from the most general collection of studies, he found, he places the framework for his argument. Patricia Greenfield’s collection and analysis echo Carr’s own evidence for the ill effects from internet distractions and quick page touring, especially the ever faster shifts of focus we require to remain entertained in an activity. He continues his path of logic with the results of a school centered study on the effects of internet surfing on focus. Cornell University’s Study came to a similar conclusion as Patricia Greenfields did but coming from the other way. Where a situation where constant attention on a singular topic was required, and the distractions affected student’s performance on a quiz following a lecture. Finally, he points out the general trend in declining cognitive skills from internet exposure. Out of an almost evenly split group of 101 subjects with various exposure to daily

Many people would say the Internet is the best and most important invention in today’s society. Billions of people depend on the Internet to stay social, keep up with current events, for research, and simply for looking up random pictures and videos when they are bored. However, one has to wonder if using the Internet on a daily basis can change how someone thinks and acts. As I was trying to read an article on Buzzfeed.com, I found it hard to concentrate and understand

He argues, the internet is affecting our ability to concentrate by saying, “My concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, and begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text” (Carr 1). The internet forces the brain to divert its attention from the the task in front of them, which causes concerns about education and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder also known as

Author Nicholas Carr argues in his article “ Is google making us stupid?” that the internet is slowing down the process of thinking and the ability to focus on information and how this information is processed is due to the Internet. The internet is something that directly cuts time away from the hours that people had to spend researching and studying in order to find their answers. Carr supports the idea that people who are using the internet on a daily base are having the inability to concentrate and contemplate as easily because of how the internet is structured.

Although the internet can be a helpful tool in all facets of life, the negative effects it has on one’s body are undeniable. The brain is very adaptable, and changes occur at a biological level as one

Simon Hill explores how the internet and its continuous use can destroy a person’s attention span in his article "Is the Internet Destroying Your Attention Span? We Asked an Expert." Hill discovers from Dr. David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine that “On a functional level people have a much higher degree of distractibility, when it comes to digital technology,” The concept by Dr. David Greenfield is enforced by a study by the British Bank Lloyds TBS the average attention span had fallen from 12 minutes in 1998 down to 5 minutes in 2008. Hill’s discovery’s show how the technological advances of social media

In Carr’s article, he suggests heavy internet usage affects our brain, more specifically our attention span and ability to think for ourselves. Our experience of learning information has changed entirely because we are now able to simply type something in a search bar and click to receive instant information, little learning required. While Carr acknowledges that the internet certainly has its benefits, it also has its drawbacks.

An analysis of journal articles concluded several similar research studies in the area of technology and ADHD have been conducted. An evaluation of professional research articles concluded several similar research studies in this area have been completed. One study called Attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and Internet addiction (Yoo et al 2004) discovered ADHD may lead to internet addiction in elementary students. This same study defines internet addiction “as pathological Internet use, is conceptualized by an individual’s inability to control his or her use of the Internet, which eventually causes marked distress and/or functional impairment.” (Yoo et al. 2004) This definition is similar to substance abuse characteristics, which include attitude changes and deterioration in the ability to complete tasks. This closely relates to the study being proposed, which suspects student’s using the internet have reduced focus attention difficulty staying seated and being quiet at expected times, which impacts their ability to finish assignments. Another study considered playing video games with attention issues and impulsiveness (Gentile et al. 2012). The results of this study showed “video game playing to be associated with greater subsequent attention problems.” The Journal of Adolescent Health in 2007 published an article which “revealed that adolescents with Internet addiction had

One of the main debates now are whether or not communication on the internet is psychologically healthy or unhealthy. People of all ages have been classified as internet addicts in today’s society. Every day, as you surf the internet, opening new tabs and windows, flicking between e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and whatever it is people read, your patterns of thought are changing. And neuroscientists have amassed solid evidence that when we change our thinking we change our brain. That is why there is a big concern on whether heavy internet use is affecting people 's concentration, memory, and capacity for deep understanding and thought. Whether you spend your days reading three novels or flittering from Tweet to Tweet, it can affect the kind of brain you build for yourself. Also will your decision to learn volleyball, play the guitar, memorize the entire California street map, start a new company, or write a song. It is said that there are many drawbacks to our way of reading and thinking, but it all depends on how people take advantage of having all this new technology being invented and created each day. In reality using the internet for positive effects can help change our brains for the best.

The internet, and some other technologies have vastly evolved over time. It has made many tasks much quicker and easier to complete. However, there are some negative effects associated with the use of the internet and other technologies that many people, find so glorious. Where we once had to go out to meet new people we can now simply log on to our favorite social networking site, and make copious amounts of online friends. There was also a point in time where we had to recall most of our information from our brain, but now we can simply type the question in the search bar, and thousands of results are at one’s convenience. Therefore, it is possible that these applications of the internet are affecting our cognitive and social

“A 2009 study from Stanford University suggest that the brains of people who are constantly bombarded with several streams of electronic information- from messaging to blogs-may find it difficult to pay attention and switch from one job to another efficiently,”(“This Is How The Internet Is Rewiring Your Brain”). Since on the internet humans are constantly browsing and reading through different websites, when it comes down to just sitting and reading a book for a long period of time some find it very difficult. “Although multitasking with media can cover more ground, it can take children longer to accomplish a single task and the quality of their work (such as homework) suffers,”(“Brain Development”). This shows how it can even affect children as

"Experts agree that internet overuse does not occur in a vacuum. Often the problem becomes first apparent in the school setting."(Source 1) When teens start over using the internet, they lose focus on school work. At first, the grades would slowly start decreasing until they're finally failing the class. Furthermore, teens may get to the

Furthermore, the higher the level of internet addiction a student was facing, the more likely the student had trouble with time management. Proceeding to the next hypothesis statement, it was found that time management was directly proportional to academic performance. Therefore, by inference, it can be stated that high levels of internet addiction will likely result in poor academic performances.

To start with, usage of the internet leads to addiction. While the time spend in the internet might be highly productive, compelling use of the internet can ultimately interfere with your work, the daily life, and a larger extent interfere with relationships. It leads to a disorder commonly known as Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). It is commonly referred to internet overuse, which leads to, interference of daily normal life. This disorder has undergone several researches and valid data have been received supporting it. IAD covers a wide variety of impulse-control problems including the following (Walton);