When I first enrolled in Technology and Society, I honestly did not know what to think of this

Teens have an addiction towards electronic devices. Many people spend hours a day on these devices. Lasn states, “living inside the postmodern spectacle has changed people” (Lasn 171). Technology has changed the way people spend their time and also the way they feel towards family members. People have a sense of connection when they are on their electronic devices, but when it comes to family time there is a sense of disconnection.

In the Article “Quality time, redefine” by Alex Williams, the author discussed the influence of technology in today’s family’s interaction. In the past, families used to get together to play games, watch television shows or have dinner. Now, they are using their laptops, iPads, smart phones, and eBooks to work, to shop online, to listen music, watch television, sports and movies. For some people the internet and the use of these gadgets are responsible for bringing families apart. For example, in some case wives and husbands send e-mails to each other while they are in the same room and for many families their time together is spent in the living room with everybody doing their own thing. On the other hand, the author explains how in the

​Technological advancement is one factor that affects parent-child relationship. According to research, 46% of smartphone owners consider their smartphones as a necessity for daily living (Smith). Technology has made it possible to incorporate a lot of things in just one phone – you can use it as an alarm clock, a camera, a dictionary, and many more – making it a constant feature in day to day activities. Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and other social networking sites have made communication easier, that’s a good thing. However, most college students spend their time interacting with their friends online and that causes them to spend less time bonding with their parents. Likewise, the parents distance themselves from their children when they use technology as a means to bring more work at home. Even if technology

Before, people used to leave their homes to communicate with friends through places such as the bar, café, or even going for a walk. Now, technology has made communication so much easier. With applications such as Skype, Facebook and iMessage, we are able to instantly message our friends without spending money, time or energy to commute. Overall, messaging applications have made communication easier, quicker, cheaper and more efficient – all four are demands of which most humans look for when performing tasks. However, there are times when technology usage is more than we should take. Television for example can easily prevent a family from communicating. With 24 hours of nonstop broadcasting news and entertainment, some families can sit through these programs for hours without saying a single word to each other. According to a survey conducted by the Mirror, the average parent spends only 34 minutes with their children a day (Maughan, 2015). Over 2,000 parents surveyed had admitted to being too tired or busy to spend time with their children. With 24 hours in a day, if the average human spends 8 hours a day sleeping (Bjarki, 2015), 7-12 hours a day working or going to school (Ferro, 2015), and 8.4 hours on media devices (Chang, 2015), communication among friends, family members and the outside world in general is expected to be at its concerning lowest. According to research by the telegraph, 65.8% of children under 10 years old own smartphones

Mom turns on the television and sets the table, dad comes home from work, checks his personal digital assistant for an email he’s been waiting on, while his daughter sits at the table finishing up a “thumb lashing” on her cell phone that she is giving to her “BFF” because she just failed her history test. This scenario has become the norm in homes across America today. It’s the digital age, technology is booming at such a rapid pace we cannot even wear out our devices before the newer up-to-date models arrive. Technology has negative effects on society, because it is causing our critical thinking and social interaction skills to decline, it is disrupting the American family unit, and it has caused us to become a distracted society that is

Today, he says the two spend more evenings staring at their phones than they do at each other.” (Morris). The article provides information that families are affected by technology and can not keep conversations or continue relationships. Similar to Montag and his wife being so intrigued in their technology they forget about each other and the bond they could have if they had conversations after work or at the end of the night rather than making their devices seem more important to them. “If one partner in the relationship disengages from a face-to-face interaction while engaging in technology...the other person may experience a sense of threat to their need to feel attached and in control in that relationship.” (Morris). The lack of communication in a relationship due to technology seems to push away others in the friendship or relationship, the article proves that when others are more interested in their phone or other devices other party/parties feel distant and pushed away and do not want to continue the relationship.People can start building stronger relationships by putting down their pieces of technology and making time to have a real conversations with the people they

Technology has become an important part of the American lifestyle. Everything from work to school involves technology in some way, shape, or form. For example, computers have made gathering and transferring information much simpler and accessible. This is a benefit to society because people are able to become better educated in a convenient fashion. Convenience has always been one of the main goals that technology has tried to accomplish. All major inventions, from automobiles to the internet, were created to make life more convenient and easier for people. Whereas automobiles made it easier for people to travel long distances in short amounts of time, the Internet has made gathering information, doing business, and learning much more convenient. Although convenience is a major benefit that technology gives us, there are also negative effects on society as a result of new inventions. Not all technology is beneficial, many new technologies have had a negative impact on our youth. Therefore, technology has hindered the American society because it has made people more self-centered, encouraged laziness in American youth, and made establishing relationships much more difficult.

Raising a family can be a lot pressure, especially in a Facebook-obsessed, Pinterest-Perfect, snapchat-happy world. Quality family time has changed from family games nights to kids texting, mom is on Pinterest, and dad is on snap chat; everyday home life of the family quickly transforming. Parents and children have a growing stream of technological resources at their fingertips, offering more opportunities for engagement, entertainment and education. With so many tech distractions available, it is more important than ever for parents and children to put down their phone, games, and tables and create sustainable relationships with each other. Families embracing the digital age can be problematic and is forever changing the family dynamic. It is a losing battle for parent to

Not only teenagers and middle-aged adults, but even young children are addicted to staring down at a blue screen. How many times during the past year have you walked by a playground and heard the contagious laughter of young children playing? I bet that this number is very small. When I was nine years old, I remember what my favorite thing to do after school was. It was to play. Similar to every other child at the time, running around an open field or zipping down a slide was all I wanted. But today, the hushed silence I experience as I walk past the devoid park gives me chills as I watch the swings and slides wait to give joy to laughing children that used to frolic here everyday, but now remain quiet in their secluded houses. Not because it’s cold outside, but because nine-year-olds today are copying our technological obsession. Did you know that on average, children get their first cellphones at age eight? Our generation is becoming the most antisocial generation yet. Although many people disagree and believe that using technology, especially cell phones, make them more social, I don’t understand how sitting at home on a Friday night, texting or blogging, is more social than hanging out with your friends and enjoying the company of others. Although numerous people disagree with me, stating that technology is making people more social, I remain committed to my belief. For people who

In the PSB program Digital Nation, Rachel Dretzin and Douglas Rushkoff collaborated to explore how the internet and other forms of digital media have shaped our culture over the last few decades. The program explains how the overuse of technology, specifically social media and internet gaming, have transformed the way people communicate. For example, in the film a mother explains how her husband and children are constantly on their electronic devices and rarely have meaningful communications with each other (Dretzin & Rushkoff, 2010, 0:01:57). Another instance of this communication breakdown can be seen in Chung Young-il. He is a Korean student who has a internet gaming addiction. His mother explains how this addiction has caused Young-il

Technology has changed the relationships of families. Distracted by their laptops, TV’s, smartphones, and video games, families can’t have a friendly

Video games, however, are an even larger phenomenon with three quarters of households in America participating in gaming through social networking sites (Hertlein, 2012). According to Katherine Hertlein, because of the influences and independence video games, and mobile devices has on society, it’ll continue to create a larger divide and decline the interactions society has amongst families in America. Overall, people are so mesmerized by their smart phones or gaming devices that they are blind to others around them. Consequently, spending less time with family and more time with different gadgets can cause the loss of tight contacts with close relations.

Technology has come a long way in the last couple of decades. At some point it will be taken too far and society will be so far gone, it may not be possible to get back to where they once were. In Fahrenheit 451, iGen and the articles; How Technology has changed Education and Technology Trends: When Teens Turn to Social Media for Validation they demonstrated all the changes that have been made and the issues that have or have the possibility to arise. Technology has the potential to ruin society because individuals are clearly over dependent on technological devices and social media.

There are numerous amounts of technology in todays “high tech” world which are now no longer wants, but have become a need. There are so many new technologies that are having a great effect on family life, but cell phones, iPods, and computers are the three most used technologies that are affecting family time. The things that one can do on iPods, cellphones, and computers are not just limited to surfing on the internet, playing games and listening to music, but its diversity of other things as well as social media applications, emailing online, and online video chatting that are now debatably the greatest issue that is in on the way to effecting family relationships on a level that is visible. The use of these technologies has both helped and harmed family relationships; additional families are starting to purchase smartphones for their children, as teenage cell phone purchases increases teenagers that text will too. According to stats back in 2009 75% of all teenagers with cellphones were texters (Lenhart, Amanda).

There is no doubt that technology has advanced tremendously in the last half-century. Technology has provided extraordinary improvements to our world; being an endless source of entertainment and nonstop communication anywhere at any time. But are these technological advancements a good thing? The youth of today are constantly immersed in these technological advancements whether through cell phones, gaming systems, or laptops. As technology continues to advance it is negatively affecting our health, communication skills, and the education of youth.