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Technological Device Addiction Technology has become a great benefit to us but many people have taken it too far. According to researcher and surveys taken all over the world shows that a large number of people may have become addicted to their technological devices and are not able to make it through a day without their cell phones or other technological devices. Many have concerns that people would rather use these devices than to have a face to face conversation. The addictions of technological
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In the book Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ the author‚ Neil Postman‚ states that age of television has changed the way we view the world and the way we think. Of the two views presented in the book‚ Postman proclaims that Aldous Huxley’s visions are more applicable today than that of George Orwell’s. Huxley‚ as outlined in Brave New World‚ believed that people‚ too amused by distractions‚ would be made powerless‚ while Orwell‚ in 1984‚ believed that political tyranny would make us helpless. Postman’s
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interaction around us‚ more attention should be paid to negative impact on the overuse of cell phone. According to a study of two hundred students at Sanford University revealed that 34 percent rated themselves as addicted to their phones‚ while 32 percent worried they someday would be addicted. As a matter of fact‚ a vast majority of people suffer from the same problems. It is not uncommon that when they get ready for the day‚ their cell phones go with them everywhere. Despite the convenience and efficiency
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some parents. Instead of worrying about cigarettes‚ or drug addiction‚ they fear their children to becoming addicted in alcohol. Teenagers can easily buy alcohols by adding their extra pocket money‚ and by that way they can drink all along. Statistics shows that 62 % of all 15 to 18 year old teenagers are drinking alcohol and the worst is most of them are girls. The teenagers become addicted in alcohol because it is more advantages for them to less their depressed‚ if their alone‚ problematic or
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Technology in Modern Day While technology has made our lives easier‚ it’s arguable that it has not made our lives better. Technology has also caused negative effects such as cyber bullying‚ driving while texting‚ how we interact with those around us‚ and the increase of pollution to our environment. If technology was making our lives better then we would not have all these problems that technology has caused. I believe if we keep letting technology destroy us and the things around us then it will
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Apple‚ Samsung‚ HTC‚ all these are well known brands for the smart phones. Recently‚ smart phones are totally shifting the way we think about mobile phone. Mobile phones are not just tools for us to call or texting each other‚ they have a lot of gestures that facilitate us in our daily life. According to the research done by GO-Gulf.com in 2012‚ 80% of the world population today owns a mobile phone which is about 5 billion of mobile phones there are in the world‚ meanwhile 1.08 billion is smart phone
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and Internet have been widely put into use. We even cannot imagine a day without Internet and electronic devices. It is no exaggeration to say that modern technology has more or less “robbed” the daily lives of most people. Many people are addicted to texting and social networking like Facebook. Sherry Turkle‚ in her essay “Alone Together”‚ argues that the machine-mediated relationships might cause many problems between people. And more and more people are “playing themselves” online with different
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big thing that has decreased in the past five years. People not just children and young adults are relying on technology to do all the work for them. Like spellcheck‚ it may do wonders‚ but it is hurting us in so many ways. It may help them when texting their friends‚ or using social media‚ but when it comes to tests and writing in school. Teachers are saying more and more people are spelling things incorrectly. Studies show that 68% of teachers say it leads students into taking shortcuts in their
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Anxiety Disorder SMAD‚ also known as “Social Media Anxiety Disorder‚” is where people are so addicted to their media lives that they always have to have their smartphone on them. Honestly I’m not surprised about the high amount of people with SMAD because in today’s society we are based on the Internet. If someone doesn’t text me back within an hour then I usually take it in a negative way. If I am texting someone and it takes them a while to answer I always wonder if they’re ignoring me or they
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