Fechter 1
Arielle Fechter
Ms. Lennon
Media and Communications
6/2/08
Over the years, technology has advanced. Most think for the better and some think for the worst. All teens use technology atleast once a day. More and more technology is being created and it helps, but it pulls people away from nature and not doing things they used to do; like going outside, hanging with friends, excersizing etc. The world is changing quickly and so are the teens, but no one seems to care how it’s affecting people.
Now a days, instead of natural communication there’s high technology communication that takes its place. Because there’s phones, internet, newspapers etc. there’s no emotion involved. AIM for example, teens can talk on it, but conversations can turn bad. Someone can make a joke and the other person can take it the wrong way because the other person can’t tell the sarcasm or the tone of voice. It just ends up as a misunderstanding and most of the time it ends up in arguements. Another example is, if someone is upset and they try to talk to their friend, but their friend doesn’t know what to say or do, it makes things worse, because it would be better if the conversation was in person. If it was in person, there would be physical contact involved like a hug. Also, if a couple or someones’ parents went somewhere, the child would miss their parents and wouldn’t be able to see them till they get back. They can talk on the phone, but it isn’t the same thing as in person.
Fechter, Arielle. “Advanced technology.” 5/4/08 In surveys of teens in high school, twenty-six of the teens have atleast nine of the technology listed; cell phones, computer, camera, dvd/vcr player, MP3, laptop, video recorder, printer/fax machine or a car. (Lee) Lee, Dason. Personal interview. 4 May 2008. Dasom has made clear that she can’t live without certain technology by saying, “Yes, I can’t live without my cell phone/laptop.” She uses her laptop 24/7 and is dependent on it the most. (Chung-yew) Chung-yew, Darol. Personal interview. 4 May 2008. Darol has notified that he uses technology a lot. He’s said, “I use my computer eight to ten hours everyday and I get a new cell phone every year.” Teens have been getting more and more cell phones because they either lost it or broke it.
Four of the teens interviewed, said that they world wouldn’t progress without technology. Everyone relies on it too much and it seems like they think technology it what makes the world today. Since many teens rely on technology so much, it makes others think; what would happen if one day all the technology disappeared? Everything would turn into chaos and nothing would be in order. If teens and everyone else is that dependent on technology, then what is there to look for if the world changes for the worse? Everyone can do what they want if they put their mind to it, but it doesn’t seem like anyone takes the advice, especially teens. Most of them just give up on one try. Teens can play sports without technology, shop, play board games, party, talk to one another and many other things. If technology is taking away from teens, then there’s no reason to encourage it more.
Technology has brought the world far, but mayhem has been caused because of it. Teens have died by being on their cell phone while driving. They begin to text, not able to wait till they stop or talk on the phone. Because of this, many parents have lost their children all because their child looked away from the road for a few seconds. There have also been car accidents from teens trying to change the radio station, which only takes a second to change. If a second changes someones’ life, then it makes the possibility of teen death very high. There’s technology everywhere and it distracts people. Another example is when friends talk to one another. Friend A can be talking to friend B as friend B is texting. Friend B can say that they are listening as friend A is talking, but the truth is friend B is engulfed in texting someone else and just pretending to listen. This happens everyday and it’s not conciderate to anyone.
Some people think that just because teens and other people can find out what is going on around the world and talking to people with technology, doesn’t mean the people understand or connect with the world. There’s a difference with knowing what happens in the world and actually seeing and feeling the emtions. If no one can truely understand how someone feels like Hurricane Katrina, then they aren’t connected to the world. Technology susptatutes for teens actually being “connected” to the world when really, they aren’t even close. In the future technology is just going to continue being advanced and everyone is going to be more dependent on it. Who knows, maybe technology will soon take over.
6 comments:
well i dont agree with arielle. the teens are connented to the world with many things. i dont understand how we arent. we have so many things thet helps us connet to everything. the internet, phones, computers, laptops, and much more. we have so much than before. in most of her interviews i see that all of the people she interview does use their cellphones and laptops and everything. so basecial it shows that we teen use it a lot and are conneted.
i dont agree with arielle at all.
all the teens/kids do now a days is use the computer for school and other things in need of researching. how do tennagers talk to eachother?? through texting and aim and myspace and facebook. how does new travel around the world? television, phone calls, texts, and emails. technology keeps the world connected and together.
(This is to Catherine's response to her essay. For some reason I couldn't post a comment on her blog, so I'm posting it on mine.)
I agree with a few things Catherine mentioned in her essay, like getting in contact with family members and such. But what I concentrate on is the fact how she mentions hackers. With the internet, a hacker can get a random person's info on everything that they have on their own computer/laptop. It's not safe for anyone. Also, myspace for example, hackers always hack teens and take over their account or just delete it. Most teens add other teens that they don't know and try to meet up with one another, but it can lead to a dangerous situation. The stranger can end up stalking the teen, find where the teen lives, call constantly, or worse. Technology may be useful, but it's also hazardous.
i dont think u understood the question because what your essay is about is answering the question of if technology is bad... u do put some detail as in if your think it connects it or not... u state that it doesnt, but in reality it does which the examples that catherine and christina stated
I disagree with Christina, just becuase people text and everything doesn't mean they are connected. It is just a method of communication. Like Areille said, if people are connected with technology and don't meet in person, how can they tell what the other person's emotions are if a text simply says "LOL" when deep down the person could be feeling really depressed. As i said in Neel's blog, body language helps connect people too and technology takes away body language when communicating so we really can't tell how a person feels. Technology only helps us communicate but not connect.
i disagree with your stance. You say that technology doesn't connect teens and in fact it makes them further apart from each other. There has been technological advances since the beginning of Man that has brought people closer to each other and the devices that are used now are no different. Just because teens use their phones and computers to communicate, doesn't mean that they don't talk in person. Most of the time when i talk to someone on the phone by texting it is to set up a day when to hang out with them. technology allows to plan days when to meet with each other and therefore we can better connect. You say that exting and being on the phone while driving causes many accidents. Car accidents are going to happen no matter what and the technology that we have is not going to affect that. Actually, it helps prevent major accidents with the cars having all of these safety devices installed into them. Without technology we would be the same that we were 5000 years ago. Technology brings teens closer to each other.
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