Negative Effects of Technology

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Negative Effects of Technology

• By Erin Santiago

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How much is too much?

• Can you go one week without video games?
• Can you go one week without your MySpace or
  Facebook?
• Can you go one week without internet?

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• Lately I have been reflecting on the fact that we
  as a society sometimes depend upon technology a
  little too much. Technology has made our lives so
  much easier and more simple, but I fear that it
  has also paralyzed the way our generation thinks
  and behaves.

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Effects on our Youth

• Our generation has come out with all of these new
  technologies such as the Wii, Playstation, and
  Xbox.
• These technologies may be fun but they have
  caused young kids to start depending on
  technology at an early age.
• Instead of doing their homework, chores, spending
  time with their family, or playing sports most
  choose video games as their main priority.

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BEWARE

• The following clips contain foul language and is
  not acceptable for children under the age of 13.

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• This clip is a story of a boy who is addicted to
  MySpace, to the point that he seems to be
  mentally unstable.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vg7wWC0tfJZY
• This is a clip of a kid playing halo, he is
  ranked 100.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v93Af4zxwrvM
• Lastly, this is a clip of a teenager whose mom
  canceled his World of Warcraft account. Is this
  behavior normal?
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vYersIyzsOpc

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• Even though you might not realize it, technology
  has taken away from relationships and the
  business world.
• People used to always call meetings, or have
  business lunches, sometimes a quick e-mail is all
  youll receive from a superior, (Heather).
• Our generation is now more likely to send an
  e-mail or a text to family members and friends
  rather than picking up the phone and actually
  talking to them.

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MySpace and Facebook

• MySpace and Facebook are social networking sites
  that can help you build stronger relationships
  with friends but, it can also break them.
• Specifically romantic relationships.
• It can increase jealousy and trust issues.
• Maybe because your significant other isnt always
  sending you comments but rather is talking to
  their friends or people of the opposite sex more.
• Maybe they dont put up a lot of pictures of the
  two of you together like you do or gush about
  your relationship all over their profile.
• Some people become obsessed with constantly
  viewing their partners profiles in order to see
  what they are doing.

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Documentary on how Facebook effects relationships
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vqTwwuIn9inE
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A recent study taken by Ben Parr Showed that
there are four themes contributed to jealousy on
Facebook

1. Accessibility of information Increased info
   about the interactions of significant others lead
   to increased monitoring and jealousy for 19.1 of
   participants
2. Relationship jealousy 16.2 of respondents were
   explicitly linked to Facebook use contributing to
   jealousy
3. Facebook as an addiction 10.3 of participants
   had major difficulty limiting the amount of time
   he or she looked at his or her partners Facebook
   profile.
4. Lack of context 7.4 of respondents referenced
   how Facebook can be ambiguous and that, without
   context, jealousy can be spurred over
   misunderstandings.

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Addicted to the Internet?There is rehab for that.

• Ben Alexander, 19, is a former student at the
  University of Iowa but
• spent every waking minute of his time playing
  World of Warcraft. As
• a result, he flunked out. In order to break his
  addiction that he says, is just
• as addictive as alcohol and drugs, he needed to
  seek professional help.
• Alexander was able to find reSTART, which is the
  first residential treatment center for
• Internet addiction in the United States. It
  opened in July and for 14,000 offers a 45-
• day program intended to help people wean
  themselves from pathological computer use, which
• can include obsessive use of video games,
  texting, Facebook, eBay, Twitter and any other
  time-
• killers brought courtesy of technology,
  (Geranios).

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• Technology has made life a lot easier on us and
  I am not trying to say technology is bad because,
  I personally would have a hard time functioning
  without it. However, there comes a point when we
  need to set boundaries on how much technology
  intake we consume because, not all good things
  stay good. There are negative side effects to
  technology as you can see and we need to be aware
  of them in order to control it.

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Works Cited

• Geranious, Nicholas K. "Addicted to the Internet?
  Theres rehab for that - Tech and gadgets-
• msnbc.com." Breaking News, Weather, Business,
  Health, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Travel,
• Science, Technology, Local, US World News-
  msnbc.com. 3 Sept. 2009. Web. 07 Dec. 2009.
• lthttp//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32679167/ns/technolo
  gy_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/gt.
• Heather. "Sometimes We Depend on Technology Too
• Much." 26 Mar. 2008. Web. 5 Dec. 2009.
• Live Science Staff. "Some Children Really Are
  Addicted to Video
• Games LiveScience." LiveScience Science,
  Technology, Health
• Environmental News. 20 Apr. 2009. Web. 06 Dec.
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• lthttp//www.livescience.com/health/090420-childre
  n-video-games-addicted.htmlgt.

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