Synthesis Essay: Spread Of New Technology

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Candida Galvez
Professor Hodge
English 102
Nov 9th, 2015 Synthesis by Topic
In recent year there’s been an outburst in new technology. New technology includes things such as cellphones, social media, Internet, television, mobile applications, computers, and cameras. People have become highly attached fairly quickly to what they consider convenient and fun. However, some people believe that these technologies have a negative effect on their lives. In particular, some authors argue that social structures are being negatively affected by these technologies. People are becoming isolated, they are afraid of being alone so they want to be in constant connection, and boredom has become unacceptable.
A couple authors believe that television …show more content…
The problem is that parents think using technology for their children to learn is going to help them but in reality in the long run it’s hurting them. Parents are loosing valuable bonding time with their kids and the kids become attach to the technology and when they don’t have it their irritable. Additionally, kids are growing up constantly seeing their parents using some type of technology on a daily basic and they start to believe that is the norm. It becomes an unfortunate situation when parents can’t entertain their children or get them to behave unless they have an Ipad in hand and their watching some type of video on YouTube because they didn’t teach their child anything but to watch TV. Like Postman, William Deresiewicz author of “The End of Solitude” argues that the television is also a problem that is affecting social structures. He connects television to the idea of people wanting to delay the possibility of solitude/aloneness or people running away from boredom. Similar to when parents sit their kids in front of the TV while they answer emails. The parents are afraid the kid might get bored while their communicating so just turn the TV on. Deresiewicz says, “Television, removes the need to learn how to …show more content…
Turkle uses Julia a 16-year-old girl whom views her cellphone as a synonym of comfort and friendship. Julia states that when she encounters an emotion she has to communicate with someone and share it. She expects the person on the other side to answer her immediately with a compassionate response and if not it makes her angry. But, if that person doesn’t answer back she moves on to the next person but she can’t move on with out someone’s validation. Turkle say’s “What is not being cultivated … is the ability to be alone and reflect on one’s emotions in private.”(175) This ability of being alone that Turkle associates with kids not maturing completely because they have a cell phone that becomes a safety shield. Kids are not experiencing that stage in their lives when they have to be responsible, fend for themselves, and discover themselves to be a unique individual. They are growing up empty and always relying on the cell phone and the person on the other end of their call or text and the internet. They don’t built relationships and are always looking for someone to tell them what the next step should
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