Technology, and social media in particular is truly a tool that is dependent on who is handling it. It has both the power to connect us in ways that have never been possible, and the power to completely isolate us from reality. I personally have More

I believe the stigma against “iPad kids”, kids whose days depend on an iPad (or other electronic device), is extremely valid. I recall a time when I was facetiming my cousins, one who is 8 and the other is 3. The 3 year old had More

I struggled for a long time with looking at a screen when I definitely should have been asleep. This was a major issue during my first stint in college at University of Maine at Farmington. I was was always struggling to attend class or take More

Did you ever find yourself mindlessly scrolling through your instagram, Tik Tok or Facebook? Pretty weird feeling, huh? When you finally realise what you are doing and snap back to the reality, you probably ask yourself – “How and why did I get there? I More

The design issue I’d like to focus in on is the addictive nature of social media, and how it contributes to distractions. I personally relate to this issue as it affects me often in my everyday life. Every time we get a notification, it provides More

3 years ago my friend joined an ESports team and was a very important member of that team. They had tournaments very often during the year and he spent up to 15 hours a day during that period. After a certain time, he started to More

After reading the article, “The Future Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World,” written by Pew Research Center discusses the big parts of social media harms. For example, the future well-being and digital life dramatically intertwined with our daily life over the last 20 years. The big More

For task 2, I read the articles by Insider and Medical News Today. From both of these two articles, the biggest takeaway for me was the increasing disconnect from each other. Technology is an addiction, where the average adult in the US spends merely 11 More

    From the article I looked at “The negative effects of tech” from medical news today. One issue that stood out to me was how tech affects physical health and from the many that they suggest I would pick eye strain. Eye strain is More

The article that I decided to use was the negative effects of technology. I think that there are a lot of negative effects but there were two that really stood out to me. One of them that stood out to me was depression and anxiety. More

Watching Social Delema and reading “The negative effects of tech ” article helped me realize that our phones deprive us of sleep because our activity and wants are ever increasing. Lying in bed looking at screen wastes the valuable time of proper rest your body More

I read the two articles entitled “Negative effects of technology: What to know” and “9 subtle ways technology is making humanity worse.” These articles were more list orientated, focused on listing some simple ways that technology negatively affects people in their everyday lives. The articles More

When I started reading “The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World,” The first thing that grabbed my attention was “Digital Deficits.” It gives the definition of “People’s cognitive capabilities will be challenged in multiple ways, including their capacity for analytical thinking, memory, focus, creativity, More

There needs to be more access to blue light protection in people that have glasses already. As someone who wears glasses for corrected vision, my glasses don’t have blue light lens because they cost so much extra on top of original prices. I have lucked More

I have been using technology for most of the life I have lived and can remember. I remember using instagram when I was a kid in middle school on my iPod touch. I still wonder to this day what kind of impact that it could More

One of the harms that my mother experiences from tech is the overwhelmingness of it. She has a hard time making sense of what she is looking for or trying to understand by how confusing tech is. One such example are the displays we are More

  In the article, “Negative effects of technology: What to Know”, there was a section on eyestrain and the effects of blue light on the eyes specifically before they go to bed(and how that can also effect their sleep). I personally have blue light glasses, More

I’ve noticed, with increasing frequency, that I spend an absurd amount of time on my phone and other devices. A lot of the time, it’s not as if I’m being particularly productive on them, and it results in a lot of easy distractions. Notifications abound, More

Humanity as a whole has been unfortunately cursed with addiction. Never would I openly admit to succumbing to being addicted to the nature of dopamine, but here I am finding myself in the same boat as nearly the rest of the world. Dopamine. Dopamine communicates with More

After reading some of the articles that were provided for task 2, there were some that definitely related to me. One negative effect of technology that I found resonated with me, would be the fact that technology has an impact with my sleeping patterns. In More

When I first think of some type of harm that has come to me, the first thing that comes to mind is my neck. Having worked in a manual labor job, my neck muscles are often very sore. Combined with being back at college and More

      Recall – Sometimes, after a long night of homework, I experience a “text neck.” On occasion, I do my homework on my bed often with my dog; therefore, I find myself in the middle of the bed, with very little back support, More

The documentary “The Social Dilemma” really opened my eyes to how purposely manipulative and addictive social media and technology is for our current generation. Personally, I myself and most of my friends use social media and technology almost 24/7 throughout the day. When my phone/laptop More

One of the problems caused by tech that jumped out at me as I read these articles was the effect of blue light on people’s sleeping patterns. This is a huge problem because if people aren’t getting enough sleep, they’re opening themselves up to many More

While modern technology has no doubt brought a lot of good into the world, it’s also caused quite a bit of damage. For me, my phone has allowed me to connect to friends and family no matter the distance, and has also given me the More

    In todays world technology is everywhere. While there are upsides to having teach around there is also negatives that follow it. Tach has a way of grabbing people attention whether it be video streaming, gaming, social media or a number of other things More

I think a common problem thats becoming more prominent in the younger generations is how technology is affecting the development of our social skills. I can say that growing up with the amount of accessible technology that I did definitely attributes to my social anxiety More

Thinking back to the most prominent case of tech themed harm, from personal experience, it’s something that I’ve seen afflict many others in my life. To best explain it though I’ll split it into two components. The first of these components is that internet dialogue More

Social media is a way to bring people together and make new friends, there are more physical and mental issues that come from the use of social media. The biggest issue is isolation. It’s easy to talk to people through text, but it is becoming More

I think that one of the most positive things that human beings can do is to make connections with each other and interact with one another. Yet it is no secret that social media is actually separating people and making it harder for people to More

For all its benefits, social media is both a blessing and a bane for mankind. It allows us to connect and to explore the world from home, but humans are naturally lazy. We are great at finding the quickest way to do things. Consequently, social More

The consensus of reality has never been more fractured.  There has always been a discourse on the nature of us and the things around us, but in todays algorithmic pandering to fears, suspicions, assumptions, traditions, and just general bias – radicalization of ideals and the More

Social media seems to be at the center of a lot of the problems caused by technology. While social media can connect people, it can also isolate them. Many of the isolating effects of social media stem from its ability to distort people’s perception of More

  The issue I will be focusing on is likes and their correlation with self-satisfaction. I had a girlfriend once that was obsessed with her social media. Whenever she posted a picture, she would literally refresh the page every 30 seconds to see who and More

I can think of two harmful things off the top of my head that I have experienced when it comes to technology, although there are surely many more. The first is the emptiness that social media creates in us. It has been a long time More

  Digital technology in recent years has caused internet activity as well as screen time addiction to rise. Along with this, in the particular demographic of teenagers, self-esteem and happiness is declining. According to Anderson and Rainie in “The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated More

Humanity as a whole has been unfortunately cursed with addiction. Never would I openly admit to succumbing to being addicted to the nature of dopamine, but here I am finding myself in the same boat as nearly the rest of the world. Not everyone has the More

Something I believe social media takes advantage of is the ability to drastically affect the way that we perceive ourselves. It has unnaturally been given the power to change one’s self-worth based on numbers, and it is a power that we as a community need More

“Thought-bot” Instant access to information makes us less self-sufficient. We get instant answers when we google our questions, which prevents us from using our brains, and it eliminates the pleasure burst that we would get solving it ourselves. We can not lose our critical thinking More

A prominent issue within today’s society that’s focused on (but not limited to) our younger generation is how addicted we are to our phones, social media and the repercussions from such addictions. Within the articles, “9 Subtle Ways Technology is Making Humanity Worse,” and “Negative More