Posted by Ya Ting Chang (488338).
Article from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/731563/are_we_addicted_to_technology.html
The article “Are We Addicted to Technology?” by Jessica Nicole Johnson appeared in “Associated Content” on April 24, 2008. In this article, Jessica points out that technology is a new addiction to many people now and is affecting their lives in bad sides. The arguments made by Jessica are summarized below.
In the first part, the author explains that some technologies are becoming important things to many people’s daily usages. However, people are getting more and more dependent on those technologies. Then, the author assumes that it becomes a problem.
·How long are used on a cell phone plan?
·How many times are emails, Face book, or MySpace checked every day?
·How can people live without any technology used?
To prove the question, she uses a survey from CNN. The result is that 77% people couldn’t live without technology, and only 23% said that they don’t need technology.
Finally, the author demonstrates this problem affected on both of children and adults. (1) Children being addicted to technology may lose their growing live and social skills. (2) To adults, they should notice when the usage of technology is influencing their work performance and interpersonal relationship.
As a conclusion, the author hints that people need to know technology shouldn’t substitute human’s original social development. It is neither safe nor healthy when people indulge in the dependency on any devices of technology.
Posted by Ya Ting Chang (488338)
My Opinions:
ReplyDeleteTo survive in a modern society, it seems necessary for people to have some technologies as their own possessions, such as cell phones, laptops, PDAs, and so on. Without those electronic devices, many people may not have enough competitive advantages competing with other people or business. At some points, technology brings advantages of convenience, entertainment, and communication.
However, if people overuse or spend too much time and money on technologies, it would certainly turn those advantages into disadvantages. When people are addicted on technology, it may damage their health, life, and social relationships. Therefore, the key point is to make good usage of technologies and manage time well on them.
In conclusion, I think most people are addicted to technology because people just rely on the benefits of technology. According to Porter’s five forces theory, I think this situation gives consumers less power as “buyers”. On one hand, people need to have technologies to increase their competitiveness in business and social life; on the other hand, people cannot live without the fun that technologies bring to them. When consumers’ demands on technology increase, it just decreases their power as “buyers”.