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constant communication:
a new NORM
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from the time they are toddlers, children today are surrounded by technology
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“American childhood has undergone a somewhat alarming transformation in a very
short time” – Hanna Rosin
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when these toddlers become young
teens, their technology focus
shifts from education and games
to social media
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but today, there are still
7.5 million underage Facebook users
last year, Facebook kicked off 800,000 underage users
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facebook especially is hard to resist – it has been
integrated into everyday life
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in fact, many people feel they
can’t leave facebook forever because it’s
integrated into everyday event planning, networking and decision making
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7/10 people in North America use social media…
70% check Facebook
every. single. day.Wikipedia Commons
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this excessive use of social media all relates back to our human desire for
CONNECTION
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cell phone use has tripled in the past 10 years
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and today,
9/10 people own a mobile phone
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“now, thanks to our
smartphones, it is
neverOK to be
unavailable”-Elizabeth Bernstein
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“this expectation of constant connectivity is
making some of us crazy” –Elizabeth Bernstein
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with this constant communication, are
we REALLYbecoming more connected?
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or is it
becoming
harder for us to have
REALconversations?
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communication is changing the
basic nature of relationships
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whether that be deciding on a relationship
status for Facebook,
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keeping up long distance communication via video chat,
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…or changing how we meet people
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For good or bad, technology is an
INTEGRALpart of our society
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but let’s not forget to turn down the “buzz” once in awhile, and
live in the momentWikipedia Commons
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Sources
• The Touch-Screen Generation http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-touch-screen-generation/309250/
• ‘Facebook fatigue’ and the aging social network• http://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2013/04/05/
facebook_fatigue_and_the_aging_social_network.html• Film260 Lecture 1 and 2• Cell Phone Subscribers in the U.S.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0933563.html• He Texts, She Tweets-Are they e-compatible?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304708604577502672286303452.html
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