SOCIAL ALIENATION DUE TO TECHNOLOGY

WHAT IS SOCIAL ALIENATION

…AND WHY IS TECHNOLOGY CAUSING IT

It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome. ~T.S. Eliot, about radio

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.  ~Albert Einstein

•MORE COMMUNICATION BUT LESS TALKING•ADDICTION TO THE INTERNET AND FANTASY WORLDS•DEPRESSION DUE TO VIRTUAL FAILURES AND ABUSES

•FEELING ALONE IN A GROUP•GROUPS THAT DO NOT FUNCTION SOCIALLY

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.

COMMUNICATION WITHOUT FACES IS NOT COMMUNICATION

Social Impact Of TechnologyWe are becoming the servants in thought, as in action, of the

machine we have created to serve us.~  John Kenneth Galbraith

LOSS OF VOCABULARY MEDICAL PROBLEMS

SOCIAL INCOMPETENCE

Is Taking Over Your Life

2007 : Facebook only occupied 2 % of people's days.2011: 16 %, good for an eightfold increase. 2015: Our ENTIRE lives

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.  ~R. Buckminster Fuller

She has expressed concerns that modern technology, and in particular social networking sites, may have a negative impact on child development.

She argues that exposure to computer games, instant messaging, chat rooms and social networking sites could leave a generation with poor attention spans.

Dr. Gary Small

Susan Greenfield

His research, supported by the National Institute of Health, has made headlines in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and USA Today.

Scientific American magazine named him one of the world’s leading innovators in science and technology.

Addiction To Technology

You prefer texting to human interaction.The average teen sends 50 text messages a day or about 1,500 texts a month. Texting has surpassed all other forms of communicating with friends, including talking face-to-face.

You are Facebook-obsessed.We measure ourselves by the number of people that “accept” us.

You constantly use texting abbreviations.

Video games have replaced all other forms of entertainment in your life.

You grab your gadgets before your keys or wallet when walking out the door.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.  ~Karl Marx

VIDEO GAME ADDICTION

• Video game addiction is not a statistic but would be similar to any other psychological addiction

• It is considered to be an impulse control disorder

• If people

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?

Who Uses Facebook The Most!!

Who Texts The Most!!

BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE

A NEW KIND OF SOCIOLOGY

• Technology enhances communication, it doesn’t destroy it.

• Technology provides us with important medical breakthrough

• Technology lets us do things we couldn’t dream of 20 years ago

Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it. ~Max Frisch

• Study: Surgeons who play video games make fewer mistakes in the operating room

• Study: Children who have watched television are more sociable than those who haven’t

Facebook

Connecting the world

Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?  ~Al Boliska

What We Should Do• We should use technology but keep it under

control• Parents should monitor and limit a childs

access to games and computers.• Students should take part in real world

activities like sports not only virtual ones• Social Networking should be about getting to

know people better not about being “virtually popular”

THANKS FOR LISTENINGI like my new telephone, my computer works just fine, my

calculator is perfect, but Lord, I miss my mind!  ~Author Unknown