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Addicted To Technology: Negative Effects On Children's Development

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Providence High School Addicted to Technology Graduation Paper 8300000 English III Credit Recovery Washburn 22 October 2015 8300000 English III Washburn 22 October 2015 Addicted to Technology On average how long do kids use technology in just one day. If one were to include multi-tasking hours, teens spend 10 hours and 45 minutes a day on average consuming content and interacting with digital devices. There are many negative effects on children’s development when overuse of technology these could include, cyber bullying, addiction to online gaming or social media, bad etiquette, poor physical health, sexting, aggressive behavior, and attention deficit disorder. Parents can make small changes in the way their children use technology …show more content…

Any harassment that is carried through technology is defined as cyberbullying. Over 80 percent of teens use a cell phone regularly, making it the most common medium of cyberbullying (11 Facts). Since technology is commonly available in this generation, it is easy for anyone to become a victim of cyberbullying. This includes any combination of abusive, threatening or harassing emails, comments, texts or images, forwarding malicious content, verbally or exclusion (Ives iGeneration). Depression, anxiety, severe social alienation, and ultimately suicide can all be outcomes of cyberbullying. For teens who have been cyber bullied, studies show there are long term mental health defects for these individuals (Ives iGeneration). According to these studies, this shows that if there were ways to prevent or decrease children's access to technology they would have less chance of being a victim of …show more content…

Technology has given this generation the ability to communicate, and seek information from anyone, almost instantaneously giving these users an urge to want more and more. Technology is “ always ready for you, always friendly, always happy. It’s the crack-cocaine of time-wasters”, says Sue Ferguson in a cover story (Ferguson). There is a problem in today’s society; if technology can be compared to drug addiction then it may just be time for a change. The human body has certain reactions toward technology use. While using technology, the brain will actually reward the body by overdosing the brain on Dopamine, a brain chemical which is involved in everyday functions including movement, motivation, reward, and addiction. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “nearly all drugs of abuse directly or indirectly increase dopamine in the pleasure and motivation pathways and in so doing, alter the normal communication between neurons” (National Institute on Drug Abuse) when a person comes in access with technology. “Every time your phone vibrates to alert you of the possibility of something interesting, exciting, or even mundane (but new) – your brain is getting what psychologists call a “Dopamine squirt”. Over time, your brain links the phone vibration, ring, or the ‘new SMS’ tone to a brief release of dopamine. You feel this tiny little rush of excitement that feels like adrenaline every time

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This includes unwanted, contact, seeking personal information and offensive or illegal content. With over 80 percent of teen using a cell phone regularly it makes teenager and easy target for cyberbullying (Cyberbullying Research Centre, 2015). The Australian Government eSafety department define cyberbullying as the use of technology to bully an individual or a group with the intent to cause harm’ (Australian Government, 2015). Abusive texts and emails, hurtful messages and imitating and excluding others, major ways of cyberbullying, can cause fear, withdrawal, shame, guilt, loneliness or

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According to the Pew Research Center, about 30 percent of Americans are almost constantly online, and health officials are concerned about the amount of time children and adults spend with technology. China recently banned children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, internet addiction centers have been opening in the United States and Facebook has come under fire for teenagers’ obsessive use of its Instagram app. (Verbenas) Ray Bradbury was correct about our addiction to technology. We are using technology to make atom-atom-killing robots. kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse.

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It is vital importance that we consider the impact technology has on our lives. An over-dependence on technology can lead to a loss of human interaction, addiction, and profoundly ingrained emotional problems in friendships, marriages, and families. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is more relevant now than ever before. The iPhone and social media's meteoric rise has led to a constantly disconnected and distracted society that is more connected to screens than others. This dependence created on technology is the root of problems such as apathy for others, suicide disconnection, and depression.

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Some people may think that addiction to technology cannot happen but it is in fact real. And in this generation, it is becoming easier and faster to become addicted. With all these new features, apps, and inventions, today’s world is proving Bradbury’s point more

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Too much screen use induces less communication between people and more time spent using technology. Technology used in our society in the same way. Sometimes people use television to forget about a hard time at work, others using phones in public, so they don’t have to interact with other people. “Little by little, technology has become an integral part of the way that people communicate with one another and has increasingly taken the place of face-to-face communication. Due to the rapid expansion of technology, many individuals fear that people may be too immersed in this digital world and not present enough in the real world,”.

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Throughout the world, technology is becoming increasingly present in society, as it continues to connect, inform, and drive modern day industries and communities. However, as civilization becomes exposed to more complex and useful technologies, people and scientists alike have come to observe its effects on the human mind. Many articles, such as “Multitasking Can Make You Lose ... Um ... Focus” by Alina Tugend, “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” by Matt Richtel, and “Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain” by Matt Richtel, attempt to inform readers about the ways that technology impacts life. By analyzing these works, it can be shown that technology can influence human behavior in many ways, such as leading humans to become

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The article explains how we have become addicted to our devices. Not just kids, but adults as well. We answer that text right away, even if we are in the middle of something or a conversation, because it might be the office or someone from an organization we are in, or answer that e-mail we missed earlier in the day.

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This causes the brain to rewire itself to drive one to crave the stimulations more after each interaction, much like a drug (5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing

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Reading the article, “Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children”, by Jane E. Brody, has me realizing that this all makes sense. It has me stepping back and looking at life, thinking about the kids and the teens nowadays, compared to before. Now I often compare myself to my brothers they’re about five to eight years younger than me, and when I was their age, and at that time I didn’t have so much compared to what they had. And now there are kids with the latest iPhone, and video games. It is easy for kids to now access these devices.

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Zryan Ibrahim Mr. Jonathan Writing 4 – 01 December 16, 2014 Rough Draft of the Internet Addiction The development of the Internet refers to many years of studies that done by technologists. The innovation includes facilities for humans in their careers.

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That also doesn’t include texting which can average roughly another two to three hours a day. Many of the concerns that are being brought up in regards to so much usage of computers, iPads, tablets and smartphones are the technology dependency. It is found that mathematically grades in the last couple of years have dropped due to kids depending on calculators. It is also found that children are also struggling on Spelling and English because it is automatically corrected for them. Some of the other issues that technology has brought up is communication and social skills with children and young adults.

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How Technology Negatively Affects Children In 2010, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a study showing that on average, children ages 8 to 18 use entertainment technology for more than 53 hours a week (Rowan). This extremely disturbing statistic shows how much children use technology in their day to day life. Astounding studies and educated researchers are discovering facts that substantiate the notion that technology is becoming a toxic factor in the lives of children and adolescents. Modern technology is immensely affecting children's health, thinking, and social skills in unfavorable ways.

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This story demonstrates the strong misuse of tech not only by children but by adults because we rely on our phones and computer or video games to entertain us and keep us content and it shows how we are obsessed with tech and dont always need to have it to be happy. The

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The current study is the effects of exposure to technology on young children. As we become increasingly more reliant and absorbed in technology, it is no surprise that today’s children have become avid users as well (Hatch, 2011). Children at the age of three or four already have tablets, smart phones, and others; they could easily attain technologies and would even demand for one. As it makes easier for us, technology has both positive and negative impacts especially on young children. It comes with great opportunities but these opportunities likewise come with great risk

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An article published by BBC News UK states that almost one out of five children have at some point experienced to be bullied online. These dangers are only som of many dangers youths may have to deal with in the world because of the technology. Despite of the dangers to brows the internet, the web can also be a great source for information and pleasure, but it is important to know the risks as well. Just because there are some dangerous things about the web.

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