2. Overall, do you think that computer and technology give people MORE control over their lives, LESS control over their lives, or don’t you think it makes any differences?
Computers (including smart phones) and technology changed our lives so much especially the
way to waste the time.
When
we get some free time, for example on a train, we see so many people
are using their smartphones. What they do on the smart phone may be different: they may be listening to music, reading news, or messaging through SNS.
Not so many people look outside through a window. The way of communication and
collecting information totally changed too. We don’t really write a letter in daily life unless something special like some one’s birthday happens. Even
texting is becoming an old way: young people use SNS such as LINE, Twitter, and
Facebook for communicating because it costs less than texting or phoning. Also they can get any information through the Internet whenever they want
by using a smartphone: no need to go to the library to search the information they
need.
Those
technologies changed how to spend the time with family. They decreased
conversation and communication in a family. Before the Internet had been
spread, watching TV or listening to radio were only things to entertain people. So
TV gathered family and provided the time with them. However, the technology
allows people to communicate with their friend or co-workers outside of the
school or company. People tend to
think little of their family but their friends.
Computer and technology gave
people more control over their lives. Much more information is now available
and we can do many things (listening, reading, chatting, phoning, texting, etc…
)on a smartphone. However, the option to spend their time and
the family bond minimized. To get along with technology, we have to think
what is important again. Also we have to think about its danger too. There
is a bunch of wrong information on the internet and we never know who published
it. Everything has both good and bad aspect. Understanding the aspects
properly is required for users.
This is Ms. MacGregor. Mistakes are in red. Please fix by 6/13.
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ReplyDeleteMarino Mori
I agree with Shoko.
First of all, I also see many passengers use smartphones and other electronic devices, being addicted to them.
I started to use smartphone after I entered university, and I wasn’t used to be a person who is absorbed in the media. Before I purchased my smartphone, I only spent my cell phone with texting to my parents. However, now I check the SNS, online news and other useful applications at least one time in a day.
This kind of addiction is scary because even though I want to get rid of it, I can’t help looking the smartphones. Thus, I really feel that media is controlling our daily life.
Moreover, we cannot get any information without using the media, and media can provide much false information. Yet, we can’t easily define that what is the correct information and what is wrong.
Therefore, I consider that media has a huge impact on our life, and we need to recognize the validity of the media when we use it.
Minori Tango
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Shoko.
Nowadays there are little conversations between my families. I think my father is quite addicted to using cellphone, and so is my brother. I often give up trying to tell something to my father because he is too busy texting, and I end up using my own cellphone or starting to watch TV, and such a situation happens a lot in my house. We are definitely losing the time to have a conversation and communication. Therefore, I think technologies weaken family bonds. I do not think this kind of situation happens only in my family.
I also agree that we should reconsider the importance of our lives. Indeed, technologies made our lives convenient, there is no point if we are losing more important things without knowing. And we have to be wise enough when we use those technologies to know what the right information is, and to make sure you are the one who is controlling those technologies.