Mobile Technology
" The Obsession of the Iphone"
On the 29th of June an advancement in mobile technology began. The Iphone costing around $600, had no physical keyboard, had limited email, and had no feature of copy and paste. Apply has now sold more than 217 million Iphones worldwide. In a study at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass, stated that "76 percent say they've experienced "phantom vibration," that insistent buzz from an imagined text or phone call".
Scientists speculate it’s the result of random nerves firing,
biochemical noise that our brains easily tuned out until they were
reconditioned by the iPhone. According to Larry Rosen, a psychologist, professor, and author of iDisorder: Understand Our Obession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us, states " The Iphone has changed everything about how we related to technology, for both the good and the bad". In his research, nearly 30 percent of those born after the 80's, feel anxious if they can not check Facebook every few minutes. Others will catch themselves patting their pockets to make sure their smartphone is still there with them. He says, " The relief is not pleasurable," mean that is a sign of an obsession. Rosen also stated, " The great thing about the Iphone is that we carry it with us all day long" However, " the bad part is that we carry it with us all day long". By 2016 Cisco Systems predicts their will be more mobile devices than people.
With all this science and research do you see the Iphone or Iworld causing problems for society?
To read more visit: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-21/the-first-five-years-of-the-iphone-obsession#p2
I have heard a lot of my older family members talk about being confused with the younger generation's obsession with technology. I think this stuff is here to stay and will greatly change how society works. Whether that change is good or bad will take time to see.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we should blame technology for the way society is. The same way I don't blame McDonalds when people get fat from it. It's up to the human being to make decisions about how they run their lives and raise their children.
ReplyDeleteI think the technology is making everything easy and fast.Every one kind of couldn't live without it. Seems like cell phone, laptop, etc. But bad things is there also coming with it as you can find any information you want or you don't want to see. Also it is started to spend too much time on internet instead hangout with the parents.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kyle, people will always be the same, we'll just keep getting newer and cooler toys but we'll keep doing the same things with them.
ReplyDeleteI do not see this causing a problem. This technology is simply advancing our society. New technology has created many careers for society today and improving the way we live so I do not think it is causing problems.
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