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choydannie

Is technology making us less human? | TechRadar - 7 views

  • Here's a new term to consider: sensory dynamism. The concept has to do with our perception. When you look out of a window, you perceive millions of variances - colour, perspective, sound, feeling, and many others. But when you gaze at an iPad, you're sensing just a few variables - and with email and SMS, you may barely be using your senses. That could pose a problem in the long run for future human development.
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    I sure think so. Technology does not allow us to communicate with our surroundings like we used to 10 years ago. Kids today are glued to their Ipads rather than playing outside :)!
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    The increased use of technology to communicate to one another will more than likely reduce the amount of people skills we should have. Along with the different types of body language and gestures that we would need to have an understanding of.
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    The idea proposed by the article that surgeries might not be as successful due to the lack of human contact is quite frightening as this would effect our long term health as a society. An area that probably needs further investigation!
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    Although the technology has helped us improve our daily lives, whether be it by communicating or performing a difficult task, which can't be done so easily by a human as it can be done technology. But we have to set limits on how much we us it and how much it should not interrupt our daily human lives. I think this is what this article is trying to say, that yes technology is a good thing in many ways and it helps us in things that we can't perform, but if it is taking over our lives and getting in between our lives then we need to take it into consideration.
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    We are living in a technology world so we don't really communicate with others, just following these processes which are set into technology.Therefore, we are losing social skills steps by steps and can't express our emotions properly, we isolate ourselves by walking around in our little virtual world and look at the screen of our devices and forget our self in real life.
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    Technology has only adapted us and we have adapted technology. I believe its just part of humanity. We need to be grateful for what it has gave us. We are still human. Though i see how some technology has proven useless and can affect us in a negative way it does not need to be used as a necessity.
choydannie

What's technology doing to our... - 3 views

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    It's nice how this article highlights the different uses of technology especially the social media for different age groups. It talks about how technology can be positive or negative for teenagers/young adults depending how much they use it. there are extremes on both sides. It was interesting how it mentioned out of all the groups the older adults had the best use for the technology, because if they keep their brain active and keeps on using it it will prevent it from degenerating. Which was quit a surprise for me, because i thought they would have the least use of technology.
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    Although consumer technology products have led many people to a sedentary lifestyle, technology is actually helping the health industry and revolutionized the way patients are cared for in hospitals around the world, making it more affordable for people to get the care they need.
breanna1824

The Evolution of Communication Technology - 1 views

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    Communication technology has certainly changed dramatically over the years and continues to do so through social media technological devices and more. This article explains how much communication has changed over the past four decades which has lead to increase business development, without the revolutionary change of technology that has occurred so far business would struggle as these technologies are a way of life and it is key to be able to communicate with clients and other businesses.
sarahuren

How Has Technology Changed Communication? - 0 views

http://www.brighthubpm.com/methods-strategies/79052-exploring-how-technology-has-changed-communication/ This article covers the technological advancements we have had over the past which have crea...

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linh10009

Technology can have positive or negative impact on social interactions - 1 views

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    Many people are involved in an abundant number of relationships through technology, but sometimes the quantity of these associations leaves people feeling qualitatively empty.
choydannie

Is technology making us lonely? - Health & Wellbeing - 1 views

  • "What we don't know is which came first: was it that they felt lonely and they used technology as a means to lessen their loneliness; or are they using more social media and that is increasing their loneliness?"
sophsheps

How Social Media Is Ruining Your Relationships - mindbodygreen.com - 3 views

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    After food and shelter, our need to belong and feel positively connected to others is arguably the number one predictor of well-being, happiness, health, and even longevity. Trying to connect in this way, though, is actually counterproductive. Here are three ways virtual connection is ruining your real-life relationships.
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    "His colleague gently explained that his "active-listening face" looked a lot like his angry face." I feel like technology not only manipulated our language use but also how we present ourselves, because when we look at our phones we don't really need to worry about our facial expressions. Comparing to talking to an actual person, like when someone is talking about something happy and the other person has a blank face, the speaker might misunderstand that hes actually interested but not showing it through his expression.
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    In the 21st century, social media has completely transformed our face-to-face (verbal) communication experience. Not only does social media create too many distractions between couples, time is generally wasted, which could be better spent towards the relationship.
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    Instead of deriving pleasure from your experience and the people around you, you seek it from your phone. Your brain's pleasure centers also respond positively to novelty, which social media offers in a constant stream of new interactions, new posts, and new pictures every second.
breanna1824

Emojis: Are they changing how we communicate with each other? - 8 views

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    I tend to agree with Morrison in the article, emojis can definitely be used creatively and are a good way to set the tone of your text message.
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    This is very true, emoji can have multiple meanings, an angry face can be seen as playful or serious, and since tone is sometimes hard to distinguish, misunderstanding may occur.
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    Emoticons have a powerful effect on how we receive written information. Emojis are an easy shortcut to communicate informally. This is because the tone of a conversation affects how we react, and because physical cues help set the tone. Furthermore, emojis help bridge the gap between writing and emotion, which is responsible for causing misunderstanding.
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    Emoji's are a useful way of reducing the amount of misunderstandings and misinterpretations that can happen online. These misunderstandings happen since we can't hear the tone of the voice or the body language used, therefore emoji's make it a little easier to understand whoever is on the other side.
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    It feels like we've reached a point where in some cases, emojis have started to replace altogether, the words we send each other digitally, whether in an email,text messages or facebook.
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    I absolutety agree with this article. Emojis has a lot of meaning and really useful, the typical example is that Facebook was updated 5 emoticons next Like button, the symbol of love, haha, surprised, sad and angry. I feel quite excited with the new logo because the Like button has indeed become too boring and there is something wrong when people click on the button Like for a sad status of their friends.
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    I hadn't considered that emojis might actually eventually replace words. I've heard people end a joke with the phrase, 'ha ha, smiley face-poo' (which refers to the disappointment of receiving the smiling turd emoji). I think context plays an important part in this though and I can't ever imagine seeing emojis appear in a formal document
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    I agree with using emojis to express your feelings or put a message aross
elmeerabezheh

Facebook has more than 1,100 jobs to fill - 4 views

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    The article itself was very interesting to see how they wanted to go about in filling these positions and why they needed new recruits. With a company such as Facebook it's no wonder they do need new recruits constantly.
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    This article gives an insight into the types of roles social media companies like facebook require and how many employees they have.
choydannie

Destruction - Is Technology Ruining the English Language? - 2 views

  • Complaints about the new language of swift communication are not limited to concerns about clear and understandable communication. 
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