Gary Turrk Look Up Analysis
In 25 Apr 2014, the Youtube video produced and narrated by Gary Turk, Look Up have gained viral status when the video has been viewed more than 60 million times worldwide. After watching it on my own, the video itself is a poem about how the technologies nowadays have made current generation disengages and neglected from social interactions, real relationships and the true definition of social life. So he told the viewers to put out their electronic devices and communicate with each other face to face rather than through social media inside the technologies. In my opinion, Gary Turk made rather persuasive arguments about the negativity effects toward current genarations about the technologies and devices which some of it I disagree with him
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For example, one person who spends more than 5 hours a day surfing the web or doing anything else on their phone, computer, or tablet could be spending too much time but another person spending the same amount of time could be considered not spending too much time online. It depends on many factors but it is not limited to the time that is being spent, like how a person performs on social life outside technology. Time spent on devices can better used to spent on socialising with and spending bonding time with a …show more content…
However, many of them probably will not be able to experience the joys of spending time outdoors when they are spend too much times on technology for entertainment purposes. But despite all the issues, we can take proactive steps for our future generations such as limit your child's daily exposure to tablets, smartphones, computers and TVs, encourage your child to play outside, change eBooks on the devices to real books or provide entertainment and engaging alternatives to technology: have a family game night, play hide-and-go-seek, or plan a new excursion in your community.
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As a conclusion, I still believe that the technology does bring a lot of benefits in our daily lifestyle despite all the negativity, technological advancements have made it easier for people to express themselves and relay informations through social media platforms. But many people tend to focus on the supposed negative effects of social media and forget about the good. The video however still bears a good message and it doesn’t surprise me if it still widely
For example, one person who spends more than 5 hours a day surfing the web or doing anything else on their phone, computer, or tablet could be spending too much time but another person spending the same amount of time could be considered not spending too much time online. It depends on many factors but it is not limited to the time that is being spent, like how a person performs on social life outside technology. Time spent on devices can better used to spent on socialising with and spending bonding time with a …show more content…
However, many of them probably will not be able to experience the joys of spending time outdoors when they are spend too much times on technology for entertainment purposes. But despite all the issues, we can take proactive steps for our future generations such as limit your child's daily exposure to tablets, smartphones, computers and TVs, encourage your child to play outside, change eBooks on the devices to real books or provide entertainment and engaging alternatives to technology: have a family game night, play hide-and-go-seek, or plan a new excursion in your community.
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As a conclusion, I still believe that the technology does bring a lot of benefits in our daily lifestyle despite all the negativity, technological advancements have made it easier for people to express themselves and relay informations through social media platforms. But many people tend to focus on the supposed negative effects of social media and forget about the good. The video however still bears a good message and it doesn’t surprise me if it still widely