Social Media and Human Development
Technology has become a significant part of our society. The world is connected from the time they wake up to the time they put their devices down. A substantial aspect of technology is social media and social networking. To get an understanding; social media is any “websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking”. Considering the time spent on technology and social media, the focus was to observe if social media had any effects on humans. As the study went on, there were discoveries of several effects. Although the article will go through some of the effects, the main focus will be on productivity and distractions.
Before technology was implemented, people had to communicate by human interactions. They did not have any other source to communicate. As time went along, new systems of communications evolved. Letters were being delivered with written messages to others within towns. In the process of technology development, more forms of technology were being established. Soon letters became phone calls and phone calls became electronic mail. Technology has developed to the point where we do not need human interaction to get our message across. In today’s society, we use phones or computers to talk to people not only friends and family, but also people around the world. One of the main ways we achieve this is through social media.
Throughout the progress of technology, we recognize the decrease in human interactions. Sociologists are now seeing an increasing amount of effects due to the amount of technology use. Social media in particular. The first question that was asked during the course of the study was; how often are we on social media? In America, the amount time spent on social media varied with age. Ages 18-34 were on social media for 3.8 hours. Ages 35-49 were on for 3 hours and 50-64 were on social media for 2.4 hours. When conducting a survey for the class, the average time spent was 2.7
Before technology was implemented, people had to communicate by human interactions. They did not have any other source to communicate. As time went along, new systems of communications evolved. Letters were being delivered with written messages to others within towns. In the process of technology development, more forms of technology were being established. Soon letters became phone calls and phone calls became electronic mail. Technology has developed to the point where we do not need human interaction to get our message across. In today’s society, we use phones or computers to talk to people not only friends and family, but also people around the world. One of the main ways we achieve this is through social media.
Throughout the progress of technology, we recognize the decrease in human interactions. Sociologists are now seeing an increasing amount of effects due to the amount of technology use. Social media in particular. The first question that was asked during the course of the study was; how often are we on social media? In America, the amount time spent on social media varied with age. Ages 18-34 were on social media for 3.8 hours. Ages 35-49 were on for 3 hours and 50-64 were on social media for 2.4 hours. When conducting a survey for the class, the average time spent was 2.7