THE UGLY OF TECHNOLOGY
EN1420
Module 5
Presentation Rough Draft
Great family time!
As the technology progresses we become more connected virtually and less connected as a human race. It's sad to see how we communicate, less face to face and more screen to screen.
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We are now too dependent on our mobile devices to the point where we drop everything to reply to a text or email. This picture just shows how the baby caregiver is not engaged at all with them because of her mobile device.
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PROS
Easy connectivity
Faster deliver of content
Work productivity
Connection to the world
Entertainment anywhere
Easy access to shopping and banking Social media
Good learning tools for children
Navigation of the roads
CONS
Less connected in person
Content you put on the internet is forever and could be damaging
People don’t know when to leave work at work and unconnected when they are home
Identity Theft
Cyber bullying
Distracting on the road
Mobile devices and
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and driving are unsettling Minimum amount of time your attention is taken away from the road when you are texting is 5 seconds, the equivalent of driving a football field
23% of car accidents involve cell phones that are 1.3 million crashes
37% of brain activity is reduced when using a mobile device
94% of adults agree on a ban on mobile use but still 49% still admit to doing so.
Identity theft
With easier access to shopping and mobile banking, we give too much information out over our mobile devices.
Without proper encryption and education on proper networks to connect to we have become more susceptible to identity theft.
Approximately 15 million United
States residents have their identities fraudulently used each year with financial losses totaling upwards of