Do Technology consumes us or we consume technology?
Evidently, Technology has allowed to evolve the way of doing the daily activities.
Unquestionably the relationship that has arisen with everyday life, and how it is
affected in one way or another, is characterized by the capacity for inclusion, not as an
external source of impact, but as an internal part (Castells, 2006).However, one is
aware of the negative consequences of technology, and is now an addiction
(Parekh, 2017). People have increased the use of social networks as a common
medium for human interrelation, society has changed, in addition in the last three
decades the aimless surfing, pornography, online shopping and participation in games
with strangers have been unleashed
The use of technology has caused similar effects that drugs, in both cases
cause poor social skill, Young people have a hard time focusing attention and
resisting impulsive behavior, Physical effects besides our brain produce
dopamine (Kidslox, 2018), signs showed when an addict to a social network,
video game or navigation is turned on in a laptop where levels of this
neurotransmitter soar then addicts look very much like drug addicts. This
phenomenon has become in addictions to control daily life, beside
One of the most notable problems is the excessive use of new interrelation
technologies or social networks, in this case communication technologies, and the
results that show that addicts often do not know what is happening to them, for
example people who receive their emails by phone and are dependent on it,
leading them to check them frequently , but this repetition isn´t proportional to
real notifications because in the most cases doesn´t correspond to the need to
check the phone between fifteen and twenty times per hour, nowadays, young
people spend the most time inside these websites where they express
themselves without fear of being recriminated as they could be with parents
when they disagree with something, however they do not question the fact that
there is a very thin between reality and the fantasy, between good and evil,
sometimes they put their integrity as people at risk because they do not
necessarily limit themselves to having contact with acquaintances, but they also
do so with people who have seen in their lives but for the simple fact of
belonging to any of these social networks make them part of your
life, source: (Montoya, 2015). It is out of control.
Addiction to technologies misuses itself, for example, who have locked themselves
up for months to play, leave their responsibilities, disconnected from the world,
or get to extremes: “…increased use of social media, malicious and
irresponsible people benefit themselves of the freedom of social media platforms
to lie, scam, attack, and hurt others in a number of ways. They have taken
advantage of social media to hide their identity and commit several crimes such
as cyber bullying, cyber terrorism, human trafficking, drug dealing, etc” (Amedie,
2015), when the family has managed to intervene, there has been no alternative
but to hospitalize them to start a treatment that has a very unattainable goal, to
get the person to change their link with the new activities, it is so difficult because
as in other drugs the person must have willpower.
Undoubtedly, technology is responsible for a social and personal change in our
lives, because it is a source of communication, information and distribution, you
can find good or bad opinions on the matter, such as the addictions present in
them, emotional dependence on social networks, anxiety problems caused by
video games
but finally, the user decides what to look, do, share in this medium that will continue to
advance without questioning if there is any limit or the use that is given.
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