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Technology affecting social skills
"It has become exceedingly obvious that our
technology has exceeded our humanity (Albert
Einstein N.D).”
             Today‟s day people of all ages
             communicate through their many
             electronic devices, whether it‟s their
             cellphone and texting, emails from their
             computers or any of the other many
             means of communicating online. You
             can see the effects of excessive
             communication through technology
             affect people‟s social skills and cause
             some anxiety issues with people.
Systems
                                                           Online Messaging
Online Messaging is probably the most
that can affect people‟s social skills.
When online you are protected by the
screen in front of you and could be
halfway across the world to whoever
you‟re talking to. People can say
whatever they want, something they
probably wouldn‟t say in person.

“Today our world has become so polluted with the
Internet in every single avenue of life; we fail to even
notice it anymore. We have instead grown
accustomed to seeing less of each other, and instead
commenting on posts and blogs (Tate 2011).”
Some disadvantages that can be found
                     from using online means of messaging
                     is:
Online Messaging

                     •  Lack of face to face communication
Disadvantages of



                     •  Easier to misunderstand
                     •  Cyberbullying
                     •  Once something is out there you can‟t take
                        it back
                   “Unfortunately, this feature of online socialization
                   cheats people of the opportunity to learn how to
                   resolve conflicts in the world outside the Internet and
                   it could retard or cripple one's social skills
                   developments (Cosmato N.D).”
Some advantages to this technology
are:

• Convenient to use
• Can contact people worldwide
• Faster to get a message across than a
  letter
• Don‟t have to be close by to send one                         Image
• And many more                           from:http://blog.nus.edu.sg
                                                    /itsocietyandme/




         Advantages of
        Online Messaging
Nick Klopper discusses some of the issues he‟s
learned, “Dr. Engelberg discovered that people who spent
a lot of time online scored lower on scales of emotional
untelligence and social skills. It is a shame that the people
who most need to learn how to interact with others are the
ones spending the most time on their computers alone.
Intuitively, that makes sense: if people find it difficult to
interact with others, they are less inclined to participate in
social interaction. Instead, they spend their time in solitary
activities, such as surfing the web.
But in doing so, these people have no chance to improve
their communication skills. They„ve entered a downhill
slide, where they spend more and more time online and
become more and more lonesome, but never feel
comfortable communicating with others.(Klopper N.D.)”




Social Issuses
Text Messaging

Text messaging has also caused
problems with social issues in
people. Much similar to messaging
people online texts can have the
same detachment from reality and
in some cases make it hard for
people to hold actual
conversations face to face.
The Problems with Texting
  Some problems that can come from text
  messaging or other instant messaging
  devices are:
  • Lack of attention to surroundings and
    people around
  • Having lengthy text conversations
    rather than in person talks
  • No need for face to face social skills
  • Too attached to cellphones
“Texting on a daily basis makes it easy to avoid speaking with
people on the phone. We nowadays tend to minimize face time
and even minimize our phone conversations. By doing so, our
communication skills suffer- we start to lose our conversation
etiquette. Personal conversations also suffer, becoming less
natural and choppy, resembling our text messaging
conversations (Hausler N.D.).”
The Advatages of Texting
                                                  Image
                                                  from:http://gettingsmart.com/cms/b
                                                  log/2011/11/the-power-of-texting-a-
                                                  changing-communication-medium-
                                                  in-changing-times/


                           Positives that can come from text
                           messaging or other instant messaging
                           technology are:
                           • Able to contact people easier
                           • Can call someone (or text) for help
                           • Some phones have apps that can
                              help with daily things
                              (GPS, yellowpages, etc)
                           • And more to help people
“The tendency --- and preference --- for
Americans to communicate with other people
through the formal and impersonal method of
text messages and phone calls has inhibited
their social skills, conversation skills and their
ability to relate and communicate with each
other in person. Because personal social
interaction with humans who are present is
vital to the human condition, the lack of social
interaction caused by excessive cell phone
use is a damaging sociological effect of cell
phones (Brian Heuberger N.D.).”




Social Issuses?
Medical
                            Some meddical issues from Dr. Rosen‟s study Couts found:
                            “• Teenagers and young adults who are persistently logged on
                            to Facebook are more often to show psychological
                            disorders, like mania, paranoia, aggressive tendencies
                            , antisocial behavior and increased alcohol use. These teens
                            also more often displayed narcissistic tendencies.
                            • Kids who used technology, like the Internet and video
Image
from:http://www.krogerla    games, on a regular basis have more stomach
w.com/blog/2012/07/med      aches, sleeping problems, anxiety and depression.
ical-quiz-famous-doctors-
and-nurses/                 • Rosen and his team found that most students were only able
                            to maintain focus on their studies for two or three minutes
                            before distracting themselves with technology, like text
                            messages, mobile apps or the Web.
                            • Rosen also revealed that the average teenager sends
                            approximately 2,000 text messages per month, a massive
                            amount of information processing that has been founded to be
                            related to problems with sleep and concentration, as well as
                            physical stress (Couts 2011).”
Other Stats
D, Yamalis PhD, Evans, L PhD and Gallagher, R
PhD share some interestong facts,
 “How much are kids using media?
• The total amount of media use by youth ages 8
  to 18 averages 6-plus hours a day—more than
  any other activity.
• The amount of use has increased
  significantly, up from 4-plus hours in the last five
  years.
• Eighty percent of adolescents possess at least
  one form of media access.
• There is extensive multi-tasking associated with
  media use (instant messaging while doing
  homework and listening to music on an mp3
  player, for example).
• From 2004 to 2009, television and video use
              averaged three to five hours per day, peaking
              between the ages of 11 and 14, a crucial period
              for kids' social development.
            • Fifty-four percent of teens send text
              messages, and one third of teens send more
              than 100 text messages per day.
Continued

            • One third talk face-to-face with friends, around
              the same percentage that talk on cell phones (38
              percent) and land lines (30 percent).
            • Twenty-four percent communicate with friends
              via instant messages.
            • Twenty-five percent contact friends via social
              networking (D, Yamalis PhD, Evans, L PhD and
              Gallagher, R PhD , N.D.) “
So in conclusion while electronic communication
can be helpful technology it can also cause all sorts
of problems.
This technology can cause problems but if you only
if you let it control your life. Social skills are only
noticeably affected when there is an excessive
amount of texting and online messaging being
done. Social skills start to decrease when there is a
lack of of face to face where people can‟t learn the
proper ways to interact and communicate with one
another.
If you don‟t interact with people you won‟t be able
to keep conversations or proper etiquette and so
on.



Conclusion
Cosmato, D. (N.D.). Advantages and Disadvantages of Social
Networking.
http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/Advantages_and_Disadvantages_
of_Social_Networking. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012.
Couts, A. (2011). Facebook may cause serious mental health problems in
kids, studies show. http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook-
may-cause-serious-mental-health-problems-in-kids/. Last accessed:
Tuesday December 4, 2012.
Diaz, Y & Evans, L & Gllagher, R. (N.D.) Anti-Social Networking: How do
texting and social media affect our children? A panel discussion by CSC
clinicians at the Nightingale-
BamfordSchool.http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/antisocial_networking
_how_do_texting_social_media_affect_our_children_panel_discussion_cs
c_. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012.




             References
Ferno, K. (2010). Has electronic communication destroyed our social
skills. http://www.famousbloggers.net/social-being-internet-junkie.html.
Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012.
Hausler, R. (N.D.). The Disadvantages Texting Has Brought Upon
Society. http://elitedaily.com/elite/2012/disadvantages-texting/. Last
accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012.
Heuberger, B. (N.D.) Sociological Effects of the Cell Phone.
http://www.ehow.com/list_7773084_sociological-effects-cell-
phone.html. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012.
Klooper, N. (N.D). The Negative Effects Of the Internet On social skills.
Retrieved from:http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-negative-
effects-of-the-internet-on-social-skills. Last accessed: Tuesday
December 4, 2012.
Ludden, J. (2010). Teen Texting Soars; Will Social Skills Suffer?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126117811. Last
accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012.



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Technology affecting social skills

  • 2. "It has become exceedingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity (Albert Einstein N.D).” Today‟s day people of all ages communicate through their many electronic devices, whether it‟s their cellphone and texting, emails from their computers or any of the other many means of communicating online. You can see the effects of excessive communication through technology affect people‟s social skills and cause some anxiety issues with people.
  • 3. Systems Online Messaging Online Messaging is probably the most that can affect people‟s social skills. When online you are protected by the screen in front of you and could be halfway across the world to whoever you‟re talking to. People can say whatever they want, something they probably wouldn‟t say in person. “Today our world has become so polluted with the Internet in every single avenue of life; we fail to even notice it anymore. We have instead grown accustomed to seeing less of each other, and instead commenting on posts and blogs (Tate 2011).”
  • 4. Some disadvantages that can be found from using online means of messaging is: Online Messaging • Lack of face to face communication Disadvantages of • Easier to misunderstand • Cyberbullying • Once something is out there you can‟t take it back “Unfortunately, this feature of online socialization cheats people of the opportunity to learn how to resolve conflicts in the world outside the Internet and it could retard or cripple one's social skills developments (Cosmato N.D).”
  • 5. Some advantages to this technology are: • Convenient to use • Can contact people worldwide • Faster to get a message across than a letter • Don‟t have to be close by to send one Image • And many more from:http://blog.nus.edu.sg /itsocietyandme/ Advantages of Online Messaging
  • 6. Nick Klopper discusses some of the issues he‟s learned, “Dr. Engelberg discovered that people who spent a lot of time online scored lower on scales of emotional untelligence and social skills. It is a shame that the people who most need to learn how to interact with others are the ones spending the most time on their computers alone. Intuitively, that makes sense: if people find it difficult to interact with others, they are less inclined to participate in social interaction. Instead, they spend their time in solitary activities, such as surfing the web. But in doing so, these people have no chance to improve their communication skills. They„ve entered a downhill slide, where they spend more and more time online and become more and more lonesome, but never feel comfortable communicating with others.(Klopper N.D.)” Social Issuses
  • 7. Text Messaging Text messaging has also caused problems with social issues in people. Much similar to messaging people online texts can have the same detachment from reality and in some cases make it hard for people to hold actual conversations face to face.
  • 8. The Problems with Texting Some problems that can come from text messaging or other instant messaging devices are: • Lack of attention to surroundings and people around • Having lengthy text conversations rather than in person talks • No need for face to face social skills • Too attached to cellphones “Texting on a daily basis makes it easy to avoid speaking with people on the phone. We nowadays tend to minimize face time and even minimize our phone conversations. By doing so, our communication skills suffer- we start to lose our conversation etiquette. Personal conversations also suffer, becoming less natural and choppy, resembling our text messaging conversations (Hausler N.D.).”
  • 9. The Advatages of Texting Image from:http://gettingsmart.com/cms/b log/2011/11/the-power-of-texting-a- changing-communication-medium- in-changing-times/ Positives that can come from text messaging or other instant messaging technology are: • Able to contact people easier • Can call someone (or text) for help • Some phones have apps that can help with daily things (GPS, yellowpages, etc) • And more to help people
  • 10. “The tendency --- and preference --- for Americans to communicate with other people through the formal and impersonal method of text messages and phone calls has inhibited their social skills, conversation skills and their ability to relate and communicate with each other in person. Because personal social interaction with humans who are present is vital to the human condition, the lack of social interaction caused by excessive cell phone use is a damaging sociological effect of cell phones (Brian Heuberger N.D.).” Social Issuses?
  • 11. Medical Some meddical issues from Dr. Rosen‟s study Couts found: “• Teenagers and young adults who are persistently logged on to Facebook are more often to show psychological disorders, like mania, paranoia, aggressive tendencies , antisocial behavior and increased alcohol use. These teens also more often displayed narcissistic tendencies. • Kids who used technology, like the Internet and video Image from:http://www.krogerla games, on a regular basis have more stomach w.com/blog/2012/07/med aches, sleeping problems, anxiety and depression. ical-quiz-famous-doctors- and-nurses/ • Rosen and his team found that most students were only able to maintain focus on their studies for two or three minutes before distracting themselves with technology, like text messages, mobile apps or the Web. • Rosen also revealed that the average teenager sends approximately 2,000 text messages per month, a massive amount of information processing that has been founded to be related to problems with sleep and concentration, as well as physical stress (Couts 2011).”
  • 12. Other Stats D, Yamalis PhD, Evans, L PhD and Gallagher, R PhD share some interestong facts, “How much are kids using media? • The total amount of media use by youth ages 8 to 18 averages 6-plus hours a day—more than any other activity. • The amount of use has increased significantly, up from 4-plus hours in the last five years. • Eighty percent of adolescents possess at least one form of media access. • There is extensive multi-tasking associated with media use (instant messaging while doing homework and listening to music on an mp3 player, for example).
  • 13. • From 2004 to 2009, television and video use averaged three to five hours per day, peaking between the ages of 11 and 14, a crucial period for kids' social development. • Fifty-four percent of teens send text messages, and one third of teens send more than 100 text messages per day. Continued • One third talk face-to-face with friends, around the same percentage that talk on cell phones (38 percent) and land lines (30 percent). • Twenty-four percent communicate with friends via instant messages. • Twenty-five percent contact friends via social networking (D, Yamalis PhD, Evans, L PhD and Gallagher, R PhD , N.D.) “
  • 14. So in conclusion while electronic communication can be helpful technology it can also cause all sorts of problems. This technology can cause problems but if you only if you let it control your life. Social skills are only noticeably affected when there is an excessive amount of texting and online messaging being done. Social skills start to decrease when there is a lack of of face to face where people can‟t learn the proper ways to interact and communicate with one another. If you don‟t interact with people you won‟t be able to keep conversations or proper etiquette and so on. Conclusion
  • 15. Cosmato, D. (N.D.). Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Networking. http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/Advantages_and_Disadvantages_ of_Social_Networking. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. Couts, A. (2011). Facebook may cause serious mental health problems in kids, studies show. http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook- may-cause-serious-mental-health-problems-in-kids/. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. Diaz, Y & Evans, L & Gllagher, R. (N.D.) Anti-Social Networking: How do texting and social media affect our children? A panel discussion by CSC clinicians at the Nightingale- BamfordSchool.http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/antisocial_networking _how_do_texting_social_media_affect_our_children_panel_discussion_cs c_. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. References
  • 16. Ferno, K. (2010). Has electronic communication destroyed our social skills. http://www.famousbloggers.net/social-being-internet-junkie.html. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. Hausler, R. (N.D.). The Disadvantages Texting Has Brought Upon Society. http://elitedaily.com/elite/2012/disadvantages-texting/. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. Heuberger, B. (N.D.) Sociological Effects of the Cell Phone. http://www.ehow.com/list_7773084_sociological-effects-cell- phone.html. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. Klooper, N. (N.D). The Negative Effects Of the Internet On social skills. Retrieved from:http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-negative- effects-of-the-internet-on-social-skills. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. Ludden, J. (2010). Teen Texting Soars; Will Social Skills Suffer? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126117811. Last accessed: Tuesday December 4, 2012. References Cont.