A flipbook made for my FILM260 class on how our communication is being affected as we are plugged into our technological devices.

1. PLUGGED
INTO OUR
DEVICES
by Janice Liu
Image by Graham Holliday

2. and have grown reliant on them.
We are surrounded by technological devices
ImagebyAmitGupta

3. 84% of people
worldwide say
they can’t go a
single day
without their
phones.
Sourced from NY Daily News Image by William Hook

4. 78% of teens
currently own a
cell phone.
Texting has
replaced calls
& conversation.Image by Driss
SourcedfromPew

5. Image by Sid Dass
23% of teens have tablets allowing for
greater access to social networking sites.
Sourced from Pew

6. We can now send a message to thousands of
people with just one touch.
magebyDerrickCollins

7. We are
connecting
more
but
conversing
less.
Image by Nic Stage

8. Our dependancy
has changed our
communication.
Image by Florian Seroussi

9. Someday, someday, but certainly
not now, I’d like to learn how to
have a conversation.
- 16 year old texter
Image by Aayesha Siddiqui
“
”
Sourced from “The Flight from Conversation”

10. Human relationships are rich and messy.
Sourced from “The Flight from Conversation” Image by Patrizia Ferri

11. We have been
using technology
to clean up our
relationships.
Image by Tal BrightSourced from “The Flight from Conversation”

12. Image by Brian A
It is no longer
okay to be
unavailable.

13. Constant
connectivity
is expected.
Image by Emily Carlin

14. Image by Alexia S
E-incompatibility is another new problem.

15. With so many forms
of connection, we
must now ask how
to communicate in
addition to what.
Image by Jason Howie

16. We are
expecting
more from
technology
than one
another.
Sourced from “The Flight from Conversation” Image by Thomas Lint

17. Many are looking to machines for the
feeling of companionship.
Image by Andrea Vallejos

18. Image by Kevin Dooley
We need to talk more
face-to-face.

19. We can even have
“face time” through
technology.
Image by Myles Grant

20. Image by Nate Bolt
Especially since our devices
have become a
part of us.

21. Some young people feel like they have
lost a limb
when they are without their phones.
Image by Andreas Schaefer

22. Image by Norma Desmond
We are
in a
tight
knot
with our
devices.

23. Image by Bryan Strangestain
Only time can tell if
we will be able to
increase our
conversation
plugged in.

24. Image by Serje Kij
All images found
in Creative
Commons of
Flickr