On one of the Room for Debates, the debate about digital connectedness that was from our assignment stood out to me. Digital connectedness helps us to interact with friends and family where ever we go, but is there a wrong way to digital connectedness?
Don't get me wrong, I love to text my friends and be able to talk to my grandparents, etc. And I think that digital connectedness is both good and bad. There are bad situations where we are on a family trip for example. Instead of holding conversations, we literally have to beg to have a conversation with each other. I, for one, go to family events where everyone is on their phone and literally texting each other when they are in the same room. I just find that ridiculous don't you think?
I feel like we should have a way where we can just not go over board with the connectedness. In my opinion, there can be like whenever people come over to my aunts house that there is a basket where we keep our phones in so we don't have to get so attached to them. Then we would HAVE to talk to each other and it would be a great way to communicate with each other.
What do you think about this ?Do you think digital connectedness has gotten too far? Is it good? Bad? Do you think keeping something like phones in baskets or something like that is a good idea? Or is it over the top?
-Sammantha Rubio
I think digital connectedness should be balanced out. People, especially teens nowadays, use their phones way too much. Sometimes it's because of social media like Instagram or Snapchat; everyone refreshes their feed to see what people have posted or sent. I myself use my phone to text other people and also to check my social media, but like you said, family events are meant so we can talk to other people in person rather than stay stuck on phones. I think having baskets to keep our phones in is a good idea because it gives a push for people to interact with one another. Like I said earlier, there should be a balance. Individuals should put a limit on themselves when using phones. They have to be able to balance being in the real world and the virtual one.
ReplyDeleteI think that us as humans need to restrain ourselves from technology and media for at least half of the day. Personally, I avoid being on my phone when I’m around friends and family and find that our conversations tend to be more personal and intriguing. When I feel the conversation dying, then I pull out my phone and bring up a subject from my social media and/or sports applications. I don’t see digital connectedness as a completely negative thing unless, of course, someone is straight entertained by pixelated, rectangular device for a majority of family gatherings or social meetings.
ReplyDeleteI believe that digital connectedness has gone too far. Although we use our phones to text or call our friends to go hang out, it makes up stick to our phones more longer. Keeping phones in the baskets is a great idea because it forces people to interact with each other instead of looking at a screen all day. I don’t think digital connectedness is a negative asset, but as humans, we need social interaction to become close and personal with each other.
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