In the reading about technological somnambulism, there is a part where it discusses technological determinism. Langdon Winner stated that it was the idea that technological innovation is the basic cause of changes in society. I agree with this statement because I could walk into any restaurant today and mostly people would be on their phones playing games, instagraming, tweeting, and/or texting. Before smart phones, it was considered rude to give your attention to other things while in the presence of others. However, when smart phones were created it became a norm to be on the phone when you are with other people. Recently, a friend of mine went out to dinner with her mom and had to beg her mother to talk to her instead of being on her phone tweeting and playing games. Like it says in the book, technology can be used "well or poorly" and "good or bad," it just depends on the person. Yes, having smart phones helps us interact with people around the world, but what about the people who are right in front of you. Sixty years ago, family dinners use to be about bonding with each other, but now it is about taking selfies and getting as many likes as possible. It is great that we can interact with people who are a billion light years away from us, but I think we are neglecting the people who are actually right in front of us. Then again, most likely the people who are right in front of us are doing the same thing which is facebooking and instagraming. Being on the phone has become the social norm so people do not even realize what they are doing. I think people are losing basic mannerisms because of their overuse of technology in today's society.
Friday, September 4, 2015
Phones Are Taking Over My Family Dinners!
In the reading about technological somnambulism, there is a part where it discusses technological determinism. Langdon Winner stated that it was the idea that technological innovation is the basic cause of changes in society. I agree with this statement because I could walk into any restaurant today and mostly people would be on their phones playing games, instagraming, tweeting, and/or texting. Before smart phones, it was considered rude to give your attention to other things while in the presence of others. However, when smart phones were created it became a norm to be on the phone when you are with other people. Recently, a friend of mine went out to dinner with her mom and had to beg her mother to talk to her instead of being on her phone tweeting and playing games. Like it says in the book, technology can be used "well or poorly" and "good or bad," it just depends on the person. Yes, having smart phones helps us interact with people around the world, but what about the people who are right in front of you. Sixty years ago, family dinners use to be about bonding with each other, but now it is about taking selfies and getting as many likes as possible. It is great that we can interact with people who are a billion light years away from us, but I think we are neglecting the people who are actually right in front of us. Then again, most likely the people who are right in front of us are doing the same thing which is facebooking and instagraming. Being on the phone has become the social norm so people do not even realize what they are doing. I think people are losing basic mannerisms because of their overuse of technology in today's society.
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While I agree that spending an entire dinner with someone and just staring at your phone is incredibly rude, social mannerisms are decided by the society that they come from. For example, while it may be rude now, who's to say that ten or twenty years down the line it may be the norm? Depending on where you come from and when you were raised social mannerisms are different. For some families children aren't expected to really speak at social events, and if they do that would be considered rude or disrespectful. So it's kinda hard to talk about mannerisms when you take this into consideration.
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