bathe in the river together with my friends. At that time the river around our house is clean and there is no waste, we are happy to play there. It seems almost every day we were playing in the river. In fact, my brother also I take a shower stream. but now I see, there are no small children bathing in the river. I see no longer little kids who have fun and play in the river, because the river has been soiled by garbage household or industrial waste. river water becomes cloudy and smells, so it is not
world, and it’s slowly damaging us. An author by the name of William Gibson wrote an article titled “The Net is a Waste of Time” published on July 14, 1996 in The New York Times; in the article William Gibson argues that soon the internet will be boring, used only for work and lack any form of fun or randomness. Williams argument is also hinted in the title “The Net is a Waste of Time”, he states the internet in 1996 was at a “test pattern” meaning that all the interesting things one could do in 1996
to offer to us. Even though it has many perks, this social media driven age can also hurt us. Social media can often be the gateway to productivity, but it can also be a negative thing that we lean on to either get away from our lives, or seek approval. I have read two arguments regarding the issue, the argument written by Karen Hua which is the yes argument saying that social
too much time on smartphones, which takes time away from being social and spending time outdoors. She mentions that people are spending too much time “doing things that don't really matter to us¨ (Brody 1). She adds on by saying a person she knows who visited New York spend the weekend “ communing with her many friends on facebook¨ (Brody 2) instead of touring the place. The author has a condescending tone towards people who let their children use technology, as children who overuse media are at risk
come with these technological advances. Some of these negative consequences include technology having control over out lives, technology making it much more difficult to pay attention, increasing bullying and inequality, affecting relationships, wastes our time, and distances us from each other. The Internet is the world's largest computer
blessing or a downfall in incognito? Is having social media where anyone can post anything and say anything a good thing? Are humans relying too much on the easy access to information online? These are all questions that have risen over the last few years. Many people argue that having easy access to information about anything and nearly everything is such a revolutionary concept and will expand the minds of humans. This theory turned out to be
Social network sites like MySpace, Facebook are famous sites used by today’s generation. People are spending a great deal of time using these sites to access public life. How is public life shaped by social network? What has social networks caused in the last century? Did it affect us negatively or positively? is browsing social networks actually an addiction?. This article seeks to explore how social networks have affected us and our children. In 2002, A company
Connected yet disconnected—is this really what social networking has turned us into? Knowing that social media has some issues, have you ever wondered whether social media is a comfort or a menace? The many issues that torment social media can be solved, so social networks remain to be a credible source of information, a means for public awareness, a platform for connecting with other people and strengthening offline and online relationships, a medium for crowdsourcing and solidarity, and engaging
article ‘What are the effects of social media on youth’ by Nick McGillivary is focused on how social media influenced people to live in modern lifestyle rather than an ancient lifestyle. Social media evolved into a daily lifestyle. However, some people think that modern lifestyle could be either positive or negative. The three main changes of modern lifestyle are education, easily influenced and lack of emotional control. Firstly, the education with social media on youth has positive impacts
are blocking social media access at the workplace. A variety of fears have led to the restriction, led by certainty that time spent on Facebook or Twitter is productivity the company can never get back. By implementing a complete block of social media, leaders and managers are able to rest easy, secure in the knowledge that their employees are spending their time doing the work for which they’re being paid. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The truth is… Blocking social media access is a