Cause And Effect Essay On Technology

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Mariana Ortiz
Mrs. Ruiz
English 10-3
21/November/2014

Technology

Technology is affecting how people live nowadays in a negative way. If someone from the 1950’s suddenly appeared today, what would be the most difficult thing to explain to him or her about life today? Most teenagers would respond saying that they are living in an era where people will use their phones to search up anything they need, such as books, music, and even interacting with other humans via social medias.

This generation is known as the brain washed generation, where nobody can go outside without their mobile devices. This has affected the way individuals interact. Humans are so used to using their phones on a daily basis, that it has even become an addiction, a study shows that the average person wastes about seven-to-eight hours per day on his or her phone. This is disconnecting the human beings from the …show more content…

The human kind is becoming addicted to social medias, such as: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Vine, Snapchat, etc. A wide spread of crimes involving Facebook and Twitter have increased by 350%. In 2010, a woman was assassinated by her loved one because she changed her status from “in a relationship” to “single”. Teenagers are getting addicted to these sites and it is affecting their study and family time. Not only that, but it also has increased the percentage of teen suicide. According to the Military Suicide Research Consortium (MSRC) the first documented suicide case via Web was in Japan in 2000. The U.S. has a low rate of 300,000 suicides per year, and 1 million worldwide. The cause of this is the term referred as cyber bullying. What is cyber bullying? Cyber bullying is when a child, teen, or even an adult is harassed, threated, or humiliated by another person. This is the cause of many teen suicides and depressions cases. As time goes by humanity is losing its

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