technology: social tool or crutch?

Technology:

Social

Crutch?Tool

by: Lauren Ball

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or

We can send a message to anyone at any time from almost anywhere.

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There are 6 billion mobile device owners today,

allowing 87% of the world’s population to be able to be reached constantly.

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source: International Telecommunication Union Statistics

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Distance learning is now covering an ever increasing variety of courses.

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Emails provide 24/7 post service while saving paper and money,

with 144.8 billion being sent per day.

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source: Mashable ‘Did You Know 144.8 Billion Emails Are Send Every Day?’

Facebook is changing our relationships and how we interact

with each other

with 1.11 billion members depending upon it for social connection.

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Facebook 2013 Q1 financials

Social media has allowed individuals to see and interact with people across the globe through instant video feeds.

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On-demand news and information means never having

to wait until the top of the hour.

E-readers allow us to carry all our favourite books with us in a 134 gram device.

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source: kobo.com

Movie rentals are streamed directly into our homes.

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Kijiji is a hassle free giant garage sale.

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Telecommuting allows 800,000 Canadians to work from home full time.

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Derek Sankey ‘Telecommuting popular work option’

Everyone can now be their own DJ with 350 million iPods sold since their inception in 2001.

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source: Apple Press Info Sept. 2012

Online shopping means: no line ups, no crowds,

no running store to store.

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Everything one needs could be delivered,

right to the doorstep.

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Anyone can complete banking transactions and investments through a couple clicks of the mouse.

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Wallets, cash, and credit cards will soon be unnecessary as phones can now hold and transmit account information.

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We can tour the globe, discovering foreign places

without leaving the living room.

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loss of critical thinking?

loss of physical communication and connection?

Over consumption?

the average office worker spends 2.5 hours every day on emailthat adds up to 81 days a year.

What

are we losing?

Daniel Bates ‘You've got (more) mail: The average office worker now spends over a quarter of their day dealing with email’

“Today’s teens spend more than 71/2 hours a day consuming media” increasingly through cell phones and send an average of 60 texts per day.

“From the time I get home until I go to bed, I’m usually on my computer” -Ben Knight (14)

Masuma Ahuja ‘Teens are spending more time consuming media, on mobile devices’

loss of privacy?

Decreasing attention spans?

Average attention span 10 years ago: 12 minutesNow: 5 minutesAssisted Living Today ‘How Social Media is Ruining Our Minds [Infographic]'

Loss of memory?

Wa!ed Time?

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Do we control it?

Or does it control our lives?

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