Problems of Well Being:
The Effects of Social Media and Technology

Katelyn Robinson

Problems of Well Being:
The Effects of Social Media and Technology

Katelyn Robinson

Types of technology and Social Media

Internet

Facebook

Email

Texting

News

Tv

ads

Tv

Computers

Phones

Radio

Technology has become a huge part in alot of peoples live today

The use of technology has become a number 1 way of communicating usingSocia media sites such as facebook, twitter, email, and texting.

The use of social media has not had an overall impact on ourCommunities around the world.

Nearly One in four people worldwide use a form of social networking

there are aproximatley 1.73 billion users around the world.

The use of technology as well as social media has changed the way we communicate with one another as well as where we gather our information from.

Alot of people can not go even a few mins without checking their phone or checking different social media sites.

Some of the negative effects of engaging in the use of social media

Distractions ( workplace,home,school,jobs)

Bullying

Lack of excersize

Less time spent with family and freinds

Negative ads

The more advanced technology becomes the more it seems to have control over our lives, we spend more time online then ever before.

Developments in technology have led to a decline in normal social behaviour.

People have been known to cut themselves off from the world because they are to focused on what is happening on their social networking sites rather then talking to there family and freinds around them.

Technology and social media has had a huge effect on teens and adolesents. Teens beleive what they see over the internent for example the use of alchol and drugs to body image types that they should be. This can lead to eating disorders as well as depression and cuclusion from the outside world.

The use of technology has made many people less active and less involved in their community, they do not want to take the time to excersive because they feel they will miss something if they step away from there computer or phone.

The use of technology can effect how we perform in a working environment. Alot of people have their phones on when they are at work and dont focus on what they should be doing, employees can get fired or get in trouble if they are on their phones or using their computer for other things that are not work related.

Solutions

Turn off your phone while your at work

Take time to spend more time with family and freinds without your phone

Log out of social media sites if you are not using them

Set a limit for the amount of time you think you should spend a day online or using your phone

Theory

Technology and the effects that social media has on people is related to the symbolic interactionist perspective. Social media has alot to do with how we behave in our society, as well as how we interact and fit in. Individuals act differently based on what they have access to and what they have around them.

References

Nables, (2013) Negative Effects Of Technology.http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/academic/article/482544/Negative-Effects-of-Technology-on-Society/

Linda A. Mooney. (2013). Understanding Social Problems. Nelson Education.

(June 18th 2013). Social Netoworking Reaches Nearly One In Four Around The World. http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Social-Networking-Reaches-Nearly-One-Four-Around-World/1009976

http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/technology-can-have-positive-and-negative-impact-on-social-interactions