Right Hand Replaced By Mobile Phone


It’s no news that nearly everyone today has a mobile phone or access to a digital device giving ease of access to the web and to many social media sites. The mobile device has become a somewhat extension of ourselves as it is most often held in our hands throughout our day and for many a necessity, a term I couldn't agree with more. I would argue that our society today has become dependent and addicted to the technologies letting them dictate not only our individual daily routines but even going so far as to interfere with our social behaviors in group settings. Personally speaking, I find it frustrating at times when I meet with friends who I have not seen in quite some time over coffee or lunch to play catch up, to look across the table to see their eyes glued down to whatever they find more interesting on their phone than our conversation. When reading about the character Katherine Pommerening I saw so many of her qualities in the people closet to me, even strangers I come across on my daily commutes to University. To see the person beside me take out their phone on average five to six times between a few stops to my closet friend constantly on Instagram, addiction to these devices I think is one of the biggest concerns of our generation today. Although we can argue and agree that the technologies of today do come with their benefits, I would argue that this negative that effects such a crucial part to our social development as human beings outways most.
And again with Katherine, we see this through the importance she places on her social media instead of her being in the present

I came across a website which I will link below that shares some interesting facts about mobile addiction.
https://www.health.com/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction 

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  1. UnknownOctober 1, 2018 at 4:01 PM

    Hi Katlyn! I can relate to your frustration as it has happened to me too of grabbing food with friends and them always being on their phones, but I do not think we can let this, and other addictive behaviours you have witnessed, negatively conclude your outlook on this revolutionary technology. As much as you might detest it, social media and other digital technologies have altered virtually every aspect of human life and as the saying goes, "if you can't fight em, join em". There are of course going to be some consequences to this new digital era, but I choose to look at all the positive contribution mobile phones have presented to society. Katherine's habits of constantly being on her phone can be perceived as damaging or dependent, but she is also gaining access to information and people she never would've met otherwise and that is a very cool thing.

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  2. Lauren CarltonOctober 7, 2018 at 2:24 PM

    I completely agree with your post Katlyn. I took a train ride about a month ago and I was shocked when the 30-somehting year old beside me started having a conversation with me. I first thought he was talking on the phone and then realized he was trying to have a conversation. I am so used to people around the university being so immersed in their phones that you hardly even hear people having real life conversations anymore with fiends or strangers. I agree with your point about how there are benefits that come with technology but with those benefits come a lot of negative aspects.

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