constant communication:

a new NORM

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from the time they are toddlers, children today are surrounded by technology

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“American childhood has undergone a somewhat alarming transformation in a very

short time” – Hanna Rosin

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when these toddlers become young

teens, their technology focus

shifts from education and games

to social media

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but today, there are still

7.5 million underage Facebook users

last year, Facebook kicked off 800,000 underage users

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facebook especially is hard to resist – it has been

integrated into everyday life

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in fact, many people feel they

can’t leave facebook forever because it’s

integrated into everyday event planning, networking and decision making

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7/10 people in North America use social media…

70% check Facebook

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this excessive use of social media all relates back to our human desire for

CONNECTION

cell phone use has tripled in the past 10 years

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and today,

9/10 people own a mobile phone

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“now, thanks to our

smartphones, it is

neverOK to be

unavailable”-Elizabeth Bernstein

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“this expectation of constant connectivity is

making some of us crazy” –Elizabeth Bernstein

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with this constant communication, are

we REALLYbecoming more connected?

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or is it

becoming

harder for us to have

REALconversations?

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communication is changing the

basic nature of relationships

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whether that be deciding on a relationship

status for Facebook,

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keeping up long distance communication via video chat,

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…or changing how we meet people

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For good or bad, technology is an

INTEGRALpart of our society

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but let’s not forget to turn down the “buzz” once in awhile, and

live in the momentWikipedia Commons

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Sources

• The Touch-Screen Generation http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-touch-screen-generation/309250/

• ‘Facebook fatigue’ and the aging social network• http://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2013/04/05/

facebook_fatigue_and_the_aging_social_network.html• Film260 Lecture 1 and 2• Cell Phone Subscribers in the U.S.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0933563.html• He Texts, She Tweets-Are they e-compatible?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304708604577502672286303452.html

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