Technology Affecting Social Skills: The Negative Impacts By: Kate Heydlauff

Technology: Harmful to Social Skills Skilled with online games, great with text messaging, and always available with online chat rooms… but can our children hold a face-to-face conversation?

Skilled with online games, great with text messaging, and always available with online chat rooms…

but can our children hold a

face-to-face conversation?

How is it harmful? Creating a social hierarchy Harming family communication Impeding basic social skills Inhibiting social isolation

Creating a social hierarchy

Harming family communication

Impeding basic social skills

Inhibiting social isolation

Creates a Social Hierarchy A social gap is growing between those who can afford technology and those who cannot Not having the “right” technology can lead to exclusion from social groups at school Children are teased Causes anxiety Increases a technology barrier in our culture

A social gap is growing between those who can afford technology and those who cannot

Not having the “right” technology can lead to exclusion from social groups at school

Children are teased

Causes anxiety

Increases a technology barrier in our culture

Harms Family Communication Teenagers spend incredibly amount of time on the Internet, texting, and on MP3s Parents can be attached to work due to cell phones, Blackberry's and e-mail Families have less communication and more technology time Less time outdoors Less time talking

Teenagers spend incredibly amount of time on the Internet, texting, and on MP3s

Parents can be attached to work due to cell phones, Blackberry's and e-mail

Families have less communication and more technology time

Less time outdoors

Less time talking

Impedes Basic Social Skills Less basic conversation among adolescents No manners during face to face conversation Too much TV, Internet and texting Wedge between generations Many young adults are unable to interact with others in a social setting

Less basic conversation among adolescents

No manners during face to face conversation

Too much TV, Internet and texting

Wedge between generations

Many young adults are unable to interact with others in a social setting

Inhibits Social Isolation Less verbal communication with family and friends causes people to feel lonely and depressed On average, teenagers spend more time on their cell phones and computers than doing anything else

Less verbal communication with family and friends causes people to feel lonely and depressed

On average, teenagers spend more time on their cell phones and computers than doing anything else

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Affonso, Bob. &quot;Is the Internet Affecting the Social Skills of Our Children?.&quot; Sierra Source. 01 December 1999. Retrieved: 28 May 2009.

Gamm, Jen. &quot;Is Computer Technology Harming Our Children's Social Skills?.&quot; Ezine Articles. 22 March 2008. Retrieved: 28 May 2009.

Durano, Christina. &quot;Social skills impeded by technology.&quot; Daily Skiff. 01 November 2007. Retrieved: 28 May 2009.

O'Loughlin, Jennifer, Marie Lambert M.D., Lise Gauvin Ph.D, Yan Kestens Ph.D, and Mark Daniel, Ph.D. &quot;Many Teens Spend 30 Hours A Week On 'Screen Time' During High School.&quot; ScienceDaily. 14 March 2008. Retrieved: 7 Jun 2009. <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080312172614.htm>.

Siemion, Sophie. &quot;New technology hinders social skills, intellectual conversations for America's young people.&quot; College Media Network. 23 May 2007. Retrieved: 28 May 2009.

Weare, Katherine. &quot;What impact is information technology having on our young people's health and well-being?.&quot; Health Education 104, 3, 129-131. 2004. Retrieved: 20 May 2009.