Savanah Phelps
Mrs. Roth
English 102
10 April 2014
Are people too dependent on cell phones, their computers, and social media?
Think about something, when was the last time you checked your phone or your Facebook? Ever stop to think about how dependent people are on such devices. Everywhere you look there is someone on their phones staring down as if there life depended on that next text or the latest tweet. While some usage is fine and it is good for us to be in touch with others, there becomes a time when we need to ask ourselves, is this really worth it? The more dependent we become on our computers the lazier we are becoming. People need to take a stand and say I want to be involved in the real world with actual humans because there are a numerous amount of people who are addicted. Computers can be a great thing and are very useful to obtain information but people are relying way too much on them throughout their daily lives. Computers are helpful for students to write papers on but then students will jump on the internet and copy and paste something directly off the internet. This unnatural attachment takes away from our independent thinking and will remain with us until we learn to become less dependent on the computers. Students often start out to write papers but they end up stopping and looking at Facebook or Instagram or Twitter and it totally consumes them to a point where they are falling behind on their homework.
That is because these social networking websites are so addictive. According to Liberty Voice, Social Media Addiction their statistics state that Facebook has 850 million active users, and 488 million of those people use Facebook regularly on their mobile device. 178 million tweets were sent from Twitter every day. Thirty-two percent of all Internet users use Twitter.1 out of 8 Americans are a social media addict. (LibertyVoice)