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Technology:
Social
Crutch?Tool
by: Lauren Ball
image by: Squiggle
or
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We can send a message to anyone at any time from almost anywhere.
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There are 6 billion mobile device owners today,
allowing 87% of the world’s population to be able to be reached constantly.
image by: Michael Coté
source: International Telecommunication Union Statistics
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image by: Lauren Ball
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image by: Lauren Ball
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Distance learning is now covering an ever increasing variety of courses.
image by: Lauren Ball
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Emails provide 24/7 post service while saving paper and money,
with 144.8 billion being sent per day.
image by: Lauren Ball
source: Mashable ‘Did You Know 144.8 Billion Emails Are Send Every Day?’
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Facebook is changing our relationships and how we interact
with each other
with 1.11 billion members depending upon it for social connection.
image by: Ross Pollack
Facebook 2013 Q1 financials
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Social media has allowed individuals to see and interact with people across the globe through instant video feeds.
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On-demand news and information means never having
to wait until the top of the hour.
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E-readers allow us to carry all our favourite books with us in a 134 gram device.
Image by: JanneM
source: kobo.com
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Movie rentals are streamed directly into our homes.
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Kijiji is a hassle free giant garage sale.
image by: Dave Lichterman
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Telecommuting allows 800,000 Canadians to work from home full time.
image by: Chiot's Run
Derek Sankey ‘Telecommuting popular work option’
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Everyone can now be their own DJ with 350 million iPods sold since their inception in 2001.
image by: Lauren Ball
source: Apple Press Info Sept. 2012
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Online shopping means: no line ups, no crowds,
no running store to store.
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Everything one needs could be delivered,
right to the doorstep.
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Anyone can complete banking transactions and investments through a couple clicks of the mouse.
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Wallets, cash, and credit cards will soon be unnecessary as phones can now hold and transmit account information.
image by: Lauren Ball
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We can tour the globe, discovering foreign places
without leaving the living room.
mage by: Sam Kulpinski
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loss of critical thinking?
loss of physical communication and connection?
Over consumption?
the average office worker spends 2.5 hours every day on emailthat adds up to 81 days a year.
What
are we losing?
Daniel Bates ‘You've got (more) mail: The average office worker now spends over a quarter of their day dealing with email’
“Today’s teens spend more than 71/2 hours a day consuming media” increasingly through cell phones and send an average of 60 texts per day.
“From the time I get home until I go to bed, I’m usually on my computer” -Ben Knight (14)
Masuma Ahuja ‘Teens are spending more time consuming media, on mobile devices’
loss of privacy?
Decreasing attention spans?
Average attention span 10 years ago: 12 minutesNow: 5 minutesAssisted Living Today ‘How Social Media is Ruining Our Minds [Infographic]'
Loss of memory?
Wa!ed Time?
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Do we control it?
Or does it control our lives?
Image by: Cathy
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