This article is a perfect example of one side of the two-sided spectrum of coverage concerning technology: on one side, there is hype, and on the other, there is extreme alarm. This article addresses 5 commonly-held alarmist ideas held by parents across America and anywhere young adults have access to the internet.
What I really like about this article is that it debunks these theories, which have no factual evidence to support them. Some of these myths include "teens are addicted to technology" and my personal favorite, "the more time teens spend behind screens, the more antisocial they become."
I wanted to see what the real "alarmist" section had to say about this, so I went scrounging around the web to find a similarly-written article. On the same website of @mukurtu's article, the Huffington Post, I found a gigantic variety of opinion pieces, including "Here's What A Constantly Plugged-In Life Is Doing To Kids' Bodies" to "Teen Texting: The Ruin of Romance."
I was expecting to boldly disagree with the majority of these articles. However, I found myself unable to discount some of the concerns and questions raised. After all, just as I refuse to believe technology is making us all stupid, I am also equally hesitant to dismiss ideas that texting has changed young love and child development. (Side note: the word "texting" is spell-checked by the Blogger website....what?)
Clearly, the pros and cons of technology lay somewhere in the grey area between the hype-alarmist end-caps, jumbled up with the decisions we make and how we use these tools at our disposal. It would never be as simple as black and white, who are we kidding? There's always been hype and alarm, and there will always be truth somewhere in between the two, depending on the ways we use technology.
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