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1. Overuse of technology and
Social Media
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2. Image: Forbes
There are
7.2 billion
people on the planet
Of that there are
3 billion
Active internet users
(1)

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2.1 billion people
have social media
accounts
3.65 billion mobile users
access the internet via
smartphones and tablets (1)

4. Although the use of
technology has given us
many opportunities to
connect with a wider
range of people it is also
affecting our daily life
greatly in a negative way.
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5. How has
over using
technology
affected
us?
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We live in a time of
multicommunicating, where
no one person gets personal
attention for long(2)

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the more people used
the Web, the lonelier
and more depressed
they felt
According to a study by Robert Kraut
(3)

8. We have become
dependent on
technology, we
are so hardwired
to mobile
devices that
navigating
society without
one can be a
serious
challenge.
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(4)

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Research out of
Stanford revealed that
self-identified “high
media multitaskers” are
actually more easily
distracted than those
who limit their time
toggling.
(7)

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With so much information,
hyperlinked text, videos alongside
words and interactivity everywhere,
our brains form shortcuts to deal
with it all; scanning for key terms.
For many people, this style of
reading is beginning to invade when
dealing with other mediums as well.(5)

11. “ I can no longer
concentrate on a single
task at hand. That does
not automatically mean
that I am a multi-tasker, or
that I am good at it. It just
means that I have too
many things, at home, at
work, at school that
needed my attention.”
– Singyin Lee (6)
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12. Now onto social media…
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Social media
plaTorms like
Facebook and
TwiPer are a
direct cause for
lost producQvity
at the
workplace.
(8)

14. of people said that
social networking was the
biggest waste of time in
comparison to activities
like fantasy football,
shopping, and watching
television
36%
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(8)

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1 in 6 parents know their
child has been bullied via a
social networking site. (9)

16. Adolescent girls
are significantly
more likely to have
experienced
cyberbullying in
their lifetimes
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(10)

17. According to
Ethan Kross..
The more
time people
spend on
Facebook the
more their
overall
satisfaction
declined (3)
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According to Cornell
University's Steven
Strogatz, social media
sites can make it more
difficult for us to
distinguish between the
meaningful relationships
(11)

19. In conclusion…
Technology has potential to be used as
an amazing tool to further human
connection and discovery.
Unfortunately our addiction to social
media has led to an epidemic of short
attention spans and disregard for
others feelings.

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