Analysis of The Ways Different People Use Technology

What kind of cell phone do you have? Does it have internet, picture texting, games, and does it have a touch screen? Many people ask their friends questions like these all the time. They shoot text messages as fast as chewing gum and forward so many jokes. These days’ people send messages like lol just to tell you they are laughing. Technology is an ever changing wave to the future. People have so many electronics for so many things. Technology is great for medicine which helps save peoples’ lives. In the past, people would walk to the store and carry their groceries to their home. Now we drive in our car and pick them up. The time and effort to do these things would not compare to the time in the past to get it done. So many people enjoy playing video games in their home, but in the past people spent their time outside playing games. From generation to generation kids and adults enjoy different things in life with technology.

Technology I’ve notice is in my every day use. People use technology to go to work, to learn about an investment, and keep contact with their family. Some people are able to use technology because it is affordable for them and it is benefit for them. The people who you will hear about in this report are different in various ways. Some families rely on technology and some don’t at all. In this report I will address both sides of technology and also the development stage of each individual. You will be able to see how technology affects these certain individual at their age and discuss their background of their parents. Technology is interesting and entertaining and who doesn’t like to enjoy a good show on T.V.? Not all people are interested in T.V. as me this is why I’ll address some interesting points about technology.

From country to country technology is different and so is the culture. There great things and bad things about the past and maybe the future. Technology has affected all three of these individuals and I feel it will affect them in the future. The three individuals are Elaina, Michelle, and Steven. The order is from adolescence, early adulthood, and middle adulthood.

I asked my sister Elaina “how do you communicate with your friends?” She told me she messages her friends on her phone, calls them, tweeting, MySpace, IM, Facebook, and moco space. The whole time she was talking with me she was playing with her phone and her ipod. She mentioned she does not walk to her friend’s house and usually gets a ride to her friends. Her sister Peaches and her were texting their friends as we talked and laughed. The next question I asked Elaina was “how has technology changed medicine?” She talked about the things in the hospital that check your pulse and air things on your arm. I believe she felt these were advances to medicine than in the past having to do it manually. She mentioned about prosthetic legs and prosthetic arms and how they help people with disabilities. I address her about technology and asked her how it has changed her daily activities. She said “it has changed her daily activities drastically.” She felt she is growing up middle income family with not a lot of crime around in the neighborhood. I asked Elaina “what did you use in the past, but you don’t use it anymore technology wise?” It took a minute for her to think of a CD player, but in the end that’s all she thought of. When talking about the past and the future she felt that technology was good in the past, but in the future she sees it as bad thing. She feels technology is good thing and a bad thing, and gave a couple reasons. She said “it helps people with blindness, who are overweight, and people with an addiction.” Some other good reasons are information is easier to get especially online and you can listen to music portable. She was able to see some interesting changes in our society and how much it has affect her days in her life. I believe this will continue as technology keeps changing year after year.

Every person’s culture is different which has to with their everyday use of technology. My wife has experience some similar things in her life as my sister. Elaina sees technology one way right now and later on might see it another way. I know she laughs and plays like child sometimes and also immature at moments. Her development changes by the moment as she tries to find her role in life. In Erikson theory she is reached her identity vs. Role Confusion stage. My wife Michelle uses a lot of the similar things for communication as my sister. She uses texting and e-mail online and on the phone. She feels technology has medicine very much. Now you’re able see a 4-D picture of child inside the mother during pregnancy she mentioned. She able to call and use her computer at home to get stuff done or get information for homework during her daily activities. This contributes to successfully getting her activities done faster. A throwback moment for her is when I ask her about what she used to use in the past and does not use it anymore?” She talked her pager which was pink and it was very little. She felt her parents grew up below middle income, but this she felt did not contribute to their stress level. She feels that personal relationships were stronger in the past than they are now because texting has replaced some physical communication. In the future she believes that technology is going to be used for the wrong purposes. Technology something she sees as a great thing and terrible thing depending on the situation. Michelle might use technology now, but will she use it in the future? I don’t know if she will or what she will do, but I believe technology will change in the future. I know my wife used to have a MySpace account and would comment her friends in the past. She used to seek companionship in the past and had a lot of friends. Now she does not have a MySpace account and feels isolated. In Erikson’s stage she has gone through both sides of the spectrum. She has felt the intimacy side and the isolation side. She prefers the intimacy side more.

From day to day we experience new things in our lives and develop at different times. My father has seen many things in his life that has changed through the course of time. He told me some interesting opinions about technology and felt strongly about these issues. My father lives in Washington State and goes by the name of Steven. My father uses a cell phone, a computer, a camera, and the internet. He enjoys all these throughout the year. I personally know he enjoys riding his motorcycle. All these have to do with technology and loves enjoying them. When asking him about medicine and technology. He had no opinion on the subject. One thing he stressed was technology causes stress especially at work when ordering parts, but technology is great for online banking. These daily activities make life harder, but simplify others with technology. When asking my dad about his social economic status he felt he was well off. I ask him “if his economic status affected his social status?” He said “yes.”When asking the same question referring to my grandparents he thought the same way. Some of things my father used to use in the past are a pager, record player, and cassette player. I believe he enjoyed these things very much at times, but see the benefit of some of the newer technology. His view on the past is he felt America needed technology and it was important for us to compete. He felt it caused hindrance to our people because it ruined our communication skills. He thinks people spend more time with machines these days than people. This is important point because it could change society and decline our communication skills. When I asked him about technology being bad or good he replied it is bad thing because the negatives outweigh the positives in most technology. The technology he would like to get rid of would be all media related as in T.V., Computers, and cell phones. He feels telephones would be okay for emergencies. All these things he thinks contribute to more violent society. He said people rely on technology and this can result to people being more independent. As my father thinks in future about what is to come he plans to open a business which is probably going to use a lot of technology he knows it’s hard to go back and not use it.

The development theory of Jean Piaget closely resembles what my dad has come to a conclusion about. Technology is changing and we use it more than in the past. I see he already knows he is going to use it to run his business. With time never stopping and lives keep developing technology is changing. We use technology for our advantages most of the time. I feel we use it in a lot situation where the activity is physical. For instance I ask you to get a carton of milk, but I say do not use your car most likely you will have to walk to get the milk. When we do these little things like getting our milk, cutting our own grass, and clean our house you can see it is some sort of exercise. This exercise helps especially when comes to your entertainment.

So many kids these days enjoy their entertainment in their house playing video games and watching T.V.. This technology replaces running outside and playing an outside. There is some technology which has introduced some physical fitness. It is called the Wii. The Wii is very fun and if you play long enough you do get a workout. Technology has changed the way we communicate. I have personally met a couple of my girlfriends through technology like MySpace. I felt it was not a bad deal, but would I prefer meeting them in person. The reason is people are not always what they write and you can only tell a little bit from someone’s writing. When you actually meet a person you can see how they are in person which can be different.

Technology is good and helps in so many ways, but on the other hand it can be terrible especially when it creates pollution. I feel in the future we will have some great inventions and new technology to help save lives. I also feel there will be some things that are made to be destructive and will be used destructive like weapons. Hopefully in the future we will be able to solve these problems and find ways to do things to keep us balance. In many of studies in America people are overweight and we have found no solution. Some people believe it is genes and others believe it is individual’s behavior. I believe it has to do with your will. I believe you have a choice to do right and wrong. I don’t believe people are born a certain way and have no control.