INTRODUCTION

Our lives have become increasingly immersed in technology. Much of our communication is
now online, much of our leisure and entertainment is provided by the internet and video games,
and many of us find our mobile phones have become an essential part of our connectivity and
everyday organization. With these changes in lifestyle, questions are arising about what
technology may be doing to us.
Some of these questions revolve around potential detrimental effects, which have been the
frequent focus of alarming press articles. Some commentators have suggested that we are facing
an unprecedented crisis in which the human brain is under threat from the modern world, that
our love of the latest technology could be turning into a 21stcentury addiction, that Facebook is
infantilizing us and Google is degrading our intelligence.
The vanguard of our advance into this new world is our children, and especially our teenagers.
We know that the developing brain of a child is more plastic, and responds more malleably to
experience than an adults brain. This provides some justification for the especially strong
concerns around the emerging 24/7 technology lifestyle of our children, and we are wise to ask
what this will mean for their development and education. Therefore, although this review
includes research on adults, there is a particular emphasis on research with children and
adolescents. Additionally, amongst the types of technology considered, video games will enjoy
greater attention. This reflects their accumulating status in the research literature as a special case
of environmental influence on the mind and brain.

LITERATURE REVIEW

As such, this is a further sign that power over translation technologies is shifting away from
individual professionals and towards big industries, while making professional translation
activity, like many walks of life generally, ever more beholden to the Internet. (Garcia 2003).
Some of the he governments of the day were quick to scupper and even completely shut down
access to the Internet as a way to quash any further democratic empowerment. While the
shutdown failed to prevent the popular forces in many countries from attaining the peaceful
overthrow of the countries old regime. (Cohen 2011)
Communication technologies, especially the various social media tools in widespread use today,
can help groups of people quickly and easily rally around cause or crisis. Roseanne Skirble
reports on the relief efforts in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in 2010, when translators
resurrected French/Creole linguistic data from a defunct project, machine-translated useful key
phrases for use in disaster relief and disseminated them via social media tools and the Internet
among the crisis-affected population (Skirble 2010).

Recent studies have shown that human beings are increasingly at odds with the disjointed nature
of work and personal lives as the result of proliferating technologies. As such, there is an
apparent need and desire to delineate and consolidate new spaces of production and collaboration
that allow for enhanced contact between human beings. (Randstad Workmonitor, 2012)

DISCUSSION

QUESTION

YES

NO

NO
.

1.

Is technology hindering the social skills of people?

Based on the research, it was found out that six out of 4 people thinks that technology is
hindering the social skills of people nowadays because most of the interaction happens now
through various sources like emails, social networking sites, various online applications and so
on and in all that process the practical social skills of a person is overshadowed. six out of 10
people thinks contrary and feels that technology helps in enhancing social skills of people as it
offers broad platform for people to socialize and contact.

QUESTION
2. Is using more technology has negative impact on the
brains of human beings?

YES

NO
5

Five out of ten people thinks that technology affects the thinking process and rewires brain as use
of more gadgets and internet will have negative impact on the people specially kids who spend
most of their time on playing online games instead of indulging in physical activities. Rest of the
5 respondents thinks that technology doesnt have negative impact on the brains of people as it
helps in the development of a human being.
QUESTION

YES

NO

3. Does using technology helps new comers in the company

to cope up with the environment?

Seven respondents believe that using of technology will help now employees to understand their
task faster and in an easier way. Three respondents feel that it will be difficult for new employees
to cope with the working if that employee is not familiar with that technology.

QUESTION
Does technology affects the health of people?

YES

NO

4
Eight respondents believe that using more technology wull have an negative impact on the health
of the people as they might face some eye sight problems, excessive use of computers on regular
basis results in back problems to the people and there are other problems as well while 2
respondents says that technology makes work more easier and it is not harmful.
QUESTION

YES

5 Does use of excessive technology is creating competition in the

work place of people?

NO
9

Nine respondents says that technology leads to great competition inside and outside work place
as people nowadays without technology cannot achieve anything because of their dependence on
it whereas 1 respondent feels that technology is not related to competition and it depends on the
person to person how they compete.

QUESTION
6

Is digital technology causing problems with attention?

YES
7

NO
3

Seven respondents feels that digital technology causes lack of attention in individuals as they
become less focus and their brain depends wholly on technology whereas 3 respondents thinks it
doesnt causes lack of attention.
QUESTION

YES

NO

Does use of more technology affect the physical work of people?

Six respondents feels that as people do all their work through technology, there is less physical
effort by people as most of their work is done through phones, online websites, etc. whereas 4
respondents physical activity is a persons choice as it is not related with technology.
QUESTION

Is technology creating stress for people?

YES

NO

Five respondents says technology gives stress at times when they are not updates with a
particular thing and they take it as burden on themselves if they are unable to complete certain
task whereas 5 respondents feels that technology acts as a stress reliever as it makes the work
more easy.
QUESTION

Does technology have a positive impact on the learning skills of

people?

YES

NO

Nine respondents says that technology helps in learning new things every day and it helps in
widening the knowledge of people whereas one respondent says technology slows down the
learning habits as their brains becomes slow.

QUESTION
Does changing technology cause problems at workplace?

YES

NO

10

All the respondents says that changing the technology has an affect on the employees because it
becomes difficult for them to manage new technology as well as their pending tasks in the
company so it becomes hectic for the employees to undergo training process and side by side
managing their work.

CONCLUSION

From the following discussion, its even concluded that technology places a very important part
in peoples lives today. Almost each and every individual is dependent on technology today and
most of the organizations run only because they use up to date technology. Technology helps
business to compete against each other and helps in working faster. It helps in gaining more
knowledge and increasing intellectual ability of people. Using excess technology has its own
drawbacks. It can give stress to people who dont know how to use various gadgets based on
advanced technology. Using excess technology is not good for school students as it will distract
their mind form studies. It is not good to relay completely on technology or t spend more time
using various gadgets etc. rather more importance should be given in making the time more
productive.
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