Attached to Technology and Paying a Price

The first thing I must say about this article is that it hits so close to home for me. The stories about the Campbell family are somewhat related to my family in the sense that my sister and I are for the most part computer savvy. My father is getting better but he is always on his Blackberry and laptop sending e-mails and reading and looking stuff up. My sister started with the techie stuff and I followed right behind her. No matter the circumstance we have to stay up to date with our phones. That's number one. Then once we have them, there's no separating us from them. It has become so bad that we will text each other (parents included) from the same house and sometimes even the same room. My parents noticed how much we are on our phones, so during dinner time the one rule we have is that there are no technological devices allowed at the table, except for the T.V. that sits on the kitchen counter. But getting back to the article, the technological divide that is happening is a bit scary. To know the facts about how many hours of media is consumed and that some people check e-mails 37 times an hour is crazy to me. Multitasking is also a big thing the article talks about. many people believe that they can do any 3 or 4 things at a time but to much avail, many people can't focus on doing 1 thing at a time. There are plenty of times that I have heard stories about how many hours individuals have spent on Twitter and Facebook and they didn't even notice. Lots of people get wrapped up in doing one thing until the world around them becomes a big blur, and nothing else matters. Im sure this is how car accidents occur with people who text and even talk on the phone when driving; so its not surprising. This article in general does not come in complete shock of the ability or lack thereof, when it comes to people multitasking with technology. The shock factors are the study results and facts that stem from it.