https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2019-03-05 15:53:20 UTC 2026-02-09 10:06:10 UTC hello@padlet.com madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337967197 Smartphones are blindly enslaving our human connections of conversating, feeling emotion and living in the moment. Smartphones have made big strides in advancing our scientific and medical works but that can't be said the same for our personal lives. While some people may say smartphones are rapidly advancing to "improve our lives", they are in fact deteriorating our minds by disconnecting us from the real world. ]]> 2019-03-05 15:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337967197 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337975558 In an article written by Laila Chaudhry, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, she wrote about how mobile phone addiction affects human relationships. In her article she stated, "...it can be inferred that excessive social media use can lead to loss of non-virtual connections." This supports my claim that smartphones take away our human connection of conversating because people loss their ability to have face-to-face conversations. ]]> 2019-03-05 16:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337975558 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337980379 Source 1: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C21&q=how+smartphones+affect+human+connections&btnG=&httpsredir=1&article=1146&context=uresposters
Animated Picture: http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/9adcd07a-d75f-11e6-83da-555d2e82992b-780x517.jpg
Picture Chart: https://image.slidesharecdn.com/developingsmartphones-150511145618-lva1-app6891/95/developing-smartphones-22-638.jpg?cb=1431356431 
Video: https://youtu.be/A07j7foof2A
Book Evidence 1: "Fahrenheit 451" (Page 46)
Book Evidence 2: "Fahrenheit 451" (Page 73  
Real World Example 1: https://parade.com/653166/parade/how-your-smartphone-is-making-you-dumb-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Real World Example 2: https://www.businessinsider.com/12-ways-your-smartphone-is-making-your-life-worse-2018-6/#2-they-can-ruin-romantic-relationships-2 


]]> 2019-03-05 16:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337980379 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337980865 Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in communications conducted a study on, "The Effect of Technology on Face-to-Face Communication." The author Emily Drago noted, "The survey asked students to rank the statement on a scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree: “It bothers me when my friends or family use technology while spending time with me.” Seventy-four percent of respondents said that they either agreed or strongly agreed with this statement, while only 6% disagreed. Among respondents, 20% neither agreed nor disagreed." This study supports my claim that smartphones are enslaving our human connection of communicating personally instead of over the phone]]> 2019-03-05 16:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337980865 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337986577 The chart pictured below relates to my claim that smart phones are enslaving us from communicating face-to-face and living in the moment. The chart supports my claim by stating that smartphones prevent people from socializing with friends and family and most of our time is spent in front of a screen instead of living in the real world. ]]> 2019-03-05 16:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337986577 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337988197 The animation shown below relates to my claim that smart phones enslave us from communicating in person and living in the moment because we are always looking at our phone and not what's in front of us. ]]> 2019-03-05 16:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/337988197 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338022465 The video shown below supports my claim that smartphones are enslaving us of our human connection and living in the moment. In the video you can see the sad expressions coming from the people and how dark and depressing the world looks. ]]> 2019-03-05 17:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338022465 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338096561 In the book “Fahrenheit 451” the author writes, “Will you turn the parlor off?’ he asked. ‘That’s my family’.”(46) This conversation was Montag asking his wife, Millie to turn the television off and her responding with the TV being her “family”. This related back to my claim because Millie became disconnected to the real world by believing that the technology was her family instead of her real human family. ]]> 2019-03-05 19:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338096561 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338917237 In the book "Fahrenheit 451" the author writes, "Millie, does'-he licked his lips-'does your (family) love you, love you very much, love you with all their heart and soul, Millie?"(73). The conversation between Millie and Montag is an example of how people can become emotionally attached to their technology instead of their real loved ones. Millie believed that the TV people were her family and lost connection to who her real family was. ]]> 2019-03-07 15:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338917237 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338941967 An article called, "How Your Smartphone Is Making You Dumb—And What To Do About It", talks about a 30 day plan for people to "break up with their phone". This supports my claim that people are too emotionally attached to their phone and not feeling real emotions for actual things like people. If people have to find a break up plan for their phone then that proves that smartphones are taking control of our lives. ]]> 2019-03-07 16:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/338941967 madisonriley4 https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/339053240 In an article called, "12 ways your smartphone is making your life worse" by Natalia Lusinski, she talks about how when people go on dates they look at their phone more than the person their with. This goes along with my claim that people are disconnected from the real world and don't have face-to-face conversations anymore because they are easily distracted by their phone. ]]> 2019-03-07 19:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/madisonriley4/5vpzirz5h1bv/wish/339053240