Do you agree with this?
We’re always being told that our generation are on our phones too much and we can’t function without them. But could it be considered that we’re just making use of the technology that older generations have provided us with?
I kind of agree with this yeah, because I do think that people find themselves looking at their phones when they have nothing to do. But they are also used as a barrier to sort of maintain someone’s positive face, I guess. By looking at your phone when someone sits next to you on the train is just a way of letting them know that they don’t have to talk to you. They might not have had any intention of looking at it then. It’s just sort of the modern day book or newspaper which is easier to carry around. And because the world is always moving and new things are always happening, people’s phones are where they get a lot of their info in order to keep up with everything. It’s increasing communication- making it asynchronous, as well as also being a way of avoiding people.
The intertextuality of this photo is great, a photo of a post-it note! Growing up my parents didn’t use mobile phones it was only me and my brothers who did.. so they had no understanding of what it was like to own one and therefore didn’t like us using them much around the house. However, since they both got mobiles its been a different story! It’s now us ‘children’ who can’t seem to hold their attention for long before their phones steal their eyes, dinging away with emails and texts. I think this is very reflective of how older generations will often criticise what they don’t understand, and also how technologically capable the younger generations are!
Nowadays everything is on our phones, can we be blamed for using something so often that it makes our lives easier. With everything on a single device we are so connected to everything it makes sense to check our phones often. I get told off by my tutor for not checking my emails as often as I should, these are on my phone so surely I should be checking them very often. However photos of dogs doing funny things appeal to me far more aha
