Monique Brady

Chrissy Dobie
Caroline Withrow

Research Topic: Media/Technology OVERLOAD and Addiction.

Question 1: What were some of the common themes that emerged out of the research
the group conducted?
Some of the common themes that emerged from our group research was pretty dominate that
media/technology can be an overload and addictive for teachers and students. Internet and
Social media use has a negative effect on a child’s mental and social developments. This can
be related to lower empathetic children due to the lack of face-to-face social cues. Internet
addiction leads to the formation of various psychological problems which only make the existing
social problems in young people worse and decrease their social experiences. Internet
addiction needs to be researched more for clarification on the impact of a child’s physical,
cognitive, social, and emotional development. Individuals have a more difficult staying focus
due to the distraction of media/technology.
Along with addiction on social networking sites and other applications on the phones and
tablets, there has been a large increase in gaming and VR games. The ability for someone to
submerge themselves into a virtual world has caused a huge concern in the parenting world.
Many teens and young adults have admitted to using these games because it is a world without
failure.

Question 2: Were all articles in consensus or were there differences? What were they?
Yes, each article was similar and did not vary much. Our group had a total of seven articles and
each article stated that media/technology is addictive and increasing. The articles did not see a
decline in the future, but an increase of media/technology use in the world. Each article had
ideas and options to hopefully reduce the amount of time we spend on our devices.

Question 3: What are the top 3 things you learned or took away from this research?
The top three things that we took away from this research are as follows:
1. That we are always connected somehow to media/technology by means of work, school,
play and social functions.
2. Internet addiction can occur faster than tobacco, alcohol or gambling addictions.
3. Internet addictions can lead to the formation of many psychological problems which
make worse the existing social issues in young people and their lack of social
experience. Pre existing psychological issues such as depression, attention deficit
disorder, and anxiety.

Question 4: What are the top 3 recommendations or suggestions for education

classrooms based on your research?
1.“My initial recommendation is to build specific tech-free times or zones [into your life] that will
become your new habits,” Jaffe says (maiasz, M. S.)
2. When it comes to teachers, create a schedule and stick to it. Only check your email when
necessary, keep assignments more physical and as hands-on as much as possible, and make
sure you are being an example of using technology in a positive and appropriate way.
3. REMEMBER WHY TEACHERS ARE HERE! “At the end of the day, despite the rapid
advancements in technology over the past 50 years, education has not changed its goals.
Teachers are there to provide an education, to instill in children a love of learning and to help
young people make sense of their world. Technology is just one of the many tools they can use
to help them do this” (Beveridge, 2018).

References:

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