The misuse of Technology!

Technology has given us a way to connect and learn from one another in ways that we could have never imagined a decade ago. With the continued use of this technology, we have been able to do many great things as well. However, there are those that misuse technology.

            The article titled Cyber bullying and Sexting: Technology Abuses of the 21st Century was found on the EBSCO database website, which is a database of published articles and scholarly journals. The author of this article, Del Siegle, has a Ph.D. and this also shows that this is a scholarly journal. Another way that I realized that this was a scholarly journal was that it had various references as well as quotes from other experts in the field. Finally, it included statistics from research done by various experts as well as several colleges. The presence of all of these things gives me no doubt that this is a scholarly journal.

            This article was mainly about Cyber bullying and Sexting. It defines both of these terms and presents evidence of both. It also gives the reader various statistics on how much these things are happening in the schools that our children attend. It starts talking about cyber bullying and how it has continued to follow children from kindergarten all the way up to high school. It also gives examples of the various kinds of bullying that occur online. It then moves on to talk about Sexting and how the popularity of text messaging has lead to a massive increase in Sexting. The article also mentions the severe consequences that the increase in Sexting has had.  It ends with a list of various things parents and teachers can do to educate their children and stop Cyber Bullying as well as Sexting. It concludes by saying that technology has made vast improvements in our lives and has helped us in many ways but the misuse of it has cause harm like no other as well.

            This article does convey a successful rhetorical message since it has high credibility due to the amount of research that has been put into it as well as the credibility that the author has by having a Ph.D. The people that read this article would really be convinced about the things it talks about and would really take into account the overall message that we need to do more things to stop this misuse in technology. 

How Harmful can Technology Really be???

          With the advancements in technology many task have been made easy. Now we don't have to drive to the groceries store or the mall to buy something you need because you can do it on your computer. You don't need to go to the library to check out a book, now you can just download it to your phone and you don't even have to go to school because you can take online classes. Alex Sanders mentions on his article that we don't even have to go out to find dates anymore because now you can find a a date online. All these advancements in technology are very helpful but its sad that now we practically don't have to leave our homes because we have everything we need on the tips of our fingers. But is this in any away safe?? Well it can be very harmful! Since you don't need to leave your home you don't get any type of exercise, putting you at risk of health problems. It is also very harmful for your eyes to stare at a computer screen for hours. So since most of the time we don't even have to use our brain much technology is also making us useless.
I'm not trying to say that technology is horrible but I feel that we shouldn't really on technology to do everything. We should not forget that our safety is at risk with the use of technology either through identity theft, social networks or just through the daily use of it.