Argumentative Analysis

Our topic is the societal impacts of technology, but because technology has drastically changed the way the entire world functions, the three authors have decided to narrow focus on two aspects of life: economics and mental health. While the two areas may seem incompatible, the economic state of a country directly affects the mental health of its citizens, and the economic estate relies on individuals. In order to accurately depict the two areas of effect, the author's focus is the United States, but compare technology use and mental health rates in the United States to the technology use and mental health rates of both China and Russia in order to generate a better understanding of American society. By understanding the impact of technology on economics and mental health, individuals are capable of making informed decisions about technology use, in doing so they directly impact their surrounding society.

The following proposal addresses the research question: What is the relationship between screen time and learning development in school aged children and youth? Studying various social

When reading the contrasting passages, Screen Time Limits Are Vital for Children and It's Time to Let Go of Screen Fears, many diffrences are listed in the overall health of children. In regards to the wellbeing of future generations this topic will contiously be explored. That being said, technology has proven it is now a vital part of everyday life. Limiting our children from inevitable screen time will prove more difficult as future generations grow-up with this endless technological world we live in.

To consider both the man before the war and after the war a patriot, we have to look at what a patriot is. The dictionary defines a patriot as, “a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country”. (Merriam-webster.com, 2014) Being a man who continues to serve the military, we are all patriots at some point. Ron Kovic raised his right hand as the process of enlistment goes, swore allegiance and service to the United States, knowing he might have to give his life in order to defend it. At the time of enlistment and up to his accident he followed what he swore to do. He was fighting for his country as those who were appointed over him ordered him to do. No one can argue that Kovic was serving his country, supporting his country, being a patriot.

In an article by the Portland Press Herald, the 9th Circuit of the Court of Appeals recently ruled that immigrants under the age of 18 in the country illegally do not have the right to free legal aid that is often provided by the US government. According to the article, judges cited their ruling on the basis that there are no laws of the federal government that mandates complimentary legal help to adolescents standing trial for crimes related to immigration. The article cites that the adolescent who recently learned of his verdict came from the country of Honduras. In addition, both the child and his parent argued in their own defense for journeying into the United States as a result of the continuous wave of violence in their country of heritage. Despite this life-threatening defense, the article explained that the court was aware of the potential consequences if the duo does, in fact, get deported. Overall, the article outlines the particular case of an adolescent and his guardian who face deportation as a result of a federal court's ruling, and also explains the possible outcomes of other

According to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, “8- to 18-year-olds consume an average of 7 hours and 11 minutes of screen media per day” (“Selected Research on Screen Time and Children”). Screen time is time spent watching TV, playing on the computer, or playing on a phone. Too much screen time can have negative effects on young children (“Selected Research on Screen Time and Children”). Since children are having seven hours of screen time a day when they are supposed to have less than two, this is an epidemic that needs to be put to an end. Children are receiving way more screen time than what they should be and it is negatively affecting their health.

The author states that studies show that too much screen time leads to "weak executive fucntion, lower test scores, and obesity in children," but then turns around and says that that study is flawed. At one point in the passage the author states that there has been an arguement of "screen time versus green time. "They blame television and video games for children not playing outdoors in the fresh air. This falsely assumes that if children weren't in front of screens, they would be outside exercising. It overlooks important factors like child supervision, safety, access to outdoor green spaces, and even weather." Then the author switches tune and explains why screen timie is good for children because it helps the child learn earlier and it helps the child learn social contact skills earlier as well. To me, screen time does in fact help children learn more at an earlier age, from personal experience, I watched my cousins start learning how to spell, read, and do math by the time he was three years old by using online learning games such as ABCMouse.com. "In 2015, the American Academy of Pediatrics changed their guidlines to where parents and children should play video games together to increase social contact

Advocates play an important part of the encounter stage of conversion. Rambo defines an advocate as someone who “assesses the potential target audience and formulates persuasive tactics to bring converts into the religious community” (Rambo 66-67). Islam is one of the few religions that have clear and particular missionary enterprises. It is also important to examine the nature of the advocate. For example Rambo states that the following are important considerations: “Is conversion central to their mission? What is their personal experience of conversion? What do they understand conversion to be? What are their motivations for missionary work? What are the goals of the missionary enterprise as a whole? What does the advocate deem to be the

Castaldy and Collins state that due to technology children are going outside less and are staying indoors more often due to their extensive use of  technology,  children are remaining seated in one position for a long period of time resulting in poor health . In the time children would normally be out with friends has significantly been replaced with technology as it is no longer needed for children to go out side to connect with friends as they can do so from home and receive a form of socialization through social media, the fact the children no longer need to go outside to interact with friends and play is highly affecting health and resulting in obesity in kids (Castaldy and Collins 1).

define screen based activities as “watching TV, playing computer games, and working with a computer”. Each participant was asked three questions: “How many hours a day do you spend watching television… on a screen?”, “How many hours a day, in your free time, do you spend playing computer games…?”, and “How many hours a day do you spend using electronic devices such as computers, tablets (like Ipad), or smartphones…?”. With these questions, the researchers divided the children into two sections. One category contained children who spent less than 2 hours a day on technology and the other contained kids who spent more than that every day. The latter is considered to spend excessive time on the internet and technology in general. It was found that more than half of the children tested spend more than the recommended amount of time using technology. The questionnaire furthermore asked each participant to rate (on a scale of very often, often, rarely, never) how often they experienced the following: “inability to eat or sleep because of the internet”, uncomfortableness due to being unable to access the internet, surfing the internet even if they are not having fun, picking the internet over family, friends school, or other hobbies. If they answered very often or often to any of the questions, they were considered to be affected by the overuse of

Dockterman began her argument with a statement of statistics, showing that the current generation of children is the tech-savviest in history. She presents that 27% of the children use tablets, 43% use smartphones, and 52% use smartphones, which showed that the current trend of prevalence is here to stay. She also gave the statistics of technology use in schools, demonstrating schools’ growing awareness of technology. However, she then presented that “barely half of U.S parents agree that mobile technology should play a more prominent role

As the division of neighborhoods became more clear, children of each race did not get to see the other race on a daily basis because they are physically separated. The lack of interaction between the two races created a mental gap. Without the opportunity to see the other race, children were only able to know the other race through memories passed down through their neighborhoods. The cycle of negative images of the other race passed down through generations set up a mindset in each race that they can never understand the other race. Similar to how Guitar, who live among other black people, characterizes white people as the “unnatural enemy”, children can easily understand other people inaccurately through limited knowledge and experience.

Bauerlein also mentions how millennials have mastered multi-tasking, including part of an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education explaining that “raised amid a barrage of information, they are able to juggle a conversation on Instant Messenger, a Web-surfing session, and an iTunes playlist while reading Twelfth Night for homework” (86). It is then added that “whether or not they are absorbing the fine points of the play is a matter of debate” (86). From my own personal experience, I have noticed how in daily life the youth seems to be able to multi-task, but older generations seem to do one thing at a time. Technology seems to enable multi-tasking more. I know I multi-task a lot, some view it as a bad thing because you are never

Screen time for children is helpful and it also can be harmful. Screen time could hurt the children's developmental skills if watched for long periods of time. As said in the first passage if watched for an average of 7.5 hours per day it can cause kids to zone out and confuse their body clocks. Screen time can aslo disrupt sleep and possibly cause depression as well as obesity. Childred should have a balance of screen play. In the second passage it shows that Researchers found that when kids watched television with parents, it reduced anger and fear and increased learning. The second passage also states that visual learners gain far more from watching an education video of a process than they would just reading about it. From my opinion,

This view is supported by Webster-Stratton who described television as “rendering children passive” and referred to research indicating that excessive exposure to television and computers “place children at risk for harmful effects on their physical, social and psychological development”. As a way of mitigating this, she suggests watching television or computer games with the child in order to address any issues that might arise or to identify inappropriate content (2006, p234-236).