Nov 02 2009
Blog 7: This generation is often referred to as more of a visual generation, which includes the use of media like YouTube, video games, movies, or even comics. Is the prominence of the visual in society now a positive or negative thing and why?
Blog Leader 10-1:
I think it can be seen as positive and negative. Positive because movies for example has been apart of our culture for years, this is rather recent however I say it is positive because it gives people things to do with family and friends. On the other hand, which I do not neccessarily agree with, this can also be negative because the most common argument is placed on the fact that majority of video game players, movie watchers are younger children and violent games is supposedly making kids believe that violence is acceptable. I believe that a visual generation in general can be used affectively for visual aids for school and they can give really great life messages to which we should follow. In all I believe a visual generation has more positive than negative.
-rozflores
Blog Leader SAAM 1:
I think it’s positive. Things like YouTube, video games, and movies can give us more visual, instead of using our imagination which can give us different views than what authors really wanted. It’s easier to watch a movie ( one hour and half ), instead of reading the book ( days ) which could save us tons of time during school. It’s also one of the really great ways for families to bond with each other and other relatives. The only thing I have against this is the games, it’s not bad to play games, but there should be a limit on how much you should play because a lot of children tend to get really addicted and spend almost no time outside of them.
-tapan
Blog Leader 14-1:
I think that it can be positive and negative. It’s really amazing that we have the technology we do but, at the same time I think that it has made us a lazier people. I agree with tapan’s statement saying watching a movie is easier than reading a book.. There are so many different things we can do to get around putting in our time through technology. I think it is sad that we have to watch a movie to see a visual of what really happened. We can read a book and think for ourselves when doing so. I think technology is a necessity in our world and how we live however, I think some people abuse it.
-kathleenhigginson
Blog Leader SAAM 2:
Personally, i think it is both positve and negative. I think it can be a positive thing because people can still spend time together doing these things and because of these things people can become iformed about things a lot quicker than before. Some negative effects of this, are that people who do choose to spend time together doing these activities do not end up spending the quality time together that they could. Also, it has been proven that electronic, visual, objects kill brain cells that can never be replaced. So if this visual generations keeps going and getting worse then not only will people be getting dumber and dumber but they will also start to lose understanding of the world around them. They will not know about the world around them because if they are always spending time indoors (which is where these objects and activities take place) then they will slowly loose the knowledge they could gain from the outdoors. I do think that these are both good and bad but i think it is more harmful than good.
I also think that there are both positives and negatives to being a visual society. It is a good way of communitcation and seeing parts of the world that someone might not otherwise get the opportunities to see. It can provide fun activities for family and friends to do together. But overall I think that the negatives outway the positives. People are getting adicted to computer and videos games. They aren’t taking time to go outside and learn new things on their own. TV is killing brain cells and people are becoming very lazy because there is no need to work hard with all of this new technology. I think that having visual is hindering our society.
-westoncleveland1
Blog Leader SAAM 3:
I also think that there are both positives and negatives to being a visual society. It is a good way of communitcation and seeing parts of the world that someone might not otherwise get the opportunities to see. It can provide fun activities for family and friends to do together. But overall I think that the negatives outway the positives. People are getting adicted to computer and videos games. They aren’t taking time to go outside and learn new things on their own. TV is killing brain cells and people are becoming very lazy because there is no need to work hard with all of this new technology. I think that having visual is hindering our society.
Blog Leader 10-2:
I believe that it can be used in a positive and negative way. Positive in a way that there is a lot of information you can obtain for just about anything under the sun that you want to find info about. In the same sense it can be very negative. There are a lot of people that put such crude things on these technologies that it can be a very scary place especially for younger children. But if used in the right way it can be a very good resource for all ages.
-triciajo
Blog Leader 14-2:
I believe that it is taking a negative toll on this generation because we are lacking in our other four senses while the vision sense takes over. Not only do we diminish in our ability to listen or experience feeling, but we discriminate against those who do not have the ability to experience vision. Maybe if we all stepped out of our visual media boxes and tried being blind for a day we would come to appreciate the other four senses that are being put on the back burner more fully.
-auntgigi
Blog Leader SAPM 1:
I think that it is both a positive and negative influence on our society. I think that it is taking away from our social abilities and making it so that people do not know how to communicate in person because they are so used to being able to talk to people over the internet or cell phone so they do not know how to interact with other people. I think that it is positive though because the technology makes it easier to communicate with people that we would otherwise not be able to talk to such as the soldiers over seas. So i think that it depends on how it is used.
-andrewcoonen
Blog Leader SAPM 2:
I feel that the prominence of visual in society is a very good thing. However, like most good things in life, this aspect of society can often be misused. These visual products can be used: (1) as trustworthy resources for school studies, (2) to discover what is socially acceptable, (3) to learn a skill, (4) or to just enjoy your free time. The only time that the effects of visual elements do not prosper in the world is when kids misuse this privilege. This is done by doing things like watching movies or videos that swear or have pornography in them, or any other thing that teaches one a bad morale. Everyone learns, feels, and thinks differently. The fact is, that some people just learn better visually. That’s the way that I am. Besides, I think that sight is our most dominate sense. We use it more than all of the others. So why not capitalize on that part of life?
-heathjohnson
Blog Leader 02-2:
The argument can go both ways. Media is one thing that brings people together. In a social atmosphere, you can get together with your family and friends and watch a movie or play a video game. There is nothing wrong with that, but there is a point when too much is really too much. In the negative aspect, the use of technology has taken away from many people’s social skills. More and more people are resorting to only communicating through the internet, and even relying on the internet to find one’s spouse.
Blog Leader 14-3:
i agree whit the leader in the fact that movies are a part of our history and that they can be used in a positive way. i don’t feel that violence in video games is a problem if the person is of age. the notion that these games paint the wrong image to children is true, but the games are not made with the intention that children would be playing them. the real responsibility lies with the parents to monitor the games their children are playing. video games have a lot of good uses. such as a tool to learn teem work, tactics, to improve eye hand combination, and it can be a healthy way to release anger. so i feel that it is a good thing that we as a generation are more visual.
-imyogybear
Blog Leader SAAM 4:
I personally think that it has both a positive and negative effect on society. Technology is very helpful with things such as, research, news, and information. But it also is very negative, for example, we are very dependent on our cell phones and computers, we have lost communication skills, and we tend to waste our time on things such as video games, and tv. We just need to balance out the positives and negatives.
-alovell
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I agree with response three. She states that we have become lazier people because of technology. Technology provides a new way of learning which causes us to use our own learning technologies less. I too feel this is a sad situation because we need technology, but we dont need it as much as it is used nowadays.
The prominence of the visual can be both positive and negative. Visual media is positive because it can help people learn about what is going on in the world around them. This can show people what we need to do to make this world a better place. Visual media can also provide endless amounts of information that can help people with the smallest things. This can be very helpful. However, some of the ways that the media is being used is terribly degrading to our socitety. It is distracting youth from the things that really matter in life like education, family, and wholesome recreation. It is also teaching young children to engage in bad habits as well as follow examples that are really not good. Although the prominence of visual media can spread good news to people faster, it can terrorize our society with garbage at just the same spead.
I believe that it is a little of both and that used in the wrong way can be bad, but used in the right way can be good. My brother Parker has used YouTube to learn songs on the piano and can play them fairly well. Movies are a great way to spend some time with your family and sometimes with your friends, but too much of it will just take you away form the more important things in life. Videp games are a great way to pass time but I think have more of a negative toll on the economy because some people get addicted to them and loose sight of what importance and obligations they have in their life and won’t accomplish what they need to because of their addiction. I think that comics are a great way to get a good laugh for the day. I know that my dad reads them every mornig before he goes to work. They are most definetly a positive thing.
-Mitch Robinson
There are both good and bad sides to the direction our generation is going. On the good we media that is very entertaining. In the last 100 year our technology has rapidly expanded and will continue to do so. On the bad side some people are becoming slightly addicted to technology and wouldn’t know what to do without it. Obesity is a major problem in America and video games are one of the main causes for children. Overall I think it is more positive than negative.
The argument can go both ways. Media is one thing that brings people together. In a social atmosphere, you can get together with your family and friends and watch a movie or play a video game. There is nothing wrong with that, but there is a point when too much is really too much. In the negative aspect, the use of technology has taken away from many people’s social skills. More and more people are resorting to only communicating through the internet, and even relying on the internet to find one’s spouse.
i agree whit the leader in the fact that movies are a part of our history and that they can be used in a positive way. i don’t feel that violence in video games is a problem if the person is of age. the notion that these games paint the wrong image to children is true, but the games are not made with the intention that children would be playing them. the real responsibility lies with the parents to monitor the games their children are playing. video games have a lot of good uses. such as a tool to learn teem work, tactics, to improve eye hand combination, and it can be a healthy way to release anger. so i feel that it is a good thing that we as a generation are more visual.
i agree with Andrew and Heath, these visual technologies that we have can be used for good but others chose to use it for the wrong purposes. its nice to know that we have these advantages to talk to someone we wouldn’t be able to talk to other wises. We could be doing so much better things with our time other than sitting on the couch and watching a boring movie just because we can or texting when you can actually call them and have a better more understanding conversation. i just think that we should be using these technologies for the right reasons and not misusing them.
I think that our more visually stimulated generation is more of a negative thing, but it’s also positive. I’ll explain. The negative being that we are given every part of the story or message that a movie or a graphic novel is trying to tell us, leaving us no room to use our imaginations. Also, I agree that kids, adolescents AND emerging adults spend far too much time in front of television and computer screens. It’s dabilitating us. The positive would be that things like film and graphic novels are an art form which being exposed to these things at a young age could lead to a more cultural and creative generation. I am sometimes inspired to do creative or productive things when i watch a great movie or read a graphic novel such as “Maus.”
I believe it is both on one side Visual Images are always great to prove ones point, but on the other its creating a more violent America. Almost every video game made is about a War or Hate Crimes. It is giving us a sense that shooting someone isn’t such a big deal.
I think it has more of a negative efffect than a positive one. The positives are that it gives us things to do and news travels quickly (such as news of September 11th). But by watching things like T.V. we forget how to communicate amoung ourselves and how to spend time doing actual things with loved ones. The video games raise levels of accepted violence in young ones, and visual things like that take away the imagination that we are all supposed to be developing. I think that the negatives out-do the positives
i think that the visual advances are great for the society! there just always has to be the few people who abuse it and use it for illegal and bad things to ruin it for the rest of america. there could be communication barriers but i think that it is a start to help people gain friends etc.
I think the use of visual media is a good thing. It provides easy entertainment. It can be a way to connect with family and friends. It can even provide easy access to information which would not be available otherwise.
I agree with the first response, the visual world we now live in can be a good or bad thing. I think we did grow up in a world that was becoming more visual, T.V. was popular, music became popular, all of these things were created when we were born. So we got used to using and being more of a visual generation. However the whole video game thing with children has become a little over extreme. Plus it seems like T.V. is just getting worse, more nudity, and more violence which I think is not right. But then again we use these sources to help us, in different types of ways.
I think it’s a positive thing most of the time. It helps us in a lot of ways that they didn’t have before. One thing I don’t agree with is all the violence on TV and movies, it gives kids the wrong idea and doesn’t help anything. Media in every form brings people together, whether it’s friends or family. These sources help us in different ways, most of them positive.
i think it could be seen as a good thing or a bad thing. It allows for information to get around faster, but at the same time we might rely on it too much. If something happens, depending on the situation and the location of it, the entire nation can be notified about it by the end of the day. But at the same time, some may not know certain things that are happening around the world if the headline isn’t on their email homepage.
Like everyone else (mostly) i think it could be a bad and a good thing too. Bad obviously because of the increased violence in movies and sex on TV. Not only that but if you don’t have restrictions on your TV, nudity is another thing to watch out for. That was just the TV but on websites you can’t even put a restriction on and anyone can make a website and anyone else can excess it. There are pop-ups and advertisements and all that stuff on a website and mostly they are inappropriate or just annoying!
Its a good thing too because of all the education and entertainment provided. Some people think of entertainment as bad thing but i personally think of it as a way of education and enjoyment. Internet is a great way to learn anything! You can connect online with other people (teachers, peers, etc.) and chat with them for instant information or even just type your question in a search engine and BAAM! there it is.
So as i already mentioned it can be either a good or a bad thing.
I think it is positive because for mostly everyone it is easier to just visualize something rather than read. I think You Tube, Movies, etc.. help us learn a lot more than just reading but we are abusing it. If we were not abusing it than it would be helping us a lot more and defenitaly would have been a positive thing. We are abusing it because we take it as entertainment more than education.
It is negative because people are more often communicating behind a computer, or through a text then they are in person. This is helping or society to develop negative social skills. Movies are not useful, because people do not realize that movies show an unrealistic way of life. Life is not the way that the media portrays it.
I agree with those people that said it has become both a negative and positve feature. The positive thing is we are able to do a lot more things and gain a lot more information by just logging on to a computer and looking something up. I think there can be a downside to this though because people are becoming a lot lazier and they cheat themselves from acutally working and learning about the material.
I agree with kathleenhigginson. Our generation has gotten good and bad things from being more visual. It is true we have gotten lazy, most of us don’t even like to read or work. Why read a book when you can see the movie. But we have got good things to, it is much easier for us to get our message across with the technology we have now, and we it is a fast way for us to revive information about whats going on in the world.
I think it is positive. Educators every where are learning that their are more ways of teaching out there. By incorporating more and more styles of teaching you can include and share information with students in a way that can help them learn. Not everyone can learn in the same way.
Okay so it is good and bad but mostly bad. kids are spending a lot of their time on video games and t.v. Our world is so noisy and it is true that a person does lose brain cells for just watching a screen. Plus it also effects your eyes and the loud music has effected our hearing. So as you can see the bad out weighs the good.
I thank that it can be both. The technology of today is helpful in more ways than one, resources are available from the comfort of your home and learning is made easier. It can be a bad thing also because instead of having face to face conversations with each other we have resorted to e-mails and instant messages. There are also alot of students and teachers that waste time on the computer with networking sites and personal things.
I agree with the 2nd blog leader. I understand better being able to have a visual presentation towards thing. Everyone learns different. Their are people who do use it in appropriate but that would be a cork in the system that people take advantage of.
I agree with blog leader 10 – 1. Media can be both positive and negative. Movies are a great place to hang with friends and family. Also, media can be a great resource to find out information and to learn. i think that media can be negative as well. A lot of teenagers are using media more and more and losing at least part of the social aspect of life. It is especially apparent with texting. People, mainly teenagers, text a lot more than they talk on the phone or just talk face to face. Not that texting is a bad thing but it just takes away being social. Media is a very good thing, but it can be used for bad.
I think it can be both a positive and a negative thing. Media is positive because you can get information fast on the computer and technology is constantly improving, getting faster and better than it was before. The negative thing is that all of this technology can be addictive. People are addicted to facebook and text messaging and often times the media exposes children to violence. A lot of video games contain violence that teach kids things they shouldn’t know. Yes the technology is such a great thing but a lot of times it can bring families apart because people are so caught up in the technology and they get addicted to it.
I think that it is both positive and negative. Positive because we can understand things more easily when they are being shown to us, but negative becuase people will get lazier and lose their imaginations.
I agree with blog leader 3, Kathleen Higginson. Technology adds so much to our society, now we can learn faster and easier using things like the internet and movies. The problem though, is that many people don’t bother to learn things that take longer than watching a movie. They limit what they take in. So, even though technology is very helpful it can also have a negative effect on people today.
I agree with the many that said it goes both ways. Obviously that is the right answer as it is impossible to say that it is completely one sided. Watching the news is a good thing, videos about intercourse among individuals is a bad thing. (I cant post this comment with the word p*rn in it) Some video games teach us to be creative, some teach us that blowing up school buses is fun. Now for the more liberal person who can simply choose to avoid negative images this is no problem. For the less dependent people who want everything to be tailored to there needs, this blocks them in a corner. Going back to the word I cant post, I’m ignorant for writing it, your ignorant for thinking it doesnt exist. Some of us control our own worlds while others want their world to be controlled. If your kids are listening to rap music about beating women, its not the rappers fault, its your bad parenting.
building on what tapan said, not only can we see a movie within 2 hours, but I personally am able to take in a story when it is visually presented. A lot of books can distract me by describing a character or place. If I interpret someone or something incorrectly it may cause confusion later.
I agree with blog leader 14-1. It is a ton easier to watch a movie than it is to read a book. It takes less concentration and less effort. i will admit that even i would much rather watch a movie than a book because most of the time i do not feel like thinking any more than i have to. how lazy is that though? it is ridiculous that we are always looking for the easier way out and technology has done that to us. It is good because it has made things easier for us but it has also made us be lazy. we take advantage of the technology that we have and do not use it in the most efficient way.
I agree with some who have said that media and the visual “stuff” we have goes both directions. There is good and bad, while I’m not one that watches a lot of t.v. I do find use for and enjoy using the technology that we have. And being a business major I know the business that we do today wouldn’t be possible without the use of today’s technology. But, however useful I believe that this technology can be, if used wrong, a larger hinderment than help.
One can do wonders with what we know now and in the same thought can become corrupt and loose themselves in hours of wasted time. People say sometimes we need breaks from all the stress, but I know from experience that wasting time on playing games and watching movies only escalates the stress that is already there. Things that make one feel better would be more along the lines of accomplishing goals and knowing they can do great things. Technology can help us get more done in this era than in any other, but I don’t feel we always are as effective. But just think about the opportunity to make wonders an everyday occurrence.
I agree with Aunt Gigi in the idea that the stress on visual things in our society has had an overall bad effect. They can be used for good things, but in most cases, they promote laziness and lack of sensitivity to individuals. The laziness comes because most of the popular visual media is observed without moving or thinking. Lack of sensitivity to individuals comes because those portrayed are often made out to be the “ideal” people with the “normal” life.
I believe its a good and bad thing because our country is becoming more technologically advanced and that is making us more visual as a society. But in the same sense we are becoming lazy and people don’t get out as much, that is why our obesity rate is so high. Everyone is so interested with there computers and t.v. they wont get out anymore. So i don’t know for sure if its a bad thing or good.
I think that the positive outweight the negative by a long shot. pros include, amung many others, bringing families together and making creative individuals that take something they see and make it their own. It is also a lot more fun to see something rather than to read about it. and as far as the video games go i think that can be a negative if it turns a child violent but i think they would promote more creative thinking than anything.
I think that saying that visual media is a positive is a cop out for being lazy. Although many people see the upcoming visual media generation a bonus, i disagree. Visual media is stimulating and entertaining, but unfortunately I think that it makes many individuals idle and unable to think for themselves. Imagination is something that was important for me as child, i think it has made me the unique person i am today. I did not grow up with alot of extra visual stimulation other than maybe disney movies and i played outside most of the time. If children of the next generation have only visual stimulation, they are not going to be able to think creatively, they will think the way they SEE everyone else thinks. Watching a movie maybe be easier, but there are many things in books that cannot be gained from movies; many of those things are not written in the book and each individual can gain a separate experience from reading it.
I agree with many of you that it can go both ways, but I also believe that as time goes on we are turning technology into a negative thing. Too many children are using the internet instead of running around getting exercise. It seems as though at first it was very positive but now it’s slowly turning more negative. I think if we would stop overusing technology then thats when it would become positive again.
I think it is a positive thing. I have learned a lot from the internet and television. Just watching the news lets you see whats going on in the world. All this technology keeps you connected and in the loop as to whats going on. Like people were fine without technology, but we are better off now!
I think it is a negitive thing. Yes Youtube is fun and all that and it’s nice to sit down in front of the TV sometimes, but really what good does it all do. Soon kids wont even have to go to class it will all be done over the internet there will be hardly if not any physical contact thats way I see it and I know it’s harsh but it’s true some time in the far future I see it that way. the contact I have with people is what keeps me going in life with out it where will humanity be in the future?
I agree and disagree with all the blog leaders; it can go one way or another. The visual generation has turned our world into a technology frenzy. It is exciting to see each new media idea, but that leads to everyone thinking about what video game or movie is coming out instead of seeing the outdoors or what is beautiful in life. Everyone feels different about things but I believe our generation has become lazy compared to the past when technology was not accessible by many. I believe we waste more in the sense that every time something new comes out society “has” to have or see it. This seems like no big deal but really we are filling up landfills and destroying our earth.
I agree with blog leader 14-1. I do think that it has a negative and a positive for it. I think that it does make things more interesting but in some ways it has made people more lazy and a lot of people have relied only on visual ways.
I agree with most everyone on the fact that technology is a very good thing in the fact that it does bring people together. It gives people entertainment, and a way to communicate with people that they may not be able to see each other. But like the blog leaded 02-2, people often get more obsessed with the technology now days and take it over board. Sometimes never leaving their computers, doing everything from the chair in front of it. If people don’t realize that, the world will actually become less of a social place with human contact, and instead just a land of technology.
I think it can be a good and a bad thing it just depends on how it is used. But most people use these things for intertianment. so I think it just depends on what a persons values are and how they use it. Over all most of it is a good thing.
I think it is a very good thing and I am my very best reason just in the fact that when I am arguing my point of view I can’t always get my opinion out the way I want it but I can always find something visual to prove my point. Another reason is I don’t take the time to read the papers and the magazines so I rely on the news and popular aricles onthe Internet to get the information I need I think our generation is so visual that it is becoming the primary way of getting information.
I agree that it is a positive experience, especially for visual learners like me. It is much easier to learn something when you can see it in person rather than listen to someone tell you about it. We can do so much more now visually than we could ever before. You can find a video on you tube of almost anything.
i moslty agree with tapan. the use of the media can be a very useful tool in our daily lives. and yes watching the movie is way better than reading the book. we would save so much time in classes if we would just watch the movie instead of reading. but im going to disagree with tapan on the whole games are addictive, thats just a bunch of bull.
My opinion is it is a new outlet of creativity and entertainment. It gives this generation a chance to share their creativity with everyone. The negative aspect I find is much of the content of our entertainment has become superficial. The stuff on TV and the movies is passive entertainment and even mind numbing.
I agree with kathleenhigginson how the being a visual generation is a positive and a negative. With being a visual generation and using the technology we have it opens up so many doors to what we can do. Although it can also be a negative because it can distract us from some other important things like reading, etc. Some people spend too much time on just visual things like video games and youtube that they don’t have time for other important things.
I agree with Tapan. A visual society is alot more positive. YouTube, movies, and vidoe games give the people who learn better through a visual suciety, a more visual perspective on things. Also, it is positive because we can see what the auther is trying to tell us, instead of us trying to use our imagination which is harder than seeing it. And like Tapon said, yes it is easier to watch a movie than to try to read a book, and it does save alot of time. About the vidoe games. Yes there should be a limit on how mutch you play and what you play.
i agree with tapan. the visual generation is the best one before because it gives us a visual view of what the author intended which can clarify any questions we have about what was written. i also agree that it can save us time in school because instead of reading a book which takes anywhere from a day to a month we have learned how to watch a movie that covers all the important information in two hours
I believe that being a visual generation is very good. I am a visual learner and an art major, I understand by looking at things to interpret the meaning of them instead of listening and having to understand. Us being a visual generation has opened people up to be able to make graphic novels about the holocaust, and have people be able to understand them better.
I agree with everyone that said it can be both a good thing and a bad thing. Too much of any one thing is going to be bad, and I think that a lot of people abuse or over use time on the computer or watching TV. It is good though because it gives us a more efficient way to communicate and see things we may not see otherwise; but it also makes us very lazy because so many have the attitude: “why do anything for myself if I can find everything I need online.”
I believe that I have the best of both worlds in my life. I love to read, to do recreational sports, and have a social life. But I also enjoy playing video games, using the Internet (whether it be to play or learn), and learning what is going on in the world by watching TV. I agree with many of you, in that using technology can get out of hand, but it is also easy to get obsessed with not using ‘Visual Things’. Video games are an excellent way to relieve stress, and help develop problem solving at an early age. TV and the Internet are great ways to find out about current events, or just to relax. Some people refuse to see these benefits and only see the potential problem of Visual Addiction. I would just like to say again, like so many of you already have, that in itself being a ‘Visual Generation is positive. But If you decide to have no self control and let it gt out of hand THAT is when it becomes negative.
I think that its a positive thing. it gives us a chance to learn from different ways. Also it teaches us how to use different things, like computers and television. If we don’t like this new learning style we could always switch back to books. The computer also helps us research what we need to find easier. All this technology gives us a head start in our society.
i think that it is a negative thing. that’s why america is the fattest country on the earth. all we do is sit and watch. we don’t get up and do anything. all of the visual things like tv, computers and video games can be done from a nice comfy chair. and that’s where they are done from. its a negative thing. get up and do something.
I agree with kathleenhigginson. I think that the use of technology in our generation can be both positive and negative. It is true that there are many instances when people abuse it like when individuals use visual media instead of thinking for themselves. However, I think believe that technology’s influence is more positive than negative.
The technological world gets a lot of negative media coverage and so it is easy to receive a skewed view of the situation and to overlook all the good that technology brings to our world. If we were to weigh the difference between the negative impact of overusing video games with the amazingly vast amounts of knowledge that can be found through internet resources, we would find that the good of visual media outweighs the bad by quite a bit. I think that it is so important to use our resources for good and there are so many ways to benefit society through the use of visual technology.
I agree with the fact that it is a positive thing, when incorporated with other strategies of learning. Personally, I’m a visual learner ultimately, so it works in helping me to understand things. I don’t agree with the idea that it makes one lazy, as long as other ways to learn are being used also.
I believe that is is both a positive and a negative thing. The visualization of our world today has helped with the easiest communication possible. We can turn on a TV and see events that are happening half way across the world. But at the same time it makes us lazy. We can sit inside and play a video game and have as much fun as if we were running around outside playing. Overall i think it helps us become a more straight forward realistic thinking people, even though our imaginations are not as active as they once had to be to create pictures in our minds that we can now just see on the computer or other media devices.
All of the blog leaders comments seemed pretty accurate, while considering the various opinions throughout society, scientific studies and the effect media may have on our beliefs. Yes, the use of visual aids can be quite effective, yet, like anything else, it must be used in moderation. While the use of historical, scholastic video’s and the addition of pictures, charts, or even comic strips to our text books is substantially important for visual learners, it does hinder our ability to use creative thinking and promotes laziness.
I think being a visual generation is certainly a good thing. We have so much access to information and entertainment. It gives unbelievable opportunities, that past generations just didn’t have. It’s really up to each individual whether or not they want to make it a good thing or a bad thing. If somebody wants to abuse what we have, then that’s up to them. But the fact that we have these opportunities is only a good thing.
Technology is a positive thing because it allows unprecedented access to knowledge and opportunities that newspapers or books wouldn’t allow.
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Having a visual society can be a good and bad thing depending on the way you use it. If someone takes advantage of these things that it wont be good and that is their fault. But now days in schools we use the media to help us get a more advanced education. and that is a positive thing because these things are helping us. We just need to watch and be prepared of the other things that will be coming and that could be affecting to our “visual generation”.
I agree with most of the comments above that it can be a negative and positive effect. Depending on how you use it I think things like movies, youtube, and the computer give an amazing source of information. Although, the amount of time some spend on the computer could certainly be considered a downfall.
I have to agree with the first blog leader. I think it can be seen as positive and negative. Positive because we are a visual country and that is how we learn best. And because movies for example has been apart of our culture for years. I believe it is negative because we are so visual it takes our focus away from the most important things in life like our families and friends.
its both. get one of these people to do a portrait by hand. ask questions about the depth of the soul and you’ll find half thought answers. i think the whole of society can suck really bad because of the technology of today for the most part though. and so i agree with everybody because all points are valid.