In with the New and Out with the Old

With new technologies and the way the Internet has grown throughout convergence we see the decay of our old ways. Many adolescents would have their first job as a paperboy but with the increase in the use of portable devices I feel this job, that would start children out with the value of money, is becoming lost. The majority of society that have access to the internet have free access to the news as soon as it breaks through the use of the applications and notifications, which we can browse with our morning coffee or as I have discussed whilst watching our television.

Although, there is an advantage here that as less newpapers are needed the more rainforests and trees we can be saving. But where does this leave our local newsagents? With supermarkets providing the newspaper when we need it I feel that smal local newsagents will begin to feel the struggle as more people get consumed by this growing entity that is technology.

We have already seen recession hit our high streets with the closure of the smaller local stores. Although the Internet is something that these local stores have turned to it is also causing an issue.

As people are sitting on their sofas in their homes in front of their televisions using their portable device, they become comfortable and relaxed. With e-commerce, shopping online has grown with convergence. Surrounded by the comfort of there own home this allows easy access to buy online. With no need to even leave the house to buy groceries, clothes, shoes or books, although saving fuel consumption, we are encouraging our society to be lazy. No wonder that there is a rise in obesity in the UK.

Our nation is becoming dependent on technology. 

It was inevitable, convergence was going to change the way we watch television, view films and use technology. There was nothing that society could do but sit there and be consumed by what the world was inventing for them. I am sure that there is many more new and wonderful ways to yet be invented and I will continue to think that we are poisoning society with unsociable technologies.

Keeping the audiences attention on the television will continue to be an endless battle for the industry as we are unfortunately so easily distracted. 

Not everyone is perfect and I am indeed guilty of the use of second screen and being distracted by convergence from more important matters. But I defiantly wouldn’t say that I do it as often as I have discovered throughout my posts. I know how easy it is to pick up your mobile to browse the internet or go on social media but I feel if we put our portable devices down for one minute to appreciate sitting with our family and watching the television we might find something interesting like socialising.

The rudeness of being sat round a table for dinner and more than one member of the table is on their phones is frustrating, wondering when they will realise there is more to life than the person on the other end of device. If you are that person just think about how your making the table feel, no conversation participation and your just being rude.