The question that I revised is "How has the recent progression of technology affected the social skills of today's youth?"
This question is personally meaningful as my entire life basically revolves around technology. I have 2 cell phones, multiple TVs, gaming systems, the latest hip products, etc. etc. I life to have all my technology intertwined and working together so I wonder sometimes if I'm better off with it. It is definitely a hot button in today's society, as the question is constantly raised how much kid's should be around technology. It definitely has multiple ways of answering it and also has further questions that can stem from it. It definitely isn't broad but I don't feel that it is too specific as it is focusing on the age range where technology is most used (18-35 yr olds.) I also made sure to leave out any bias in the question so that it can be answered in any way. I feel that I can use this piece very effectively in any project because there will be an abundance of information on the subject and many different ways the question can be spun.
The first thing that comes to mind for an artifact is of course smartphones. I mean like I said I have 2, one for personal and one for work. I sell them for my main job, and the first thing most people think about the younger generation is that they are always glued to their phones. I worry that this may be one of those "No Shit" moments tho so I started to think about other things. Laptops and gaming systems come to mind, but still feel too specific. Then i thought about social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, heck even Tinder, and though I feel like those could play a decent role in the answer of the question, I also feel like they could take on a whole conversation of their own and neglect the question at hand. So I started to think outside the box with things like the new Tesla car that will be able to drive itself, but my favorite is definitely Netflix. Although it is not necessarily "technology" I feel like it epitomizes the stereotype of being glued to technology. I mean seriously, who hasn't had a full weekend binge of their favorite TV show? I love Netflix binges. Whenever I have a free moment (and admittedly even when I don't) I'll throw on the next episode of whatever show I'm watching at the time and just sit back and relax or even get some work done while I'm watching. So I feel like this connects to the culture of technology because it has a stigma of being a hermit for a day and locking yourself away from society while you watch a season of your favorite show, but at the same time it is known for it's "girl's night in" quality so to say, where you want to get your friends together who watch the same show and all sit in and have Ice cream while you laugh about the show. I really feel like it can be that abstract artifact that makes you wonder, while eloquently tying back into the use of technology as asked in the question.
Since we already talked about your quetion nad artifact, I'm not going to comment much onthose. However, as I thought about this, it occured to me that you're going to want to define what technolgoy means for you. Technologly can be any human tool invention. A pencil, for example, is a piece of technology, but I know this isn't what you're thinking of. So I think you'll want to work on developing some specific language to talk about the exact kinds of things you are refering to when you say "technology;"
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