Have people become too dependent on technology?

[Jess]

I am writing a final research paper for a my English Research and Composition class and must conduct a survey. So here are some questions to you.

1. Have people become too dependent on technolgy?
2. Why do you think they have or haven't?
3. Age:
4. Gender:
5. How often do you use the internet, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc...?
6. Do you believe using social networking sites hinders or enhances social interaction skills? Why?
FrenchMontana, no help at all, just seeking those points I see.
@first answer(can't recall sn) I did ask friends as well, the ones I still see anyways lol I don't live back home anymore when I went away for college haha but thank you for your input

[Xuan :D]

1) Yes.
2) Every thing depends on technology. I see people using vacuum machines instead of manually sweeping, students typing out essays instead of writing, going on a computer and asking for homework help instead of manually asking friends... (Laughs)
It makes life easier I guess. And we were all born lazy lol
3) female
4) 14
5) everyday, unless there's no wifi/ I'm overseas
6) YES. It's kinda ironic how social networking sites make us even more unsociable. For example, the entire family would be playing with their iPhones and androids (going on Instagram and posting food pictures HAHAHA) instead of chatting. It's like... Everyone's just caught up with their own thing and the family eventually just drifts apart

[FrenchMontana]

1. Who cares. Not my problem how ppl spend their time
2. Again...who cares
3.18
4.F
5. Never
6. Again...who cares

[pearl]

yes people have became very dependent on technology and started following Einstein's words of wisdom something like I only need to remember what I need to know. But this has had a very bad impact of new generation because they can look up anything online and get an answer to it. Back in the day when kids struggled while doing homework they ended up getting help for it from a teacher or they had to solve it them self. But now you can just go google it and ta da!

well my age is 22
gender: female

I use internet almost everyday. I woke up this morning thinking that when I didn't have a smart phone I use to wake up in the middle of the night and turn the computer on just to check if someone was online on msn or yahoo to talk. But now Internet is beyond social networking. Since I have internet on my self-phone, thus i have easy access to it so have to use it every hour of my life. Any time I struggle knowing a words definition of if I have to find out if emerald green is the color of 2013 then my internet is always there for me.

I believe that social networking sites enhaces social interaction skills. Facebook is big. In usa internet and social media have been moderately popular since a decade now. But in other countries where people use to mock at using internet or they couldn't afford it. Now they're doing everything they can just to get a computer and make a facebook account just because their friend has it and who doesn't wanna keep up with the world. It has cause troubles and dramas but overall if we get rid of it tonight then it would be a chaos. reason it enhances the social interation skills is that more people, more competition is adding to the race of this life. Everyone is striving to be the best. And with internet and social media people can check the statistics easily, they can see who's doing what and so they can do something better and show it off on facebook. well thats about all I can think off, I was thinking of googling some stuff so I can add to this but I was like naaah hahaha

[Inni]

I'm not too much dependent on technology.

[ᴘo-ᴘɪ-ᴘo]

1) Yes.
2) Modern technology makes every aspect of life much easier for humans. Machines do most of the tasks, from industrial to those connected to our every-day lives, and they do it very effectively. Of course it would be easy to become dependent on technology that way.
3) Nineteen
4) Female
5) I don't use any of the sites you've listed, but I do use the internet on a daily basis.
6) Well, for me, as someone who's struggling with Asperger's, the internet communication has definitely helped enhancing my social skills. I can't speak for the other individuals, though.

Hope this helps.

P. S. I'm pretty sure this is a question for the Polls/Surveys section...