Traditionality is Out the Door

Apparently there are people who research on how technology is accepted in society and who accepts them first. These researches categorize how people react to new technology by placing them into these groups: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and the laggards. The largest of all this group consist of 39% of the population have an age range of 18-24years of age. These people could be called the early adopters. In the chapter that we read, we also learn about how technology is accepted by people and then passed on to a chain of networks. First of all YouTube for example (although not so popular at first) sky rocketed as people learned about its feature. The first video of the zoo didn’t seem all the exciting but after SNL came up, more people wanted to benefit from being able to access videos that they’ve missed or enjoy watching several times. It’s good that our nation is staring to participate online and not afraid to jump into the unknown. But in the other hand, I also feel that the statistic of the percentage of visits to these websites seem to detract from one on one interactions. If everyone sits in front of the computer all the time what will happen to this world? Will the amount of e-waste just keep on increasing because of this trend??