Blog 2

Honestly, I found the documentary in class a little disturbing. The message that I got from Clifford Nass in the documentary was that technology was and is made up to be this great "tool" to use in everyday life, but it's becoming a problem in modern society. Maybe it's because I come from a small town, where half the student population is "plugged in", and the other half is so far removed from it because they would rather be out "enjoying nature" (aka, being typical rednecks), but I find myself taking away from both sides of the issue. On one hand, technology is great, it makes it easier to network for school and jobs like using it to help with homework, and it makes it easier to communicate to family and loved ones long distantly. On the other hand, I stop and look around long enough when I'm in line at Starbucks, or that lag right before class starts, and it's a sea of people surrounded by each other staring at their phones, laptops, and tablets. I realize that it can be boring sitting alone in class, or standing in line, but I personally feel like half the time I'm trying to "kill time" in those situations I'm actually just staring at a blank screen, pretending to be busy. Since when is that being sociable? 

I do admit, I'm addicted to Facebook, and Snapchat, and texting, and email, but I try to keep it to a minimum. I know that when I'm driving, I'm the world's most terrible driver when I'm on my phone, so I'm never on it. Same with homework: I get distracted from it with an incoming phone call, text message, Snapchat, Skype call, Hangout, new comments on Facebook.... The list of distractions goes on. I agree with Nass, how can people get anything done with so many distractions? I feel like I have too many, and I'm not even on Twitter or Tumblr or any of the other (what I like to call) "hardcore" social networking sites. 

I know I get distracted easily, and therefore, I try to limit my distractions while I'm doing homework, like going to the library. It could be that I'm terrible at multitasking, or it could just be me procrastinating, but I find that going to the library or cafe to do homework helps me focus on one thing at a time. I know I'm there for one specific reason and I use my time more wisely. 

I'm not exactly sure how this relates to race/gender/class/sexuality, I suppose one could say that "women multitask the best", but I don't think that's true because I know a lot of people that could easily prove that statement false.