Podcast Review

Teens and their use of technology is a complicated relationship that each person has different opinions or views about. I listened to a podcast talking about the relationship and reflected on what I learned from it. The link to the podcast is – https://simplecast.com/s/71b5ec34

1. Quotes from the episode that I found interesting

  • “many more kids say they feel addicted to their phones than addicted to social media”
  • “What I hear from teachers is that they’re having to teach skills that they’ve never had to teach in classes before, including eye contact, listening, patience, downtime”
  • “In an online world, digital abstinence won’t ever be the answer.”

2. How the episode used conventions, and to what effect

  • Pre-Intro Bumper: They talked about what is to come in the podcast. The music made it sound very cool and professional and giving a sneak peek made me want to stay to hear how they expand on the opinions and ideas they were talking about.
  • Standard Intro: Includes information about the podcast and topic. It gave a sense of what the whole thing was going to be about.
  • Chucked Segments: They talked briefly about an idea/question, and then elaborated on it through an example (eg. a person/event/studies), which made their ideas/opinions more reliable.
    • After each topic was finished, they put in a few seconds of music as a transition.
  • Standard Outro: They concluded their findings to help listeners remember what they have learned, and then talked about the podcast and what is the next episode so more people will listen to other episodes.

3. What about the episode which helped me pick a challenge to try out

  • “teens acknowledge that devices and social media can get in the way of face-to-face relationships and that they both have trouble putting their own devices down and they’re also annoyed with their friends who can’t put their devices down when they’re having face-to-face relationships.” I do know that I often use my devices too much in social situations when I could be talking to them face to face and having conversations. So I wanted to see if I didn’t use my devices during any meal that I would want to talk more and would end up having better conversations with my friends.

4. New questions I have as the result of thinking about this episode

  • “many more kids say they feel addicted to their phones than addicted to social media”. If it is not because of social media, why are we so addicted to our phones?
  • “parents are actually using devices just as much as teens are”. How are parents part of the issue and how can we all help to solve the problem?
  • so that we treat technology as the tool it is meant to be not as our taskmaster” How can we use technology as a tool for the greater good?

 

5 Comments Add yours

  1. sukum88885@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg says:

    I think the most important quote you highlighted was “In an online world, digital abstinence won’t ever be the answer.” I say this because I personally resonate with that emotion and find myself in a difficult spot whenever I try to stay away from the online world. I feel like that mainly roots from the online world playing such a big role in communication and has become a necessity.

    The question that most interests me is “How are parents part of the issue and how can we all help to solve the problem?” I say this because often parents use their phones excessively as a part of their work and hence cannot restrain themselves. However, this still has an impact on the child as it does not advocate healthy technology habits.

  2. rajes88266@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg says:

    I think the most important quote you highlighted was – “What I hear from teachers is that they’re having to teach skills that they’ve never had to teach in classes before, including eye contact, listening, patience, downtime”- because it shows how modern day technology has had such a negative effect on the world. It tells us that the use of technology has gone so far, that people have to be taught to be human.

    The question that interests me the most is ‘If it is not because of social media, why are we so addicted to our phones?’ because it makes me wonder what people find more addictive in their phones. Video games? Movies? Inappropriate content? If that is the case, it makes the situation worse. At least when they use social media, they are still somewhat connected to the rest of the world. This suggests that we are becoming more closed off and antisocial, this is a real problem and that question made me understand that.

  3. lee78824@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg says:

    I think the most important quote you highlighted was “What I hear from teachers is that they’re having to teach skills that they’ve never had to teach in classes before, including eye contact, listening, patience, downtime”. I say this because I think ever since the introduction of phones and social media, a lot of students have become less interactive and engaged with their surroundings.

    The question that most interests me is “many more kids say they feel addicted to their phones than addicted to social media”. If it is not because of social media, why are we so addicted to our phones?” because a lot of people can relate to this question.

  4. wu93503@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg says:

    The question that most interests me is How are parents part of the issue and how can we all help to solve the problem?, and I say this because in this case parent do act in a important place.

    I think the most important quote you highlighted was “What I hear from teachers is that they’re having to teach skills that they’ve never had to teach in classes before, including eye contact, listening, patience, downtime” I say this because the technics that teacher use in class can really affect the student in some ways

  5. Eugene(Chloe) Shim says:

    I think the most important quote you highlighted was “many more kids say they feel addicted to their phones than addicted to social media” because most people think addiction to smartphone is same as addiction to social media.

    The question that most interest me is “ so that we treat technology as the tool it is meant to be not as our taskmaster” How can we use technology as a tool for the greater good? because I think as long as people use technology well, they can get work done faster and be more efficient.

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