digital technology changes our lives especially the hearing part of it. living in New York City is not a good choice for quite people because this city doesn’t sleep and too much noise, these people are trying everything to cut as much of the noise as they can but it’s hard to do that in New York City, there are people who use soundproof windows and walls in their apartments to minimize the noise but the minute they leave their apartments the noise comes back right away.

The technology era changed a lot and scientists create new ways for people to minimize the outside noise in the streets, the headphones invention take the people to a different world and get them so far from the noise in the street and in anywhere. when you put them on you travel to a different galaxy it takes you to another space. Headphones and earbuds are the way for New Yorkers to avoid ear contact with each other. it’s not a strange thing when you ride the subways train to see 90% or more having headphones or earbuds. for instance, Beat’s headphone is a famous brand that cuts the outside noise totally and that means when you have them on you won’t be able to hear anything that happens around you and that’s why people like to have them as a part of their lives.

Blog Post # 5 – Sonic Examples

Nowadays, digital technology is indispensable in the society where we are living. There is different king of devises; among them, the digital cellphone plays an important role in our daily life and has changed the way we used to listen music and buy some songs, also it has become an addiction for many people.

Before, people used to listen music by radio, Walkman or going to the parties. Many adults remember the period of playing tape in the radio or listening broadcast from the radio.  At that period friends gathered around the radio to listen music and dance. It was one of the wonderful moments for many adults in their life, they play, sing, talk, compete and create new friendship. Then, it arrives the period of Walkman where people are more isolated to listen their personal favorite songs, they express felling of being alone because they don’t want to be disturbed in their solitude of listening music. They try to avoid crowded and noise areas in order to enjoy their lovely songs. Furthermore, this new experience of life contributed to reduce going to the party to assist artists’ performances. It difficult to communicate with other people or create any kind of relation.

The digital cellphone has modified the way we listen to music and interact with others. Now, we don’t need to buy tape music from the store and put it into the Walkman or radio to hear the song. We can purchase it from the internet by using our digital cellphone; we can buy and download everything song from everywhere at any time. For example, we see in our everyday life, people don’t care who is close to them or watching them, but they are always concentrated to their digital phone and using their headphone to listen to music. Their minds are disconnected to the place where they are sitting, eating, standing etc. In addition to that fact, we see people listening to music and playing on their phone while crossing the street because they are addicted to their phone. This new technology revolution gives us more facilities to access to the different kind of music and makes our life easier. But the overuse of these digital devises is a huge problem in our modern society.

In the present society, digital cellphone is an essential value to listen music and can be used for different purposes but the addiction to this devise is an issue for many people.

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The use of technology has changed our perception of life in many different ways and it has become a part of our lives. In fact, nowadays people cannot imagine their lives without technology such as smartphones, computers, and other means of technological devices. Cell phones have become very popular and are used by a lot of people everywhere. It is the most convenient and flexible device to use everywhere. It has great advantages and it makes our lives easier and comfortable. Cell phones have made my life easier in a sense to communicate with my parents everyday because they live in my back home county. So, I don’t feel any missing or they even don’t feel they miss me.  But too much use of technology takes our time and makes us lose the sense of time because actually it is a kind of addiction. The  use of cell phones has some pitfalls to it because sometimes we get so fascinated  into cell phones that we become completely unaware of what is happening around us and forget to take care of important things in our lives. When we give most of our time to the cell phones we lose our sociable life and can create social distance among our family, relatives and  friends so the use of cell phones should be in limitation to create healthy relationships. That’s how you can feel the company of each person and how they matter for you. In this way, you have got better to be sociable in real life. Couples of time the use of  cell phones have distracted me from my work and time. For instance, when I go to bed at night,with the intention of  reading and  sleeping , I always grab my phone and start to check  email,  Facebook and google search to study  and so on and when I realize time it is always late to sleep at midnight like 2 or 3 o’clock. As a consequence , I cannot wake up early in the morning which hampers my college life and other work. Further it made my body lazy and tired. There is a saying “ if you win the morning, you win the day”. It is important for us to know the value of time  as people to learn how to manage our time and not let technology take away our wellness and creativity; the use of cell phones distract us in many ways but we should use it wisely and know when to put a limit to it.  As a being smart  don’t let your  smartphone control you. Our time is valuable, so it should be used in productivity for a better future.

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