Negative Effects of Facetime

Argument: "Overall,

a 2014 survey found that

91% of American's "agree" or

"strongly agree" that people

have lost control over how

personal is collected and used

by all kinds of entities."

(Rainie,2018)

Reduced Privacy of The Consumer and Others

Claim: Privacy of the consumer has been taken from them due to things they can and cannot control.

Reasoning: as

the author states,

even if the consumer

doesn't answer yo can still

be listened to, Referencing

back to the first quotation

used many people feel as

though their information

has been used for things

they didn't authorize and

FaceTime is also a factor.

Claim&Argument

• FaceTime has also had a situation where people's personal information or privacy has been used against them.
• " If you have a iPhone or Mac, you may want to turn off FaceTime: A new bug can let the people who call you listen to your conversations even though you don't answer the call." (Blumenthal, 2019)

Thesis

Reasoning

FaceTime has negatively impacted our culture by reducing privacy to the consumer and the people around them, influencing teens to participate in risky behaviors, and causing distractions on and off the roads.

Research Question

Since FaceTime is used for people to communicate over the internet, it is seen as a social media platform or application. As the 2014 survey stated, majority Americans say that their personal information has been tainted with since they've taken part in social media applications.

How has the invention FaceTime negatively affected our society?

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The app FaceTime has negatively affected culture by allowing teens to participate in risky behaviors,

Argument:“The parents of a young girl who was killed after a driver using FaceTime crashed into their SUV have filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., alleging that the iPhone maker failed to implement a safety feature that could have prevented the crash” (Hoover, 2017).

Claim: FaceTime is distracting if it is utilized while driving.

Reasoning:Had a safety feature been automatically installed, the distraction using Face time could have been prevented and saved a life.

Argument:"What other people post makes 21% of teens feel worse about their lives. Pressure compels 40% of teens to post things that will impress others."(Cohen,2017)

Claim:. Some teens seem to lose their own sense of privacy when misusing the application FaceTime.

Argument:According to the Insurance Information Institute, during the last five years ending in 2016, for which data is available from the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), there were about 3,000 distracted driving crashes a year, accounting for about 10 percent of all fatal crashes (2019).

Reasoning:. Not only are drivers talking, but they are using FaceTime while driving. This is a dangerous practice that has injured some and taken the lives of many.

Argument:Empathy has been declining in young people since technology-based communication has become prevalent” (Carrier, Spradlin, Bunce, and Rosen, 2015).

Reasoning:). When people lack empathy, they don’t understand the pain behind their behaviors. When teens are involved with risky behaviors while on FaceTime, they don’t process the consequences behind their behaviors. Risky teen behavior is damaging to their future and to their relationships with their immediate family.

Reasoning

Since, teens feel as though they have to impress others, they tend to things that endanger them to get recognition. The phone screen is like a shield between users which seem to give young people a false sense of courage and a lack of empathy.

Negative Effects of FaceTime

By: Erykah Dixon