Rationale

Sydney Ernst

English 102

Dr. Begert

November 27, 2014

The Destruction of Technology: Rationale

            I will first start my paper off by giving a brief introduction to what brought me onto writing this topic (the destruction of social networking) and sharing my thesis.  I will have two main points in my introduction and each will include supporting details on the matter.  I want to engage my readers and have them know right off the bat when reading my paper, why this is such an important issue to me.  Since this is my first research paper, I want to make sure I meet all the goals and requirements needed in a well thought out paper.  My paper will include sources from other scholars in the field and provided feedback from them.  Not only will my paper include direct quotations from these journalists, but some paraphrased material based on what I gathered and took from their writing.  A lot of people fail to make known what their thesis is so I want to be sure to succeed and clarify my thesis towards the end of my introduction for readers.  Doing so will allow my readers to have a better understanding where I am coming from and will meet their expectations.

            In my first main body paragraph, I will go into depth on the rise of technology and what society has become accustomed to.  My timeline will include the dramatic increase in this past decade and will use my sources to show that.  Once I give reason as to how and why we have allowed our phones to become our security blanket, I will provide a study of what our world’s population will be like in 2015 with technology.  People from all over, the U.S. especially, has allowed technology to get out of hand.  We have developed bad and rude habits with the obsession of our phones and etc.  Kids today feel it is okay to have an addiction and are facing serious problems because of it.  This first main paragraph will help give a generalization as to how out of control technology has gotten. 

            The second body paragraph will be the overuse of technology today and how it gradually increases more and more every day.  This paragraph will first start off with today’s new form of communication compared to how communication with one another was a decade ago.  Comparing the two will help readers understand the bigger picture and realize how much times have changed.  Towards the end of this paragraph, I will go onto give signs that show you are addicted to your phone and ways to help your addiction.  I felt this would be a good illustration towards my readers and would help open their eyes to what society has become like. 

            My next paragraph will include both the pros and cons of technology, more so the cons.  When deciding to choose this category to be part of my paper, I wanted readers to understand that I am not bashing technology in any way.  I love technology just as much as everyone else.  The problem being is I love it a little too much.  Technology has gotten so out of hand, it is everywhere!  Although I believe technology is helpful at times, I feel we revolve around it way too much.  This section will include voids filled when using technology and the obsession of it with the help from my sources.  My last source used in this paragraph, will really hook readers in due to the story that follows.  I am aiming to have them really engaged in and want to know more about what technology has done to us all.

            My last category expresses the dangers that follow with the excessive amount of time spent on cell phones.  I will first bring in the biggest danger of them all when it comes to our phones which is texting while driving.  In other words called the new, “drunk driving.”  I am bringing this into my paper because it needs to be brought to people’s attention.  Many people have died or been injured due to texting while driving.  We have let this get so out of hand that lives are being put at stake.  Also include with this section was the dangerous sites that have come about online.  I want readers to see just how dangerous a lot of the social world has become and how not everything you go on is safe.  A real eye opener should be brought about when reading this section of the paper.   

            In this last paragraph before I wrapped it all up, I wanted to pull in some real life experiences occurred in my life.  I will first go onto talk about my younger brother and how much technology has affected him.  What I hope to gain from doing so is for people to realize just how much of a guilty party my family and I play into this.  Technology has taken over all of us and that is really sad to say.  I want readers to maybe take a step back and think about what role models they are being to their younger family members. 

            My conclusion paragraph will reel in everything mentioned in my research paper.    Again as mentioned before, it isn’t my intention to bash technology.  That wasn’t my reasoning for writing this paper.  I just want society to go back to a life to where staring at a screen all day isn’t normal.  Technology is corrupting us and pulling us away from each other.