Everyone has a mobile phone now, even babies are playing their parents’
tablet. It shows that technology is very important and it is shaping our daily
life. We can do almost everything on our mobile phone so it turns out everyone
are phubbing. And that’s the reason makes private and public space become
blurred because many people are using their phone on the MTR. It is supposing
that people should do their work in their office or watching movies at home but
they can do all of these by their mobile technologies. It is not hard to see
people are doing these on the street or transport nowadays. Sometimes people
are too concentrate on their business and it turns out bad or it will affect
other people.
I have seen a guy in the MTR
playing his games with his iPhone. Normally it is usual and nothing to judge.
But suddenly that guy maybe lost his game and he shout foul language out loud.
Other passengers and I are just shocked and wonder why do he need to just react
exaggeration. If he played at home, I think he won’t disturb other people but
sadly mobile technologies are too advanced. The result of the blurring of the
boundary is bad to people’s day life for sure. Sometimes it is not only
disturbing other passenger, it become an unhealthy phenomenon nowadays.
The problem is, it is not just affect the
public, it will also affect the connective between people. If we still using
mobile technologies which is confused the public and private space, we will
easily ignore people or friends around us. I believe nobody like all their
friends are using their mobile phone to communicate with each other instead of
face to face talking. It will be absolutely dull and exhausting. Who want to
live in a world like that?
Dear Manho, This is a nice reflection. The reader is given a personal comment on the phubbing phenomenon. Rather than reiterating the common saying about the harm of technology, you can make your writing more indepth by mentioning whether people are totally controlled (i.e. they are passive) by mobile or people select their equipment proactively for their own purposes. Having said that, uses and gratifications theory may be appropriate.
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