Assignment on Impacts of Smartphones on Society
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Running Head: IMPACTS OF SMARTPHONES ON SOCIETY
Impacts of Smartphones on Society
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Impacts of Smartphones on Society
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IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES ON SOCIETY
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IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES ON SOCIETY
The use of smartphones and their impact on society is considered to have changed its
dynamic structure and construct due to the development seen in its advancement.
Smartphones started as a means of attainment of connectivity in the financial world in order
to facilitate better and quicker mean of information transfer to fulfill the need of globalization
and to ensure smooth working of the different branches of society to work together. The
concept of Technological Determinism (TD), which is associated with the rapid adaptation of
smartphones technology drives home the notion that technological acceptance and
advancement within a society reflects its social determinism. It implies that the impact of any
technological advancement is co-related to social structure. Nevertheless, the effect of social
structure on technologies is not definite or defined; instead, it is unpredictable and depends
on various social factors that will be discussed in the paper. The paper aims to evaluate the
impact of the use of smartphones in society with the perspective of Social Determinism (SD)
and Technological Determinism (TD), identifying the direction of growth towards Utopian or
Dystopian society. The thesis statement of the paper is the formation of the complete view of
the future society one should look forward to with the help of social determinism.
Smartphones- Technological Advancement or Capitalism Façade
Smartphones and the area of impact expanded exponentially with the addition of
various other accessories added to it, making it the epitome of focus and the first accessory in
the hands of every individual in the modern society. Smartphones are considered to have
evolved from all the pre-existing mobile media, which were put together under the same
banner in order to facilitate working. However, recent researches have sho4wn the
smartphones are no longer a simple internet access device but rather one which combines the
identity of an individual with the position in the society (Hauer 2017). Barcode readers and
scanners are the latest addition in the smartphone devices, which is one of the critical
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IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES ON SOCIETY
The use of smartphones and their impact on society is considered to have changed its
dynamic structure and construct due to the development seen in its advancement.
Smartphones started as a means of attainment of connectivity in the financial world in order
to facilitate better and quicker mean of information transfer to fulfill the need of globalization
and to ensure smooth working of the different branches of society to work together. The
concept of Technological Determinism (TD), which is associated with the rapid adaptation of
smartphones technology drives home the notion that technological acceptance and
advancement within a society reflects its social determinism. It implies that the impact of any
technological advancement is co-related to social structure. Nevertheless, the effect of social
structure on technologies is not definite or defined; instead, it is unpredictable and depends
on various social factors that will be discussed in the paper. The paper aims to evaluate the
impact of the use of smartphones in society with the perspective of Social Determinism (SD)
and Technological Determinism (TD), identifying the direction of growth towards Utopian or
Dystopian society. The thesis statement of the paper is the formation of the complete view of
the future society one should look forward to with the help of social determinism.
Smartphones- Technological Advancement or Capitalism Façade
Smartphones and the area of impact expanded exponentially with the addition of
various other accessories added to it, making it the epitome of focus and the first accessory in
the hands of every individual in the modern society. Smartphones are considered to have
evolved from all the pre-existing mobile media, which were put together under the same
banner in order to facilitate working. However, recent researches have sho4wn the
smartphones are no longer a simple internet access device but rather one which combines the
identity of an individual with the position in the society (Hauer 2017). Barcode readers and
scanners are the latest addition in the smartphone devices, which is one of the critical
IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES ON SOCIETY
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infrastructures of the Internet of Things and associates the device as no longer in the private
communication devices. These mobile media additions to the device make the device-
readable, and they are enabled to communicate with other devices leaving digital prints. It has
resulted in opening avenues for organizations to stay in continuous contact with the society,
which is more likely to create a circle that is more often than not harmful (Hauer 2017). It
gives unrestricted access to personal information of the user, which makes the society a harp
which is played by the capitalist and industrialist part of the society for their gains.
Social Determinism
The theory of social determinism dictates that any individual behavior is the result of
the combined interaction and attitude in society. The primary point of the theory dictates that
individual behavior has no connection to their biological or genetic influence. It is explained
with the help of an example from daily life, and social phenomenon which has accelerated the
growth and acceptance of technology is social routine. The determination factor is used with
the different social media applications, which comes as a part of the smartphones (Marler
2018). The tenant of social determination dictates the understanding of society as a whole
rather than an individual, for it believes in social behavior as a collective. It is shown by
setting it against biological determination. Modern society and its dependence on
smartphones can be seen against biological determination. It is established with the portrayal
of the same society two decades back where there was no urgency and obsession for the
possession of the device. It has been institutionalized in society through various agents,
which creates an illusion in the society about the importance in the sense that it becomes an
urgency (Papageorgiou and Michaelides 2016). It is accomplished with the psychosomatic
play of institutionalization where every individual becomes an inherent part of the play and
feels compelled to participate in it. This completes the process, and it takes the shape of an
ideology.
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infrastructures of the Internet of Things and associates the device as no longer in the private
communication devices. These mobile media additions to the device make the device-
readable, and they are enabled to communicate with other devices leaving digital prints. It has
resulted in opening avenues for organizations to stay in continuous contact with the society,
which is more likely to create a circle that is more often than not harmful (Hauer 2017). It
gives unrestricted access to personal information of the user, which makes the society a harp
which is played by the capitalist and industrialist part of the society for their gains.
Social Determinism
The theory of social determinism dictates that any individual behavior is the result of
the combined interaction and attitude in society. The primary point of the theory dictates that
individual behavior has no connection to their biological or genetic influence. It is explained
with the help of an example from daily life, and social phenomenon which has accelerated the
growth and acceptance of technology is social routine. The determination factor is used with
the different social media applications, which comes as a part of the smartphones (Marler
2018). The tenant of social determination dictates the understanding of society as a whole
rather than an individual, for it believes in social behavior as a collective. It is shown by
setting it against biological determination. Modern society and its dependence on
smartphones can be seen against biological determination. It is established with the portrayal
of the same society two decades back where there was no urgency and obsession for the
possession of the device. It has been institutionalized in society through various agents,
which creates an illusion in the society about the importance in the sense that it becomes an
urgency (Papageorgiou and Michaelides 2016). It is accomplished with the psychosomatic
play of institutionalization where every individual becomes an inherent part of the play and
feels compelled to participate in it. This completes the process, and it takes the shape of an
ideology.
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