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How do you think about my educational experience?

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Did you visit the University of Stirling?

Hi-Xi Chen

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Do you think Mingchen is a handsome guy?

Assessment 2: Online Project (wiki ex)
Student ID : 2834953

With the widespread application of computer, mobile phone and other high-tech products in college campus, when they bring convenience to modern college students, they also have some adverse effects. For example, impaired vision, interfere with reading and learning, interfere with interpersonal communication in daily life, cell phone screen dependence and so on. To some extent, these defects affect the face-to-face communication between college students and their classmates, friends and family members. Analyzing the effect of screen time on social interactions in the presence of college students can help us understand how to make better use of time in college. It is of great practical and contemporary significance to improve the quality of life and ability of college students. Facing cell phone or laptop, some people use it for study, while others use it for entertainment. The key is still to control the degree of control, planning a suitable screen use time. I classified the screen types according to the different electronic devices, because the device differences are the most obvious, and it is easy to count the use time of different screens. I've found that younger generations use smaller screens, like cell phones and iPads, more often than their parents. They use fewer large screens, like TV screens.Middle-aged and elderly people are more accustomed to using TV, computer these big screen.I have discussed this difference with my classmates. We think it is because young people are born in the era of advanced Internet technology, and they have been accustomed to using smart phones with big screens since childhood. Mobile phones are easier to carry than televisions and computers, and the price is relatively cheap. Of course, there are more and more popular trends. In conclusion, the most important factor in the discussion of screen time is the difference in people's habits. In my case, I spend an average of more than six hours a day using the iPhone screen, mainly for text messaging, Internet research and online games.Secondly, I spend about 4 hours a day using the laptop screen, mainly to finish my homework and watch TV shows on YouTube. Although Beech Court provided the TV for the students, my roommates and I rarely turned it on. Because watching TV shows on the Internet is much more freewheeling, I can find every episode I want to watch, and TV shows are not up to me. In addition, as Sherry Turkle (2011) stated, “In the past, one waited for the sound of the post, by carriage, by foot, by truck. Now, when there is a lull, we check our e-mail, texts, and messages.” Nowadays, we often use multiple screens at the same time. For example, sometimes I watch movies on my computer while giving my iPhone to my parents. The use time of this kind of coincidence is hard to calculate. Unfortunately, I can only estimate a rough number.

 Reference 

Turkle S. (2011). Chapter 8: Always On. Alone Together : Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.p.151-153.