Activity 1 – The Pros and Cons of Media and Information Technology (20 pts)

As a youth belonging to the new generation, it is pretty obvious that media and information
technology really have an influence in you. Identify five media and information gadgets you
have and state the positive and the negative influences/ effects of these in your life especially in
dealing with other people. 

MY MIL Gadgets How I utilize these Positive Negative

gadgets for Effects/Influence on Effects/Influence on
communication my communication my communication
with others with others
1. Cellphone I utilize my phone for It gives an easy way It becomes a past
communicating with to communicate with time and leads to
friends on social friends through social addiction because I
media and scrolling media, making it easy am not aware of how
through social media to deliver messages many hours, I spend
flatforms. and see a source of on it. I spend more
information on time scrolling and
different social media communicating with
sites/apps. friends than doing an
important task. 
2. Tablet I utilize my tablet for It helps me to relax It becomes a way for
watching movies and my mind and have me to adapt to some
series that can help some personal time of their words, how
me relax and also when I do not have they use them, how
have a personal time important things to they act. Sometimes
when I am free from do. Also, some of the it becomes a
activities in school. movies and series distraction because I
I’ve watched give me am tempted to watch
a moral lesson and rather than do things
inspire me to do that are more
better and achieve my important, such as
goals.  school activities and
household chores.
3. Laptop I used my laptop for It helps me stay Sometimes it leads
my online classes and focused on my me to confusion
school activities. I activity, away from because of some
used it for school phones and tablets, typographical errors
purposes only, and only on my laptop. It in school files, such
also, while doing my also helps me access as modules and
 activity, I used it to activities easily and unclear instruction in
play music on computerize my the activity, and also
YouTube or Spotify. tasks. the unclear discussion
because of the
internet connection
problem or because
of the mind absent
from the topic and
destruction in the
surroundings.
4. Television Television airs shows Because of the My parents have
that give information information I get become more strict
to people, especially from the news, I am because of the
the news. Some able to learn new incidents they’ve
channels broadcast things and be aware watched on the news.
documentaries and of what is happening The way they give
educational in my surroundings feedback on the news
programming. and country. they’ve watched on
me affects me
because they do not
allow me to go out of
our house because
they are worried that
I will experience the
incidents on the
news.
5. Wi-fi I utilize the Wi-Fi The positive effect of The negative effect of
router/Internet router to have a stable it on me is that it using an internet
Connection connection rather helps me to have a connection is that I
than a data mobile connection that I can get used to it over
load only.  communicate with time, and it leads me
my friends and it to have less
helps me to find interaction physically
information on the with my parents and
internet.  friends near me.
Some articles I’ve
seen cannot be
trusted because they
contain fake
information.