M.T Anderson once stated “And how much I legitimately do think that the technology-based information resources at our command now are incredible… We have at our fingertips knowledge and power that’s intoxicating… This is indeed a brave new world, but there is a cost.” This quotation means technology has built a world that is faster growing, filled with unlimited knowledge and resources that humans can’t wait to use. However, there is something to lose or give up when humans interact with technology. This is valid because technology brings people from all over together but also brings a bad influence to people of all ages and around the world. Feed by M.T. Anderson, Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction by Matt Richtel, and in the 2013 film, Her, by Spike Jonze are used to support why new-media technology is detrimental.
The Feed presents an implicit argument that the feed technology is detrimental because it was specifically designed for educational purposes but, then, became used for social and entertainment. It is clearly ironic when Titus speaks about the feed for education, but then, he uses the feed for chatting, shopping, and hanging-out. Titus’s speech pattern is very uneducated using childish words showing he does not use the feed for education. “People were really excited when they first came out with feeds. It was all da da da, this big educational thing, da da da, your child will have the advantage, encyclopedias at their fingertips, closer than their fingertips, etc.” (Anderson, 47) This is a problem is because Titus actions are contradictory and hypocritical to what the feed was intended for originally. This is demonstrated by the way he is chatting and hanging out with friends using the technology that is supposed to educate them. This is seen as a real world problem because people use technology for work and other things of importance, but get caught up in youtube, facebook and other social activities, even at school. Technology should not be closer than people’s fingertips. People contradict themselves saying one thing, then their actions show another.
Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction also presents an implicit argument that new-media technology is detrimental. Most people lack self control over technology. People choose technology over mostly any other activity, even education. Vishal likes to use the computer for his technical skills over school work. “Vishal, like his mother, says he lacks the self control to favor schoolwork over the computer. she sat him down a few weeks before school started and told him that, while she respected his passion for film and his technical skills he had to use them productively.” (Richtel, 2) This is a problem because Vishal would spend most of his time on the computer and little time learning. As a real world problem, technology is used by people without limiting themselves and is made for distraction. People must learn to manage their impulse control when it comes to technology. The availability of technology can take over common sense.
Feed also presents an implicit argument that the feed technology shows beneficial tools but is still detrimental. With the feed, people can look up anything at anytime and anywhere which can come in handy when they are lost or in some trouble. However, people like Titus and his friends, abuse the feed’s usefulness and often fool themselves into believing they are smart. Titus’ tone shows him trying to brag saying he is smart because he has the feed. “That’s one of the great things about the feed - that you can be supersmart without ever working. Everyone is supersmart now. You can look things up automatic, like science and history, like if you want to know which battles of Civil War George Washington fought in and shit.” (Anderson, 47) This is a problem because Titus thinks he doesn’t need to work to be smart because the feed gives him all the knowledge and resources he wants. This is a major real world problem because people use technology to find fast and easy information and forget it, instead of using the time to learn that information and remember it. The feed can be useful but people will need to work to be super smart instead of having instant answers but never learning the background of the information they receive. New-media technology can take the work out of learning.
Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction presents an implicit argument that new-media technology is detrimental because of multitasking. People learn to multitask with technology. Some may say that multitasking is good for jobs and other activities that require multitasking. Thus, this is wrong because too much or constant multitasking can cause less focus. “Researchers say the lure of these technologies, while it affects adults too, is particularly powerful for young people. The risk, they say is that developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks - and less able to sustain attention.” (Richtel, 2) This is a real problem because people lose focus and are easily distracted by the little things like messenger sounds,and song from their phones. People should not multitask and use technology.

Similarly, in the 2013 film her, the main protagonist Theodore presents an argument that new-media technology can show comfort and help like a friend, but is still detrimental. When Theodore is unhappy about a breakup and is going through a divorce. His new-media technology, Samantha, is there to motivate and inspire him when he is depressed. Samantha is a computer operating system use to support human entertainment and is also human like. Theodore spends most of his time with Samantha and very little time with the outside world and social life. Also, in Feed, Titus and his friends go to a party where there is no music everyone is silent and in their Feeds. Within the Feeds, people listen to their own music, chat, play games and watch videos while at the party making everyone antisocial. New-media technology can suit human needs with entertainment and social contact worldwide. But New-media technology can also take away the feel of human nature and interaction with everyday life as if technology controls their life. People let the technology they control, control them.