Turn Off The Phone And The Tension Summary

Part A: Summary
The opinion piece by Jenna Wortham “Turn Off the Phone (And the Tension),” is an article written to discuss the issue of this generation’s “need” to be connected to a smartphone. Wortham starts off by telling us about how it wasn’t until she unable to use a smartphone that she realized how much we are attached to our phones on a day to day basis. Therefore, as her first point on the topic, she mentioned how we are constantly worried about what we may be missing on social media for which the following, posting, viewing, commenting, and liking on others’ pictures and videos, is something that has become a huge part in our everyday lives. She also brings about the fact that “living an always-on digital life” with social media causes thrill and tension to those who use it. She also talks about how social media kind of forces people to become extroverts and post about their lives way too much in order to try and fit in. In other words, social media strays people away from posting about what they really find interesting and pushes them to post more about what looks the most cool and will get the most likes. As her last point, Wortham discusses how the overuse of smartphones needs to be handled so that we can …show more content…
These day adolescents and young adults are becoming less and less active and social as they would rather spend most of their time looking down at their electronic devices. I think that when people are constantly messaging and on social media, it deters them from having good communication skills. If one is so used to texting in slang all the time, how are they supposed to be able to have a serious and mature conversation with someone? Also, this day in age, I’ve noticed teens would rather text someone or simply follow them on social media than actually talking face-to-face and meeting new