Thursday, July 16, 2015

This video, "I forgot my phone" is a type of ethnography because it shows a type of description of the customs of the people from today. This video is trying to tell that the society from today is so different because in every occasion and every minute of someone's life, a phone must be present. We use phones to record and take pictures of almost everything during an event. We spend more time looking through other people's posts than to socialize instead with the people around us at the moment. It seems like without a phone, we are nothing. The theory is that the people from today use phones for everything and more than what is necessary. Whether we are up hiking, celebrating a birthday, at a concert, or having lunch with friends, we tend to ignore the moment to rather spend time sending/posting pictures. In this video it shows how the woman is annoyed by how many phones she sees throughout the day. For example, her husband in the first scenario does not leave his phone alone and is constantly using it. Her friends also are constantly on her phone while she is trying to enjoy having lunch with them. What ever happened to enjoying the moment and actually socializing with one another? Why don’t we just leave our phone in our pocket when it’s not necessary to pull it out? It seems as if it would be the end of the world if we had to put it away for a whole day or even a few hours. 

3 comments:

  1. I agree with your statement, "We tend to ignore the moment to rather spend time sending/posting pictures... For example Instagram and Twitter.

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  2. I agree with savannah and you that it is so true, we tend to pay more attention to how we came out on the picture, how many likes, and who liked it and stuff like that. Society has changed so much in so many ways.

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  3. I completely agree. Phones are used at every moment. I really like the questions you used at he end. Makes me ask myself these.

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