As asked by the English alternative rock band Muse in their famous song "Screenager", "Who's so phony and always surrounded?" This song perfectly describes the effects of technology on America. People are engulfed in different types of technology everywhere they go, and they also bring technology like phones, laptops, and iPods with them. These elements may seem like a blessing, but they are potentially dividing America. Every day, children aged eight to eighteen watch four and a half hours of television, listen to two and a half hours of music, use the computer for an hour and a half and spend two and a half hours on their cell phones. , two hours for texting and half an hour for talking. This equates to eleven hours spent on media per day (Crawford). Additionally, people visit an average of forty websites per day. Technology can cause stress and make it difficult to remember and concentrate on tasks. As stated by Matt Ricthel in Annexed to Technology and Paying a Price, “our ability to concentrate is undermined by explosions of information” (Richtel). Steven Johnson has a different take on the interest in technology sweeping the United States. In his book Everything Bad Is Good for You, Johnson states that “the most degraded forms of mass entertainment – ​​video games, violent television dramas, and youth sitcoms – are nourishing after all” (Johnson 21), because they improve visual memory. skills (Johnson 23) and analytical skills (Johnson 33). Others say that our brains are adapting to technology (Walters), but nothing can compensate for the damage that electronics can cause. All aspects of Americans' health, including physical, social, and mental health, are being compromised by entertainment technology. Bullying is a tremendous problem caused by technology. Pervasiveness of cyberbullying, digital discrimination and sexting. " Entertainment Close-up. 30 September 2011: page no. Print. .Fernandez, Elvina. "Teaching families about the dangers in the cyber world." New Straits Times [Kuala Lumpur] 12 October. 2011, page no. Print. “Study reveals dangers of text.” Nottingham Evening Post 7 October 2011, no. Times of India 16 October 2011, no. page Press. .Walters, Conrad. "Are Smart Phones Making Us Stupid?". Sydney Morning Herald 21 November 2010, n. page Press. .Johnson, Steven. Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter New York City: Penguin Group, 2005. Print.