“Have smartphones Destroyed a Generation” Response

After reading “Have smartphones Destroyed a Generation” I believe that Jean M. Twenge, author of the article, has made very valuable claims. However, some of the claims she made were over exaggerated. A majority of the iGen teens are constantly on social media cites however, that is not the only form of communication iGens encage in. According to Twenge’s interview the teen Athena, she states “I have been on my phone more than I’ve been with actual people. My bed has like, an imprint of my body” (Twenge 2017). That statement from Athena may apply to her however it does not apply to my friends or myself. I spend a lot of time engaging in face-to-face contact with my friends and am constantly doing some type of activity, especially in the summer. Twenge explains how more iGens aren’t getting a sufficient amount of sleep compared to teenagers before them due to Smartphone usage. In Twenge’s view “their phone was the last thing they saw before they went to sleep and the first thing they saw when they woke up. If they woke up in the middle of the night, they often ended up looking at their phone” (Twenge 2017). This claim is very relatable due to the fact that I spend the majority of time on my phone at night. After completing my homework I will spend time browsing my different social media applications before I am ready to go to seep. Even if I am tired I won’t skip out on looking at my phone before falling asleep. When I wake up in the morning I wake up to an alarm set on my Smartphone, making that the first thing I see when I wake up in the morning.