Societal Effects of the technologies
Michael Bull, University of Sussex shows a
research of nearly half (47%) of adult own an
mp3player, while young people are the largest one
(75%).
Bull states personalized digital media are made peoples all more
isolated, less face to face interaction.
Some users illegally download to songs.
Hearing experts also concerned about the effect of hours of
listening to audio players, a studied document shows that
“listening with ear-buds for 90mins a day at 80% volume is
probably safe for long term hearing, but softer even better”
The risk of permanent hearing lost, recent study says, can increase with
just 5mins of exposure a day to music at full volume.