Jack Butland Quotes

Entire books are being written about the distractions of social media. I don't believe media compel distraction, but I think it's clear that they afford it.

Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

I think social media has taken over for our generation. It's a big part of our lives, and it's kind of sad.

First of all I'm not a fan of Twitter. Nothing against their program or what they have, but as an athlete I think you need to get off of Twitter.

I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.

In an odd way, it is refreshing to be around people who aren't attention-starved and media-addicted.

The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge.

I don't tweet or do any other social media, so I don't know what's being said out there.

If you don't have a Facebook, like, you're nobody. There's all of these sort of requirements now, and if you don't have all of these things - Facebook, Twitter, etc. - you're made fun of. And Twitter for celebrities... everything is just getting so personal. Pictures of yourself, of what you're eating for breakfast.

I feel like people with their camera phones and Twitter and Facebook, this kind of question like, 'How can I be present and also document my presence or document what I'm doing?' is something that's always on my mind, even when I'm not working as a filmmaker.

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

Before, revolutions used to have ideological names. They could be communist, they could be liberal, they could be fascist or Islamic. Now, the revolutions are called under the medium which is most used. You have Facebook revolutions, Twitter revolutions. The content doesn't matter anymore - the problem is the media.

I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.

Every pastor, youth pastor, and every parent is in competition with the Internet and the information it is spreading. Most young people don't get their news from CNN or CBS; they get it from bloggers.

It is now such a complex society in terms of media. It just comes at us from every direction. You kind of have to push it all away.

I don't want to be on the Internet.

We live in a time where the media is a very difficult thing to navigate because it's everywhere, and I tend to want to be a lot more private with my life.

Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.

The older you get, the more you realize you cannot win on the Internet.

Twitter is awesome to share news with fans, but I would never choose to only have social media and put everything in my life on display.

There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.

Twitter... can ruin your life.

When I was a boy, there were three influences on children. The school, the family, and the church. Now there is a fourth---television.

If you are not in the media today, then you do not exist.

There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.