With the influx of technology (social media/social networking) into our society today, do you think that we are losing our ability to interact with people in a face-to-face manner? If so what can be done to curb this trend? Thoughts...
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I do believe that because of all the technology that we have around us, we are losing interaction with people face-to-face. In today's society, people rarely talk on the phone anymore, everyone texts each other now. People find it easier to text someone rather than talk to them in person. I feel that is a huge problem in society because everyone is loosing their people skills and their abilities to hold a conversation with someone. What's also scary about technology is that the younger generations are growing up with so much more technology at their hands, and they aren't even playing outside. My younger sister had to teach me how to use the iPad; she's seven. She does't even play outside anymore. I think that parents should limit their children to the amount of technology that their child interacts with. It would expose them to things like actually board games and the outdoors.
I do believe we are losing our ability to interact with people in a face-to-face manner because we’ve been spoiled too much and avoid as much physical contact as we can. I see kids freak out when they can’t find their cell phone, or have it taken away. We depend too much on a machine only 5 inches tall, that we use it for the most basic tasks, rendering everything else useless; calculator, flashlight, hd camera. The Facebook is amazing and I have been able to keep in touch with so many people. But that is also why I have not been as productive as much. I check this thing for at least 50 times a day. I then get distracted and at one point realize that I have not done anything. It is amazing, and it is also a very subtle addiction in my opinion. But because it is so subtle, I don't notice it, so I continue it. Even as I write this, I got distracted because it updated me that someone commented on my last status. I immediately went to that page like it was a drug. Clearly, this isn't right. To curb this trend, people need to realize that they need to just “quit” the social media trend. Recently, I haven’t been updating as much on The Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. Since I don’t waste my time with something tedious I won’t gain something out of, I spend my time usefully; homework, reading, etc. You can’t quit cold turkey, but if you pace yourself, you’ll eventually stop posting and be a more productive person.
There isn't too much you could really do about curbing this trend, it will be a trend for many years to come as was Facebook. Social networking sites have become a secondary and almost primary source of information whether it is sports, school, or politics. If someone wants to know something that’s going on now all they need to do is refresh their timeline. It’s most likely because it’s so easy to read through a bunch of posts in a row and pick what you want than to look through Google or look things up in a book. It shows how lazy the population has become; they say some people spend up to 70 percent of their day using social networks. That is horrible, and just goes to show that people aren’t using face to face interactions like they used to, they gave anyone who isn’t social a way to still fit in while hiding behind a computer. I feel like too much of any social network is a serious problem because it doesn’t teach social skills, you could use twitter daily and still not know how to have a real conversation with a real person, in person. It’s only going to get worse as well, with twitter still expanding and all… Social networks shouldn’t be an addiction.
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I strongly believe that technology has affected the way people interact with one another. This is because people are no longer as comfortable interacting face to face. They rather respond through email or text for example. This is because they have time to think about their response and if they really don’t want to they don’t have to respond. In addition to this, everyone posts what they are doing or how they are feeling on social networking sites. I personally, don’t want to be reading on my Facebook Newsfeed if someone is having a bad day to me it looks like they are seeking out attention and instead they should be talking to someone about their problems directly. There is always drama on these networking sites I feel as if people feel more comfortable being able to say something through a computer screen because they are saying things at home where they feel safe. They may not ever have the courage to say something like that to someone’s face because they would feel too scared. I have also realized that people who are always on their phones or on the internet block out the people that are around then and don’t concentrate on spending time with them but instead what is going on online. There are a number of ways technology has impacted the way people interact with one another. I feel as if the only way to break this trend would be if there were no social networking sites and talking to someone face to face was the only way to interact but that would never happen.
With all of the technology we have around us, people are developing a new look on how to confront people with different situations. I do believe that technology is going to hurt our society with face to face interactions. People now will say things on the internet, or over text messaging things that they would never say to someone in person which makes them think they are a big bad guy because they have a screen in front of them. Using technology throughout the day is also a distraction to many people. I use my cellphone throughout the day, even during school, and I have many distractions whether it is facebook, twitter or just a text message. Teenagers in our society have become dependent on their technology which is going to destroy our future because no one will have any skills or even the ability to have a conversation face to face. Curbing this trend would be extremely hard to do but not impossible. To show the world what the outcome would be if everyone continues to use technology as they do would be one way to make people realize that it will not help. But getting people to not use technology as much is going to be difficult. Children as young as 7 years old are using technology. My boyfriends little sister has complete ability to play games, take pictures and send text messages on and iPhone. She also uses her skill to play with an iPad and bring up youtube videos. She is brought into the generation where everyone is dependent on technology. I guess over time we need to start using less of technology and focus more on what we're doing as people, not who we are through a computer or phone.
I think you cant really do much about it. peaople are so busy no a days that there hardlt get time to meet each other so they tend to interact through social media. indian songs
I feel that is a huge problem in society because everyone is loosing their people skills and their abilities to hold a conversation with someone. What's also scary about technology is that the younger generations are growing up with so much more technology at their hands, and they aren't even playing outside. My younger sister had to teach me how to use the iPad; she's seven. She does't even play outside anymore. I think that parents should limit their children to the amount of technology that their child interacts with. It would expose them to things like actually board games and the outdoors.
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