Because of this, there has been a massive effect on the amount of socialising between friends and family; using technology in online social messaging websites such as Bebo, MSN, Facebook and many more. Through these social messaging websites, more and more people can interact with their friends and family all over the world. An expert professor David Crystal has supported the idea of web-based messages and disagrees with the view that slang and contractions leads to a lower English standard of language. Although this is a benefit to most people, it has been abused by some people by overusing it and different ‘language’ while typing, which cause differentiation in the way we speak and the way we write. The
With the option of having an unlimited amount of friends, there is nothing really special about posting these messages for the public to view. Social networking websites not only hurt the idea of a real friendship as networkers often conclude what they think about someone just by viewing a page of information about them, but they pose many social problems and threats that are easy to encounter. One real problem that social networking websites have is that they give users the ability to manage their friends by importance by ranking them in numerical order. Rosen explains how “social networking sites also encourage the bureaucratization of friendship” as teenagers are now able to “manage their friendships” (233). The fact that teenagers can now manage friendships directly shows how these networking sites ignore real friendship.
A good solution might be to block the access to websites such as Facebook, so that technology can continue to be a tool for knowledge and intellectual advancement, rather than socialization. Many friends of mine use Facebook on a daily basis for several reasons: to chat with other friends, to see what other people’s lives look like, or to keep in contact with people that live far away. All five of the friends I asked said Facebook is a very useful website, but it is also addicting and a waste of time most of the time. Works Cited Bugeja, Michael. “Facing the Facebook.” The Arlington Reader: Contexts and Connections.
Sarah Kliff, author of “Facebook: Why I Hate it…” writes, “I have no idea how many hours of my life I have wasted on Facebook.” I agree with this statement because it is true. We have wasted so much time on Facebook and other forms of technology that we have lost time for other, more important things. Facebook and its counterparts do help us in many aspects like staying connected but we forget that we have real things in life that are right in front of us to stay in touch with instead of wasting time with cyber friends or a cyber-community. Technology does have a good side. It can assist us in many ways.
In other words, as we get older, we have a harder time with distractions online with the Internet, Facebook, and such. Finally, some people say that using Google will make a person stupid, which is true for some, but others like me, actually use it for research and to learn as well. Experienced Internet users actually showed increased brain activity, with more advanced decision-making skills and complex reasoning. In simple terms, the inexperienced Internet users lagged behind. This is either a win or lose for using Google, it help some, but also fails others.
Today, the meaning of communication has completely changed. It has become much easier to sustain a relationship through social media and the constant interaction that it provides. In contrast, social media can also prove to destroy relationships. Some people may get so caught up in virtual relationships that they have little to no regard for actual relationships. They may become so used to communicating via internet that they lose basic communication skills and can’t hold a face to face conversation.
For quite some time, the talk has been that social networking is viewed as unnecessary. Social networking seems uncalled for by others, yet over the years it has become more prevalent. In today’s society, many people have chosen to become more involved with online interaction whether it was personal or business. The problem lies in the difference of social networking being considered a friend or a foe. How is it beneficial to today’s way in life?
Tevin Hutchinson 11/10/2012 English 102 Technology plays a huge role in our everyday life. I do believe that technology has made our lives easier, but it also has made us more dependent on the technology itself. When using the internet for a dictionary you could easily get distracted. Anyone can put anything on the internet, so what you find might not be accurate. Most people find that looking things up on the internet is distracting because you are already on the web so why not check YouTube for a funny video, or update your status on the social network.
People get the rare chance online to be someone else, or at the very least the best part of themselves. We choose how we are portrayed on facebook we put up the photos we want people to see and we make the statuses we want people to like, we conform to that massive “friends” list. In real life people dont get this opportunity, we can spot a phony a mile away, people will see through your act but online it is so easy to control what they see and how they see it, the truth can be bent and even broken into any shape you want to make, but what are the consequences of this.. obviously 40 year old women pretending they are 16 year old girls will have a detremental affect on a community but are the boys who pretend they are a little more naughty than the really are, swear a little more than they would usually and conform a little bit more to the stereotype of a teenage really doing any harm at all? I think they are, these boys are losing the most
The Face book application is owned and operated by Face book Inc., which was established in September 2006. A primary advantage is that it’s an online community that we can in touch, connect, and communicate and get to know others better over time. Face book is a very important part of many teenagers’ lives, and it us keep in touch with our friends and family. The social networking site lets you post anything you want on your wall to share with the world, but sometimes people never know that what they posted is taken as an offense by others. In Lauren Tarshis, Is Face book making you mean?