Technology Affects Personal Contact in Today’s World

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Ana Hidalgo Professor Hornburg English 1102 3 June 2014 Technology Affects Personal Contact In Today’s World Have you ever asked yourselves the question “How Does Technology Affect Personal Contact in Today’s World? Technology affects personal contact in many ways. The First Way is that it affects time with family. Second Way is that by using technology as a way to make long distance relationships work it can create a lack of intimacy between you as well as lack of physical interaction between couples. And last but not least single people start isolating themselves from society. And depend on Technology to look for their basic needs instead of like working from home, shopping online instead of the grocery store as well as going to college or university and finding your potential spouse online. Technology might be useful to advance yourself in your career and but if you decide to use Email or Skype or Instant Messenger to speak to anyone and completely focus on your friends and forget about your family. You can be missing out on any outings with your family and the fun you would have. Like in the following quote from Alex Lickerman author of Happiness in this world mentioned in an article in Psychology Today mentioned: “According to Alex Lickerman the author of Happiness in this world and published in an article in Psychology Today titled the effects of Technology on Relationships Balance time on the Internet with time spent with friends and family. It may seem too obvious to mention, but it feels qualitatively different to go out to dinner with friends than to spend several days engaged in back-and-forth email exchanges. So much communication and meaning is lost in the latter. And our effect on one another is much more intense when we meet in person. When a friend is going through a rough time, nothing substitutes for in-person communication. A gentle smile

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