I feel that social networking give people permission to stalk others. There have been multiple occurrences that people have “liked” pictures that I have posted… four years ago! This lets me know that they are creeping through my profile and that just freaks me out! Sure, one solution would be to delete my account, but I keep it because it is the most convenient way to communicate with my relatives. I was hesitant to get it because I feel that whenever I did set up a social networking account a new networking site was created making the old one obsolete.
I believe that this is a powerful statement, because there have been countless times that I have logged onto my Facebook and they have had popups telling me to share my phone number and all of my personal information and in my opinion when you log onto your networking site you don’t want to share all of your personal information. Although Facebook realized that they are not doing their part with privacy issues and released a ‘Groups’ section so that people could communicate and talk through
In Sherry Turkle’s chapter No Need to Call, she argues that choosing technology over peers is eventually going to lead to isolation. Texting versus calling is a growing concern for today’s society. Soon human interaction will be a foreign concept. Hopefully topics in discussed her book will be influential to the readers. What are we doing with over 3000 friends on the Facebook?
Rhetorical Reading: “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” In Stephen Marche’s article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” (2012), Marche claims social media is a cause of many people becoming isolated from the world. He uses the story about Yvette Vickers to give us an example of how social networks can interfere with our lives. Marche’s purpose for this article is show how social media can make us lonely in order to get us to not use it as often as we do. His attended audience is anyone who is interested or uses social media. I can’t relate to this article because I do not believe Facebook can make anyone lonely.
Nicole Blaine Eng 24 D07BH Spring 11 I Believe “The 15 Year Layover” is an allegory for how we communicate with each other through social networking and the negative effects it has caused within normal socializing. Technology was meant to keep us connected within each other’s social circles and surroundings. But, in reality, it has done the opposite by keeping us in our own electronic limbo, where we are “god” in cyberspace. Sir Alfred is not the only one who has lost his identity. People who lose themselves in the media or online networking, lose their realistic identity as-well.
An Argument Analysis of “How Facebook Ruins Friendships” In August 2009 Elizabeth Bernstein wrote an article called “How Facebook Ruins Friendships” for the Wall Street Journal. She mentions in the article that social network help people got back in touch with friends from childhood and help them become better acquainted. In contrast, she states, “Here’s where you and I went wrong: We took our friendship online.” She believes that social networking is ruining friendships rather than making friendship closer. Bernstein’s argument also claims that “the problem is much greater than which tools we use to communicate. It’s what we are actually saying that’s really mucking up our relationships.” At first brief look, Bernstein’s argument is effective because she gives good examples that support her argument and most people can empathize with.
Jena Saucier 3/5/2013 Negatives of Love Online In today’s society, more people are choosing to find love over the internet, whether it be a dating website or Facebook. There are many negative consequences to looking for love online. Such as no visual communication, false identities and how much time it takes up from one’s personal life. One reason why people shouldn’t find love online is because you never really know is on the other side of the screen. There have been cases where teens meet people over the internet and have an online relationship, but when they end up meeting it isn’t exactly who they thought it would be.
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.
Time to Do Everything But Think Changes in the lifestyle of almost every human being have taken place over the last couple of years because of technology. People seem to not be able to escape technology as it becomes a part of everyday life as time progresses. As advances in technology occur it will become inevitable for the majority of people to not use technology, but there will be few people who will not use technology. For the most part technology is a good thing, but there are downsides to technology as well. In David Brooks’ article titled, “Time to Do Everything But Think,” Brooks discusses a lifestyle were people will live in a state of “perfect wirelessness.” Meaning people would use only wireless devices as part of their everyday lifestyle.
According to senior researcher at University of West of England's Centre for Appearance Research, Dr. Phillippa Diedrichs, stated that "The more time spent on Facebook, the more likely people are to self-objectify themselves.” This is important because as people of any age spend time on a media platform they start to second guess themselves on how they are supposed to look like. Therefore, there is just not one type of body or person that everyone is supposed to have or look like because everyone is different and beautiful in their own way. With social media being a huge deal they can feel self-conscious about themselves. In addition, stated by Roxby “about 60% of the public feels ashamed on how they feel and aren’t comfortable with themselves.” This shows that with all the toxicity and negativity out on the web, young people are becoming more and more uncertain about their appearance. With all the social content being fairly new, it can be a very excellent influence for young people but once when someone starts to contradict another person that individual can start feeling ambiguity about