However, social media are not making us anti-social by increase confidence in making friends. This may be good for those who dislike social contact and shy. Moreover, by using social media, friend-making become would be much easier by only sending request and waiting for approval. Besides, people could get to know others who from another part of the world or from surrounding through social media. Social media may increase confidence in making friends because they do not require interacting face-to-face.
Many people that use social media have stated that it doesn’t only affect their lives daily, but also their close relationships. Social media can affect any type of relationship whether between friends, significant others, and parents in both a positive and negative way. Communication is the key in most lasting relationships. Instead of spending quality time with each other social media can have a negative effect on relationships. The constant use of using social media to know what is happening in the lives of others doesn’t often play out positively for relationships.
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.
Social media refers to the means of interaction among people around the world in which they share common interests among themselves in virtual communities and networks. Social media helps contact long-distance family and friends. It can make someone feel less shy, more outgoing and confident. But negative influence thrive on social media, risks of too much social media include: severe lack of face-to-face social skills, cyber bullying and lack of privacy. However, there are many ways to help children and teens use social media safely and appropriately.
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
How is it beneficial to today’s way in life? Do these networks entitle privacy? Why/Why not? Is social networking safe?With much With much deliberation, this topic has become a very interesting argument.What people must understand is that social networking should not just be seen as an enemy but should be more focused on how it can also be a person’s best friend as well with communication/interaction. It is given in Clive Thompson’s, “I’m So Totally, Digitally, Close to You,” that “people are so often changed by the use of technology”(Thompson-p.168-177).
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.
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?
Previously, employees where limited in their ability to influence the public opinion of their employers. Now employees have a much greater reach and their online presence is either an asset, or a determent, to the employer based on their online behavior. If the candidate or employee can show that they are
Does technology make us more alone? Technology actually helps us effectively work as well as connects us. We can keep in touch with friends every time thanks to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. While social networking is a great tool, there is a profound difference between an online social network and a real one. Recent studies have found that despite being more connected than ever, more people feel more alone than ever.