Imagine a day without any technology: global news would not be available, a quick search on Google cannot be made, and a Skype call to one’s friend who is studying abroad would not be possible. Technology is the driven force behind today’s proliferating society, and it has truly created a “smaller” world; individuals can connect with acquaintances from across the globe in a matter of seconds. Furthermore, the health industry has endured enormous advancements in research, medicine, etc. due the improvement of robotics. One may believe that disadvantages Although technology plays an immense role in globalization efforts, it ultimately cripples society by allowing individuals to create false perceptions about themselves, easing the practice
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It is something that allows individuals to create false perceptions of themselves, which can then be put out into the digital world. This allows them to filter out the parts of themselves that they do not want the world to see and show their “best”, usually fake, self to the world. Turkle demonstrates this when she writes, “You’re going to get your makeup on, put on your cute little outfit, you’re going to take your picture and post it up as your default, and that’s what people are going to expect that you are every day, when really you’re making it up for all these people…” (380). She makes a valid point that most people today would rather hide who they are and take to social media to broadcast their “fake” self, instead of embracing their unique quirks and flaws, these things we forget that make us human, and show them to the …show more content…
Today people find talking through a screen the “norm”, and they lose social skills that are important and necessary in order to have human relationships. Wortham writes, “In many cases, adding the Internet to the mix can strengthen a relationship over all, because online interactions have their own kind of entertaining rapport that can coexist with their offline counterparts,” but he is wrong because people today do not use technology as an extension of who they are, but as a replacement (Wortham 396). People use text messages and direct messages to say things that they cannot say in person, and the more these forms of communication are used, the less we use our face to face communication skills and eventually we may lose them all together. A momentous example is that couples use text messaging to deal with relationship problems instead of sitting down with one another to discuss what their issues are and how to deal with them. This is not okay because no matter how uncomfortable being confrontational like that is, it is an important skill to be able to deal with problems face to face with another person. Although Wortham is wrong that the Internet can strengthen a relationship he makes the point that, “Anyone who spends much time online and on a smartphone knows that it’s no substitute
It is something that allows individuals to create false perceptions of themselves, which can then be put out into the digital world. This allows them to filter out the parts of themselves that they do not want the world to see and show their “best”, usually fake, self to the world. Turkle demonstrates this when she writes, “You’re going to get your makeup on, put on your cute little outfit, you’re going to take your picture and post it up as your default, and that’s what people are going to expect that you are every day, when really you’re making it up for all these people…” (380). She makes a valid point that most people today would rather hide who they are and take to social media to broadcast their “fake” self, instead of embracing their unique quirks and flaws, these things we forget that make us human, and show them to the …show more content…
Today people find talking through a screen the “norm”, and they lose social skills that are important and necessary in order to have human relationships. Wortham writes, “In many cases, adding the Internet to the mix can strengthen a relationship over all, because online interactions have their own kind of entertaining rapport that can coexist with their offline counterparts,” but he is wrong because people today do not use technology as an extension of who they are, but as a replacement (Wortham 396). People use text messages and direct messages to say things that they cannot say in person, and the more these forms of communication are used, the less we use our face to face communication skills and eventually we may lose them all together. A momentous example is that couples use text messaging to deal with relationship problems instead of sitting down with one another to discuss what their issues are and how to deal with them. This is not okay because no matter how uncomfortable being confrontational like that is, it is an important skill to be able to deal with problems face to face with another person. Although Wortham is wrong that the Internet can strengthen a relationship he makes the point that, “Anyone who spends much time online and on a smartphone knows that it’s no substitute