Has the Rise of Technology Negatively Impacted Relationships?
As technology has became a pivotal part of society, it has changed the way that humankind interacts with one another. Technology allows people to communicate with others that could be thousands of miles away, or even across the world. This communication could be through ideas, opinions, and pictures that are shared in a way that was not possible in any other time period. Though technology has allowed people to do so many amazing things, it has also allowed for some not so great things to occur. Hackers have been able to get access to members of the general public's private information, and people are able to spread negative ideas and thoughts to others publicly. Technology has also …show more content…
Thus, people have been able to talk with others more than they have ever been able to do before technology. However, due to the easy access of sharing things through this relatively new software, direct communication has decreased by a lot as people tend to send e-mails more than talking with the person face-to-face. This lack of direct communication has caused the growing phenomenon called "virtual distance" which is "a psychological and emotional sense of detachment that accumulates little by little" as people spend more time on their phone than talking with others (Lojeski, Westwell 2015). The resulting fact is that people then tend to "keep their ideas to themselves instead of sharing them with others in the workplace" as they do not feel very connected to the people they talk to (Lojeski, Westwell 2015). This sharing of ideas is "a critical exchange that's necessary for taking risks needed for innovation, collaboration and learning" and without it, society will suffer due to the lack of diversity in viewpoints and potentially life changing inventions (Lojeski, Westwell 2015) As previously mentioned, talking over text or the internet seems very impersonal and makes the conversation seem unimportant. Thus "communication becomes the transfer of impersonal information instead of the sharing of a passion"(Lojeski, Westwell 2015). People tend to not sha're important or personal things over a text, and they may never share them as direct communication rarely happens anymore due to people preferring the easiness of communicating through technology. Impact on
As technology has became a pivotal part of society, it has changed the way that humankind interacts with one another. Technology allows people to communicate with others that could be thousands of miles away, or even across the world. This communication could be through ideas, opinions, and pictures that are shared in a way that was not possible in any other time period. Though technology has allowed people to do so many amazing things, it has also allowed for some not so great things to occur. Hackers have been able to get access to members of the general public's private information, and people are able to spread negative ideas and thoughts to others publicly. Technology has also …show more content…
Thus, people have been able to talk with others more than they have ever been able to do before technology. However, due to the easy access of sharing things through this relatively new software, direct communication has decreased by a lot as people tend to send e-mails more than talking with the person face-to-face. This lack of direct communication has caused the growing phenomenon called "virtual distance" which is "a psychological and emotional sense of detachment that accumulates little by little" as people spend more time on their phone than talking with others (Lojeski, Westwell 2015). The resulting fact is that people then tend to "keep their ideas to themselves instead of sharing them with others in the workplace" as they do not feel very connected to the people they talk to (Lojeski, Westwell 2015). This sharing of ideas is "a critical exchange that's necessary for taking risks needed for innovation, collaboration and learning" and without it, society will suffer due to the lack of diversity in viewpoints and potentially life changing inventions (Lojeski, Westwell 2015) As previously mentioned, talking over text or the internet seems very impersonal and makes the conversation seem unimportant. Thus "communication becomes the transfer of impersonal information instead of the sharing of a passion"(Lojeski, Westwell 2015). People tend to not sha're important or personal things over a text, and they may never share them as direct communication rarely happens anymore due to people preferring the easiness of communicating through technology. Impact on